Penicillin Allergy
Conditions
Keywords
Penicillin Allergy, chalenge test, primary clinic
Brief summary
revising penicillin allergy in the medical records, by taking full medical history and giving a challange test, in order to imrove the medical records and treatment possibilities.
Detailed description
issuing a list of patients with a title of penicillin allergy in their medical record. inviting these patients to an appointmnet with their family physician, in which a specific history will be take to evaluate the quality of the allergy. patients with suscpition of a life threatening allergic reaction will be reffered to an allergy clinic for the challange test. the rest of the pateints will be given the test in the primary clinic: 1ml (50 grams) of amoxicillin, and an hour later a full dose of 500 mg amoxicillin. after determining no allergic reaction develops the title will be erased from the medical record.
Interventions
DRUGAmoxicillin
chalange test of 50 mg, and after an hour 500 mg
Sponsors
Clalit Health Services
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
penicillin allergy in the medical record
Exclusion criteria
pregnancy lack of informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| immidiate urticarial reaction | with 2 hours of test | shortness of breath, angioedema |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| rash | with 2 hours of test | body rash or itch seen by patient or physician |
Contacts
Primary Contactlital f goldberg, MD. MPH.
Outcome results
None listed