Allergic reaction to drugs in elderly person at Huu Nghi Hospital
- Author:
An Xuan Ho
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
drug allergy
- MeSH:
Drug Hypersensitivity;
aged
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;232(1):39-42
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Allergic reaction to drugs (ARTDs) occurs frequently in adults who are usually suffered from many diseases and who require multiple courses of medications. Investigative result showed that: The incidence of ARTDs in elderly is 6.74%, this incidence in patients of Asthma group is 14.7%. The main cutaneous manifestations of ARTDs in elderly patients included: urticaria and erythematous rashes (42.5%), erythrodermie (14.9%), erythematic multiform (21.3%), fixed drug eruptions (12.7%), vesiculobullous eruptions (6.4%).
