Validation of skin test before cephalosporin administratio
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Diseases of the blood and blood -forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
- Registration Number
- KCT0000455
- Lead Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1500
Inclusion Criteria
Patients who needed the use of preoperative cephalosporins.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who have history of allergic reaction to beta lactam antibiotics previously or any skin disease including dermographism, antihistamine user and pregnant women were excluded from this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The sensitivity of cephalosporin skin test. ;The specificity of cephalosporin skin test. ;The positive predictive value (PPV) of cephalosporin skin test. ;The negative predictive value (NPV) of cephalosporin skin test.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The prevalence rate of immediated hypersensitivity to cephalosporins.;The cross-reactivity with penicillin and cephalosporins.