Allergy to local anesthetics: Reality or myth?

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Allergy to local anesthetics: Reality or myth?

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Malinovsky, Jean-Marc | Chiriac, Anca | Tacquard, Charles | Mertes, Paul Michel | Demoly, Pascal

Edité par CCSD ; Elsevier Masson [1983-....] -

International audience. The incidence of allergic reactions to local anesthetics is low. Most cases involve a psychogenic reaction rather than an allergic reaction. Additives and preservatives added to local anesthetics may cause allergic reactions. Vascular resorption of epinephrine-containing local anesthetics may produce cardiovascular signs similar to an allergic reaction. Diagnosis of allergy to local anesthetics must be established by skin testing and provocative challenge.

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