Table 4 Classification of adverse reactions based on patient history and clinical findings

From: Are we numb to the facts? Our experience of local anaesthetic allergy testing in a tertiary hospital immunology department

Type of reaction

Number of patients (n = 37)

Allergic – immediate (IgE)

7

Allergic – delayed (T cell)

2

Vasovagal syncope

6

Sympathetic stimulation

10

Systemic toxic effect

7

Procedural trauma

4

Unknown

1

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