Abstracts OAS

2019 Allergy. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology  
: Frequency of immediate hypersensitivity reaction (IHR) is reported to be 0.7 to 3% in patients receiving Iodinated contrast media (ICM) and up to 0.02 to 0.04% for severe reactions. In this observational study, we compared two strategies: only skin tests assessment, and both skin tests and intravenous challenge with negative tested ICM. We evaluated the negative predictive value (NPV) of these two strategies, using as gold standard the occurrence of IHR after a full dose of ICM injection during a scheduled radiologic examination.
doi:10.1111/all.13957 pmid:31396968 fatcat:u2sqfatubbgqpeg2ph4klfhqiq