Myths, facts and controversies in the diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis

Anaphylaxis is a serious systemic allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death. Despite numerous national and international guidelines and consensus statements, common misconceptions still persist in terms of diagnosis and appropriate management, both among healthcare professionals a...

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Autores principales: Anagnostou, Katherine, Turner, Paul J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6317446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29909382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-314867
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description Anaphylaxis is a serious systemic allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death. Despite numerous national and international guidelines and consensus statements, common misconceptions still persist in terms of diagnosis and appropriate management, both among healthcare professionals and patient/carers. We address some of these misconceptions and highlight the optimal approach for patients who experience potentially life-threatening allergic reactions.
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spelling pubmed-63174462019-01-14 Myths, facts and controversies in the diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis Anagnostou, Katherine Turner, Paul J Arch Dis Child Review Anaphylaxis is a serious systemic allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death. Despite numerous national and international guidelines and consensus statements, common misconceptions still persist in terms of diagnosis and appropriate management, both among healthcare professionals and patient/carers. We address some of these misconceptions and highlight the optimal approach for patients who experience potentially life-threatening allergic reactions. BMJ Publishing Group 2019-01 2018-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6317446/ /pubmed/29909382 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-314867 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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