Epinephrine auto-injectors for acute asthma as well as anaphylaxis
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Possession of epinephrine auto-injectors by Canadians with food allergies.
To the Editor: Although there is unanimous agreement that epinephrine is the first-line treatment for anaphylaxis, many with food allergy have not been prescribed an epinephrine auto-injector (EAI). As part of our nationwide Canadian study on the prevalence of food allergy, households from the 10 Canadian provinces were randomly selected from the electronic white pages and were telephoned betwe...
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BACKGROUND Food allergy is the most common cause of anaphylaxis in children. Intramuscular delivery of epinephrine auto-injectors (EAI) is the standard of care for the treatment of anaphylaxis. We examined if children and adolescents at risk of anaphylaxis weighing 15-30 kg and >30 kg would receive epinephrine into the intramuscular space with the currently available EAI in North America and Eu...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp19x706709