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[Skin prick tests with allergens in general practice]. 1996

O F Olsen

Eleven general practitioners performed skin prick tests for specific pollen allergy (birch, timothy and mugwort) in 109 patients. One to two weeks later all 109 patients were skin prick tested again by one and the same very experienced nurse in a specialised allergy clinic. The results of the allergy-nurse were defined as "the real values". When the two sets of skin prick test were compared, 272 (83%) of all 327 skin pricks were of same size and class compared with the positive histamine-references. Forty-eight skin pricks (14%) were marginally different. Three skin prick tests (1%) were falsely positive and four (1%) were falsely negative. The study shows that general practitioners can after a short time of education and training perform and classify skin prick testing with great performance and at the same level as specialised allergy clinics. Skin prick test is a good supplement to clinical examination in general practice in the diagnosis of specific allergy in rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma bronchiale and in making suitable referrals to specialised allergy clinics.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011058	Pollen	The fertilizing element of plants that contains the male GAMETOPHYTES.	Male Gametes, Plant,Male Gametophytes,Microspores, Plant,Plant Microspores,Pollen Grains,Gamete, Plant Male,Gametes, Plant Male,Gametophyte, Male,Gametophytes, Male,Grain, Pollen,Grains, Pollen,Male Gamete, Plant,Male Gametophyte,Microspore, Plant,Plant Male Gamete,Plant Male Gametes,Plant Microspore,Pollen Grain
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D002983	Clinical Competence	The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.	Clinical Skills,Competence, Clinical,Clinical Competency,Clinical Skill,Competency, Clinical,Skill, Clinical,Skills, Clinical,Clinical Competencies,Competencies, Clinical
D003718	Denmark	A country in northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The capital is Copenhagen.	Faeroe Islands,Faroe Islands
D005194	Family Practice	A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.	Family Practices,Practice, Family,Practices, Family
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man