Evaluation of the clinical utility of medical tests in chronic urticaria
Jorge Sánchez, Ana-Lorena Caraballo, Elizabeth García · 2026
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Jorge Sánchez and colleagues evaluated whether the medical tests commonly used for chronic hives actually help doctors make better decisions. Chronic urticaria means hives that keep returning for weeks, and many tests are ordered despite guidelines backing only a few.
The team first listed the tests in use, then graded each for accuracy and for real usefulness in guiding care. Few of the common tests performed well in practice, which capped how much good they could do patients. Photo records of the hives and drug challenge tests showed the clearest real benefit in the review. First clinical impressions alone misclassified nearly 30 percent of cases, Sánchez notes, so proven tests still matter.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jorge Sánchez, Ana-Lorena Caraballo, Elizabeth García |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |