Skin Prick Test
Also written as SPT.
Specific IgE\ntests may be preferable to skin prick tests when investigating\npatients with a history of anaphylaxis.\nManagement\nAnaphylaxis is an acute medical emergency.
What our notes say
- Specific IgE\ntests may be preferable to skin prick tests when investigating\npatients with a history of anaphylaxis.\nManagement\nAnaphylaxis is an acute medical emergency. (Davidson's Essentials of Medicine - 2nd)
- Flitting infiltrates may be seen in allergic bronchopulmo\nnary aspergillosis (ABPA).\nMeasurement of allergic status: Total IgE ± allergen-specific IgE\nand/or skin prick tests are carried out. (Davidson's Essentials of Medicine - 2nd)
- A skin prick test 71:489, 2009\nto A. fumigatus is always positive, but serum Aspergillus HEANEY LG, ROBINSON DS: Severe asthma treatment: Need for\nprecipitins are low or undetectable. (Harrisons Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
- Allergy testing: skin prick tests or specific IgE, plus eosinophil count. (Internal Medicine Respiratory CAT 1: 30 MCQs and 5 short answer questions)