Anaphylaxis in the emergency room in the city of São Paulo: do we know how to manage?

Results Out of 177 physicians invited to take part of the survey, only 77 accepted. Out of which, 48,1% have already treated an anaphylactic reaction. Eventhough 49% deny ever having attended a case, they claim having treated of alergy set on more than one organic system. As a non-pharmacologic measure, the most mentioned was oxygen. As a pharmacologic measure, adrenalin was the choice of 69% of physicians, also mentioning the intramuscular pathway only by 51,85%. Corticosteroids were chosen as a consecution for the initial therapy by 19,6%. Glucagon was elected by four physicians as an alternative therapy for the management of a refractory anaphylactic reaction in patients in cronic use of beta blockers. Out of the 77 doctors, 16 (20,77%) already heard of biphasic anaphylactic reactions, while 79,23% had no acknowledgement.