Do epinephrine auto-injectors have an unsuitable needle length for young children?
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Do epinephrine auto-injectors have an unsuitable needle length for young children?
Background Epinephrine delivered by an auto-injector to the anterolateral aspect of the thigh is the standard of care for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis. For most pediatric patients in Canada, the EpipenJr is prescribed, which has a needle length of 12.7mm. The route of epinephrine administration affects its onset of action, and intramuscular delivery is recommended for rapid absorption...
متن کاملDo epinephrine auto-injectors have an unsuitable needle length in children and adolescents at risk for anaphylaxis from food allergy?
BACKGROUND Food allergy is the most common cause of anaphylaxis in children. Intramuscular delivery of epinephrine auto-injectors (EAI) is the standard of care for the treatment of anaphylaxis. We examined if children and adolescents at risk of anaphylaxis weighing 15-30 kg and >30 kg would receive epinephrine into the intramuscular space with the currently available EAI in North America and Eu...
متن کاملErratum to: Do epinephrine auto-injectors have an unsuitable needle length in children and adolescents at risk for anaphylaxis from food allergy?
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13223-016-0110-8.].
متن کاملCSACI position statement: epinephrine auto-injectors and children < 15 kg
Epinephrine (adrenaline) is the treatment of choice for anaphylaxis. While other medications, including H1-antihistamines, H2-antihistamines, corticosteroids, and inhaled beta-2 agonists are often used to treat anaphylaxis in the emergency setting, none of these medications has been shown to reverse anaphylaxis. Fatal anaphylaxis is related to the delayed use of epinephrine. In community settin...
متن کاملPossession of epinephrine auto-injectors by Canadians with food allergies.
To the Editor: Although there is unanimous agreement that epinephrine is the first-line treatment for anaphylaxis, many with food allergy have not been prescribed an epinephrine auto-injector (EAI). As part of our nationwide Canadian study on the prevalence of food allergy, households from the 10 Canadian provinces were randomly selected from the electronic white pages and were telephoned betwe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1710-1492
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-s1-a19