منابع مشابه
Anaphylaxis and emergency treatment.
Food anaphylaxis is now the leading known cause of anaphylactic reactions treated in emergency departments in the United States. It is estimated that there are 30 000 anaphylactic reactions to foods treated in emergency departments and 150 to 200 deaths each year. Peanuts, tree nuts, fish, and shellfish account for most severe food anaphylactic reactions. Although clearly a form of immunoglobul...
متن کاملAcute treatment of anaphylaxis in children.
QUESTION A 3-year-old was rushed to my office after eating a friend's chocolate bar that contained nuts. He immediately developed urticaria on his face and swelling of his lips, and he had a persistent cough. What is the best treatment for a child with anaphylaxis? Should this family receive a prescription for an epinephrine autoinjector device? ANSWER Intramuscular epinephrine injection is a...
متن کاملAnaphylaxis: assessment of a disease-based military medical standard.
Although widespread, the use of disease-based employment medical standards is poorly understood or researched. A probabilistic model and threshold value are developed and applied to a military (Canadian Forces [CF]) medical standard for anaphylaxis. Frequency estimates of prevalence, occurrence, and impairing reactions are determined from the literature for military applicants and from medical ...
متن کاملA survey study of medical knowledge about anaphylaxis
Results We evaluated 80 questionnaires answered by physicians (38 male) from various specialties. The majority of them were between 20 and 30 years-old. The most frequent specialties were Orthopedics and Pediatrics (22.5%). The graduate year was between 2005 and 2013 in 62.5%. Forty-six had already treated patients with anaphylaxis. The most frequent triggers were: drugs (22), food (20), insect...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.17.2.152-a