Prevalence of reported penicillin allergy and associations with perioperative complications, length of stay, and cost in patients undergoing elective cancer surgery

• Main Authors: Nico Christian Grossmann (Author), Yves Kersting (Author), Andres Affentranger (Author), Luca Antonelli (Author), Fabian Joel Aschwanden (Author), Philipp Baumeister (Author), Gerhard Müllner (Author), Marco Rossi (Author), Agostino Mattei (Author), Christian Daniel Fankhauser (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: Up to 10% of patients report penicillin allergy (PA), although only 1% are truly affected by Ig-E-mediated allergies. PA has been associated with worse postoperative outcomes, but studies on the impact of reported PA in cancer patients are lacking, and especially in these multimo...