Journal article
Does the histamine skin prick test identify patients at risk for toxicity after the ingestion of astemizole?
Pediatric emergency care, v 10(3), pp 166-167
Jun 1994
PMID: 8058561
Abstract
Astemizole is a widely prescribed nonsedating antihistamine that suppresses wheal and flare reactions from histamine prick testing. We report a two-year-old girl with a serum concentration-proven overdose of astemizole who nonetheless exhibited a significant wheal and flare reaction after histamine skin prick testing for at least 22 hours after the ingestion. These findings suggest that histamine skin prick testing should not be used as a screening test to evaluate whether an ingestion of astemizole has occurred.
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- Title
- Does the histamine skin prick test identify patients at risk for toxicity after the ingestion of astemizole?
- Creators
- JOSEPH Melvin - Hahnemann University HospitalRAN AnbarJACK Becker
- Publication Details
- Pediatric emergency care, v 10(3), pp 166-167
- Publisher
- Lippincott-Raven Publishers
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1994NR71300010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0028308923
- Other Identifier
- 991019174898904721
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