Authors
Jasmeet Soar, Richard Pumphrey, Andrew Cant, Sue Clarke, Allison Corbett, Peter Dawson, Pamela Ewan, Bernard Foëx, David Gabbott, Matt Griffiths, Judith Hall, Nigel Harper, Fiona Jewkes, Ian Maconochie, Sarah Mitchell, Shuaib Nasser, Jerry Nolan, George Rylance, Aziz Sheikh, David Joseph Unsworth, David Warrell, Working Group of the Resuscitation Council (UK
Publication date
2008/5/1
Journal
Resuscitation
Volume
77
Issue
2
Pages
157-169
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
- •The UK incidence of anaphylactic reactions is increasing.
- •Patients who have an anaphylactic reaction have life-threatening airway and, or breathing and, or circulation problems usually associated with skin or mucosal changes.
- •Patients having an anaphylactic reaction should be treated using the Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (ABCDE) approach.
- •Anaphylactic reactions are not easy to study with randomised controlled trials. There are, however, systematic reviews of the available evidence and a wealth of clinical experience to help formulate guidelines.
- •The exact treatment will depend on the patient's location, the equipment and drugs available, and the skills of those treating the anaphylactic reaction.
- •Early treatment with intramuscular adrenaline is the treatment of choice for patients having an anaphylactic reaction.
- •Despite previous guidelines, there is still confusion about the indications …
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