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Table 2 Characteristics of the included patients

From: A multidisciplinary approach to verify and de-label of drug allergic histories in a university hospital in Thailand: a retrospective descriptive study

Patient characteristics

All patients (N = 70)

Gender

 

Male—no. (%)

25 (35.71)

Female—no. (%)

45 (64.29)

Median age at the encounter (Interquartile range: IQR)—year

51 (36–63)

Median age when the allergy occurred (IQR)—year

45 (25–55)*

Median duration with the allergy history (IQR)—year

1 (0–7)*

Total number of allergic history—item

171

Skin and soft tissue reactions—no. (%)

136 (79.53)

Systemic reactions—no. (%)

35 (20.47)

Median number of drug allergic history (IQR)—items/person

2 (1–3)

History of food allergy—no. (%)

4 (5.7)

Concomitant diseases—no. (%)

65 (92.86)

Cardiovascular diseases

32 (45.71)

Cancer

17 (24.29)

Asthma and/or allergic rhinitis

12 (17.14)

Chronic kidney disease

11 (15.17)

Bone and joint diseases

9 (12.86)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection

8 (11.43)

Opportunistic infection including tuberculosis

8 (11.43)

Diabetes mellitus

7 (10.00)

Hepatitis and chronic liver diseases

6 (8.57)

Neurological and psychiatric disorders

6 (8.57)

Skin diseases

6 (8.57)

Systemic lupus erythematosus

4 (5.71)

Others

4 (5.71)

  1. *In case that a patient reported more than one allergic reaction, the earliest age was used for the calculation