Allergic Reactions Captured by Voluntary Reporting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The epidemiology of hospital adverse reactions (ARs), particularly allergic reactions, or hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs), is poorly defined. To determine priorities for allergy safety in healthcare, we identified and described safety reports of allergic reactions.

Methods

We searched the safety report database of a large academic medical center from April 2006 to March 2016 using 101 complete, truncated, and/or misspelled key words related to allergic symptoms, treatments, and culprits (e.g., medications, foods). Patient and event data were summarized for ARs and two types of ARs, HSRs and side effects/toxicities.

Results

Among 9111 key word search-identified events, 876 (10%) were ARs, of which 436 (5%) were HSRs and the remaining 440 (5%) were side eff

SUBMITTER: Blumenthal KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6669104 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature