I will collect data regarding utility of Steroid in Allergic reaction in this post: Emergency Department Corticosteroid Use for Allergy or Anaphylaxis Is Not Associated With Decreased Relapses ASCIA Guidelines – Acute Management of Anaphylaxis Anaphylaxis—a 2020 practice parameter update, systematic review, and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) analysis Steroid Management of […]
Continue ReadingWe reviewed this topic here, and we published our review in AJEM. Now Anesthesiology in Feb published a study from ICU with the same topic. Patients admitted to the hospital for a biphasic allergic reaction was observed in ICU and 4/83 (5 %, 3 possible, 1 probable) of patients experienced a mild recurrent reaction and […]
Continue ReadingYou have a septic patient with PCN allergies! and now you are in trouble to start appropriate antibiotics due to cross reactivity. This is an Italian based study, that studied the cross-reactivity and
Continue ReadingNEJM published new treatment for ACEI-induced Angioedema. This study funded by Shire (a Biopharmaceuticals Company) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany.
Continue ReadingWe are very familiar with the term of Angioedema. Mostly comes from ACE-In but has a large ddx from NSAIDS to hereditary to idiopathic. There is an article in Academic EM that is discussing the treatment options for Angioedema.
Continue ReadingWe are usually observing patients in emergency department in length due to biphasic reaction. There are 2 articles published during last 6 months and they emphasized regarding of how common is biphasic reaction and mortality of this reaction!
Continue ReadingI am teaching this topic to medical students, interns, and residents every month and I found this valuable guideline by World Allergy Organization.
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