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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Epinephrine autoinjectors may have little effect on surviving anaphylaxis events. Research is needed in ...

An initial dose of 0.3 mg intramuscular (IM) epinephrine was tied to a greater escalation of care than a dose of 0.5 mg in patients with anaphylaxis, a retrospective single-center study found. The ...

Approximately 2% of adults and 4% to 8% of children have food allergies in the U.S., with food-induced anaphylaxis resulting in roughly 30,000 emergency department visits, 2,000 hospitalizations, and ...

Anaphylaxis can cause severe itching, difficulty breathing, fainting, and abdominal pain. These symptoms usually begin about 30 minutes after coming into contact with an allergy trigger. First, call ...

Doctors prescribe EpiPen (epinephrine injection) to treat anaphylaxis from any cause, including food and medication allergies. Use EpiPen as soon as symptoms start or just after exposure to a known ...

Anaphylaxis happens fast. Epinephrine reverses the effects of the allergic reaction, allowing time to get to the emergency room. But even after being stabilized and released from the hospital, full ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A patient should be supine or sitting when an epinephrine autoinjector device is administered per best practice ...

Findings accepted for publication in the official journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology About 9 out of every 10 patients experiencing anaphylaxis were effectively treated ...