ANAHEIM, California — Paramedics who respond to emergency calls for patients with signs and symptoms of acute allergic reaction and anaphylaxis are failing to give life-saving epinephrine, according ...

Older adults with anaphylaxis had higher rates of drug and venom triggers than younger adults and were more frequently admitted to the ICU. They received less epinephrine and were less likely to have ...

Anaphylaxis is highly likely when any 1 of the 3 following criteria are present [8]: Acute onset of illness (minutes to several hours) with involvement of the skin, mucosal tissue, or both ...

Anaphylaxis: Early Epinephrine Tied to Fewer Overall Doses Anaphylaxis cases are rising dramatically; epinephrine use before ED arrival was associated with a lower likelihood of requiring multiple ...

Older adults who present to the emergency department (ED) with anaphylaxis may be more likely than younger adults to be hospitalized and to have medications or intravenous contrast as triggers, a ...

Greinacher's group screened the ongoing lepirudin pharmacosurveillance program from 1994 to 2002 for anaphylaxis and severe allergy cases. They identified nine patients with severe anaphylaxis, all ...

Peanut oral immunotherapy is generally safe, but rare, severe immediate allergic reactions may emerge months into treatment, ...