Hereditary angioedema: A rare but serious and commonly misdiagnosed disease

Hereditary angioedema is a rare and commonly misdiagnosed disease characterized by recurrent, painful, nonurticarial, and nonpruritic deep tissue swelling attacks, including potentially life-threatening asphyxiation. Nurses can assist in identifying disease hallmarks and provide emergency care, pati...

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Autor principal: Zacek, Lisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9671542/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36394625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NURSE.0000891944.11247.83
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spelling pubmed-96715422022-11-18 Hereditary angioedema: A rare but serious and commonly misdiagnosed disease Zacek, Lisa Nursing Feature Hereditary angioedema is a rare and commonly misdiagnosed disease characterized by recurrent, painful, nonurticarial, and nonpruritic deep tissue swelling attacks, including potentially life-threatening asphyxiation. Nurses can assist in identifying disease hallmarks and provide emergency care, patient support, and education about injectable or infused medications. Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 2022-12 2022-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9671542/ /pubmed/36394625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NURSE.0000891944.11247.83 Text en Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/Copyright © 2022 The Author. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until permissions are revoked in writing. Upon expiration of these permissions, PMC is granted a perpetual license to make this article available via PMC and Europe PMC, consistent with existing copyright protections.
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title Hereditary angioedema: A rare but serious and commonly misdiagnosed disease
title_full Hereditary angioedema: A rare but serious and commonly misdiagnosed disease
title_fullStr Hereditary angioedema: A rare but serious and commonly misdiagnosed disease
title_full_unstemmed Hereditary angioedema: A rare but serious and commonly misdiagnosed disease
title_short Hereditary angioedema: A rare but serious and commonly misdiagnosed disease
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