Programme
By attending the Master Class participants will gain insights into the theoretical and practical aspects of perioperative hypersensitivity covering:
- Overview of the epidemiology including geographical differences and pholcodine hypothesis
- Clinical presentations and differential diagnoses of perioperative hypersensitivity
- Common triggers with special focus on antibiotics and NMBAs, including cross reactivity
- Hidden allergens in perioperative setting including chlorhexidine, excipients, blue dyes, ethylene oxide
- Investigations, with special emphasis on the advantages and limitations of individual test methods covering in detail: in vitro tests, skin testing and drug provocation
- What to do when testing is negative
- Key lessons from UK NAP6 Audit
- Presentation of recent guidelines on the management of perioperative hypersensitivity for both allergists (EAACI position paper) and anaesthesiologists (BJA collaboration)