Anaphylaxis
There is no absolute contraindication to the use of adrenaline in patients with heart disease who experience anaphylaxis - Dr Richard D deShazo
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Pearls and Pitfalls in Anaphylaxis
Dealing with a patient suffering from acute anaphylaxis attack can be a frightening and challenging experience for even the most seasoned emergency clinician. The following 10 pearls and pitfalls on management of anaphylaxis was taken from an editorial published in the Southern Medical Journal by Dr Richard D deShazo...
- The progression of anaphylaxis from itching to urticaria to death is unpredictable. Patients with these symptoms should be treated as soon as they occur.
- Patients with anaphylaxis may present with hypotension alone and no cutaneous or pulmonary findings. Acute diarrhoea can also be an isolated finding.
- Adrenaline is the first line and…
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Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactic Shock
All patients who fulfill the criteria for anaphylaxis require the administration of epinephrine. Epinephrine is the only drug to show a mortality benefit in the management of anaphylaxis.
Treatment of Anaphylaxis
MY PATIENT HAS ANAPHYLAXIS, WHAT IS THE INITIAL TREATMENT? Epinephrine, 0.01 mg/kg intramuscularly with a maximum initial dose of 0.5mg, repeated every 5-15 minutes.
Adventures with Anaphylaxis
Every time I think I’ve run out of things to write about, life throws me a curveball. Over the past couple of years, I’ve been getting allergy shots on a pretty regular basis. The science behind allergy shots might seem a bit counterintuitive...
Life-Threatening Allergic Reactions Rising in Children
Anaphylaxis is the scary end of allergy, the kind of reaction that can kill. It can happen almost immediately after the exposure — being stung by the bee, eating the peanut — and it can move fast. In anaphylaxis, your immune system turns against you with a vengeance, revs up and releases histamines and other chemicals that set off a range of dangerous physiological changes.
Researchers may have found a cure for the peanut allergy
New research out of Australia appears to have found a way to train the human body to overcome a peanut allergy, one of the most common and deadly allergies in the world.
Anaphylactic Political Shock
Competitors have been trying for years to challenge Mylan’s EpiPen franchise with low-cost alternatives—only to become entangled in the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory afflatus.
ER doctors explain how to decode dangerously inaccurate health reports
Not all allergic reactions—even severe ones—are anaphylaxis. Not all, therefore, need epinephrine. Sometimes when patients come in saying they have anaphylaxis, they have none of its signs or symptoms. That is why we will sometimes wait and see, rather than diving in and giving a drug with potential for harm.
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Connection Team
Whether you are newly diagnosed or a long-time member of the allergy community, FAACT is your home for education, advocacy, and connections with other parents and adults affected by food allergies and life-threatening anaphylaxis.
Free Online Anaphylaxis First Aid Training
I wrote the online course “First Aid For Anaphylaxis: An Allergic Emergency” in an effort to save lives, and it has been credited with saving a life. The course follows the World Allergy Organization Guidelines For The Assessment And Management Of Anaphylaxis, which incorporate contributions from more than 100 allergy/immunology specialists on 6 continents, and I have never seen a case of allergic injury (coma, brain damage) or death when this protocol is followed.
It’s Just Not Worth the Risk: Our Anaphylactic Experience
Last night was the worst night of my life. It was the night of my son’s first anaphylactic reaction. Looking back now, it all seems like a nightmare – blurry, but terrifying all the same.
Mylan’s monopoly on EpiPens is costing low-income allergy patients thousands of dollars
For the 3.6 million people in the US with severe allergies to food or bee-stings, having a prescription EpiPen on hand can be a matter of life or death.
No Nuts, No Glory
The perks of having a life-threatening food allergy.
Oh, Lovely: The Tick That Gives People Meat Allergies Is Spreading
FIRST COMES THE unscratchable itching, and the angry blossoming of hives. Then stomach cramping, and—for the unluckiest few—difficulty breathing, passing out, and even death. In the last decade and a half, thousands of previously protein-loving Americans have developed a dangerous allergy to meat. And they all have one thing in common: the lone star tick.
What You Need To Know About The EpiPen
If you have a life-threatening allergy, you’ve probably been prescribed an EpiPen to use in case of emergencies. You might keep it in your purse or at your office and not given it a whole lot of thought—that is, until this week, when the name “EpiPen” has been all over the news.
World Allergy Organization Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Anaphylaxis
The illustrated World Allergy Organization (WAO) Anaphylaxis Guidelines were created in response to absence of global guidelines for anaphylaxis. Uniquely, before they were developed, lack of worldwide availability of essentials for the diagnosis and treatment of anaphylaxis was documented.
Anaphylaxis: Where do we go wrong and how can we improve?
The anaphylactic reaction itself is often responsible for coronary vasospasm and arrhythmia. Do not avoid giving epinephrine because of these potential reactions.
Pearls and Pitfalls in Anaphylaxis
Dealing with a patient suffering from acute anaphylaxis attack can be a frightening and challenging experience for even the most seasoned emergency clinician. The following 10 pearls and pitfalls on management of anaphylaxis was taken from an editorial published in the Southern Medical Journal by Dr Richard D deShazo. This short brilliant article gives you the Top 10 things not to miss the next time you encounter a patient suffering from anaphylaxis.
A Tale Of Anaphylaxis
Epinephrine has saved my life several times and because of that I am here to tell my story as well as offer tips and tricks to surviving day to day life tasks with allergies.
Anaphylaxis Campaign
To support people with severe allergies.
Core EM
Early administration of epinephrine (adrenaline) is the most important intervention in anaphylaxis. It is life-saving and intubation-sparing.
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