Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Insect sting allergy. A study from 1980 to 2003 of patients who started treatment with venom immunotherapy between 1980 and 1998. | Clinical and Molecular Allergy BioMed Central Research Open Access Insect sting allergy. A study from 1980 to 2003 of patients who started treatment with venom immunotherapy between 1980 and 1998 Rolf Haye and Liv Kari Dosen Address Department of otolaryngology Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF University of Oslo 0027 Oslo Norway Email Rolf Haye - Liv Kari D0sen - Corresponding author Published 19 August 2005 Received 29 March 2005 Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2005 3 12 doi 1476-7961-3-12 Accepted 19 August 2005 This article is available from http c0ntent 3 1 12 2005 Haye and Dosen licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Previously we treated patients with insect sting allergy with venom immunotherapy IT using whole body insect extracts. From 1980 we changed to insect venoms. The purpose of this study was to analyse data from the patients in order to improve our treatment. Methods This is an open single centre study on patients treated with venom IT 14 years or older with a history of a systemic allergic reaction to an insect sting a positive skin prick test SPT or a positive RAST and willingness to comply with five years of IT. Clinical and laboratory data were registered prospectively at the start of IT and after five years of treatment until 2003 on patients who started IT between 1980 and 1998. Questionnaires were answered in 1989 1993 and 2003. Statistical analysis was done with Pearson s chi square Fisher s exact or the t-test. Results Of 315 patients treated 44 were given bee 248 common wasp and 23 both venoms. Of the common wasp sting incidents resulted in a severe allergic reaction .
