Epinephrine auto-injector needle length
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Auto-injector needle length may be inadequate to deliver epinephrine intramuscularly in women with confirmed food allergy
BACKGROUND Epinephrine auto-injectors are the standard first aid treatment for anaphylaxis. Intramuscular delivery into the anterolateral aspect of the thigh is recommended for optimal onset of action of epinephrine. The most frequently prescribed auto-injector in North America and Canada is the EpiPen(®), which has a needle length of 15.2 mm. Currently, it is unknown whether this needle length...
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Letter to the Editor for "Auto-injector needle length may be inadequate to deliver epinephrine intramuscularly in women with confirmed food allergy" by Tsai et al. There are limitations of this study note mentioning such as method of compression, role of propulsion, defining those patients who are at risk of prophylaxis and future studies.
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عنوان ژورنال: Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1710-1492
DOI: 10.1186/s13223-020-00422-4