Anaphylaxis is a severe, generalized allergic or hypersensitivity reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death. Epinephrine (adrenaline) can be life-saving when administered as rapidly as possible once anaphylaxis is recognized. This clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics is an update of the 2007 clinical report on this topic. It provides information to help clinicians i...

intraoperative radiation therapy (iort) is a multidisciplinary approach in which residual tumors or tumor beds are directly irradiated during a surgical procedure. to evaluate its efficacy, from 1985, we conducted a prospective study including non-metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma treated by surgery, iort (15 grays) and postoperative external beam radiotherapy (44 grays). up to 1993, 51 cases o...

Globally, food processing patterns are becoming more sophisticated and modernized for meeting abrupt increase in demand of allegen free food. The stance availability allergens is a rather hectic task to implement consumers most probably become prone them. Anaphylaxis serious health-related syndrome due the adverse response immune system. It aggravates by consumption foods that contain ultimatel...

Anaphylaxis is rarely seen in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and there is not a single entry for 'anaphylaxis' in the index of a recently published paediatric ICU textbook. There are two potential scenarios where anaphylaxis could be encountered in the PICU: (i) a child who is admitted for intensive care after anaphylaxis; or (ii) a patient who develops anaphylaxis to therapy while ...

BACKGROUND We have noticed changes in paediatric anaphylaxis triggers locally in Singapore. OBJECTIVE We aimed to describe the demographic characteristics, clinical features, causative agents and management of children presenting with anaphylaxis. METHODS This is a retrospective study of Singaporean children presenting with anaphylaxis between January 2005 and December 2009 to a tertiary pa...

BACKGROUND Anaphylaxis is a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. The risk of anaphylaxis after vaccination has not been well described in adults or with newer vaccines in children. OBJECTIVE We sought to estimate the incidence of anaphylaxis after vaccines and describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of confirmed cases of anaphylaxis. METHODS Using health care data f...

provided the original work is properly cited. CC Anaphylaxis that occurs during anesthesia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Muscle relaxant is the most frequent cause of perioperative anaphylaxis [1]. Although it is believed that there is a risk of anaphylaxis to the drug in some patients, a similar incidence of anaphylaxis has been observed with use of other members of the same dru...

Introduction and objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency food-induced anaphylaxis, analyze symptoms, triggering factors in a group youngest children. Also, aims estimate anaphylaxis episodes children Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship region.Methods: Retrospective analysis medical records 29 aged 0–3 years that presented symptoms anaphylaxis. Medical charts were reviewed u...

Data on anaphylaxis cases in pre-hospital settings is limited. As part of the Cross Canada Anaphylaxis Registry (C-CARE), we assessed anaphylaxis cases managed by paramedics in Outaouais, Quebec. A software program was developed to prospectively record demographic and clinical characteristics as well as management of cases meeting the definition of the anaphylaxis. Univariate and multivariate l...