The anaesthetic allergy clinic: is it worth it?

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  The anaesthetic allergy clinic: is it worth it?

• IRAS ID

  257875

• Contact name

  Jill Edmonds

• Contact email

  Jillian.edmonds@mft.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  N/A, N/A

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 6 months, 29 days

• Research summary

  Research Summary
  Prospective quantitative descriptive study

  Cross sectional survey to assess if anxiety scores improve in patients who have experienced perioperative anaphylaxis and have the cause identified in an Anaesthetic Allergy Clinic (AAC).

  Summary of Results
  Our data shows that attending the Anaesthetic Reaction Clinic following a Peri-operative anaphylaxis reduces anxiety for future surgery and anaesthesia in the majority of patients. This is most profound in females. We also noted that the group who had anaesthetic mediation identified as the culprit, had a greater reduction in anxiety scores than the other culprit groups. Larger studies would be needed to identify if any other groups had a greater impact than others.

• REC name

  East Midlands - Nottingham 1 Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  19/EM/0265

• Date of REC Opinion

  13 Aug 2019

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion