Prevalence of reported penicillin allergy and associations with perioperative complications, length of stay, and cost in patients undergoing elective cancer surgery
Abstract Objective: Up to 10% of patients report penicillin allergy (PA), although only 1% are truly affected by Ig-E-mediated allergies. PA has been associated with worse postoperative outcomes, but studies on the impact of reported PA in cancer patients are lacking, and especially in these multi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X23005016/type/journal_article |