Open AccessOutcomes of allergy testing after an emergency department visit for food anaphylaxis
Author(s) -
Campbell Ronna,
Decker Wyatt
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-1-s1-p46
Subject(s) - anaphylaxis , medicine , emergency department , allergy , allergen , food allergy , epinephrine , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , immunology , psychiatry
Background Anaphylaxis is a potentially life threatening allergic reaction. Failure to identify the inciting allergen places patients at risk of future life-threatening allergen exposure. Anaphylaxis guidelines recommend that all patients who experience anaphylaxis from an allergen encountered in a non-medical setting carry self injectable epinephrine and follow up with an allergist. Very little data is available on outcomes of allergy follow up after an emergency department (ED) visit for anaphylaxis. The aim of our study was to determine the outcomes of allergy follow up after an ED visit for food anaphylaxis.