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Original Research

Risk Factors for Immediate-Type Local Anesthetic Hypersensitivity Reactions in Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Case-Control Study

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Pages 453-460 | Published online: 08 Apr 2022

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Figure 1 Results of allergic evaluation of the children (patients and controls) with suspected reactions to local anesthetics. Safe LA was determined by skin and drug provocation tests. Mepivacaine and lidocaine were determined as safe local anesthetics in the patient whose skin test was positive with articaine.

Abbreviations: IDT: intradermal test, LA: local anesthetic; SPTs: skin prick tests,
Figure 1 Results of allergic evaluation of the children (patients and controls) with suspected reactions to local anesthetics. Safe LA was determined by skin and drug provocation tests. Mepivacaine and lidocaine were determined as safe local anesthetics in the patient whose skin test was positive with articaine.

Table 1 Comparison of Clinical Characteristic of the Patients and Matched Controls

Table 2 Risk Factors for Local Anesthetic Hypersensitivity