Suspected perioperative allergic reactions: nomenclature and terminology

Vito Sabato; Peter Platt; Tomaz Garcez; Peter Cooke

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2019.05.001

Suspected perioperative allergic reactions: nomenclature and terminology

Br J Anaesth. 2019 Jul;123(1):e13-e15. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.05.001. Epub 2019 May 21.

Authors

Vito Sabato¹, Peter Platt², Tomaz Garcez³, Peter Cooke⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunology, Allergology and Rheumatology, University Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: vito.sabato@uantwerpen.be.
² Anaesthesiology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Anaesthetic Allergy Referral Centre of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
³ Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.

PMID: 31126621
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.05.001

Abstract

Standardising nomenclature facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms, improves comparisons of data in scientific research and reduces misunderstanding. Here, we propose a nomenclature for suspected perioperative allergic reactions.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Humans
Hypersensitivity*
Intraoperative Complications*
Postoperative Complications*
Terminology as Topic*