Do epinephrine auto-injectors have an unsuitable needle length in children and adolescents at risk for anaphylaxis from food allergy?

BACKGROUND: Food allergy is the most common cause of anaphylaxis in children. Intramuscular delivery of epinephrine auto-injectors (EAI) is the standard of care for the treatment of anaphylaxis. We examined if children and adolescents at risk of anaphylaxis weighing 15–30 kg and >30 kg would rece...

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Autores principales: Dreborg, Sten, Wen, Xia, Kim, Laura, Tsai, Gina, Nevis, Immaculate, Potts, Ryan, Chiu, Jack, Dominic, Arunmozhi, Kim, Harold
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4779571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26949403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13223-016-0110-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4779571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26949403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13223-016-0110-8

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