Management and educational status of adult anaphylaxis patients at emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

We evaluated the management and educational status of adult anaphylaxis patients at emergency departments (EDs).

Methods

Anaphylaxis patients who visited ED from 2011 to 2013 were enrolled from three hospitals. We analyzed clinical features, prior history of anaphylaxis, management and provided education for etiology and/or prevention. For analyzing associated factors with epinephrine injection, Pearson chi-square test was used by SPSS version 21 (IBM Co.).

Results

A total of 194 anaphylaxis patients were enrolled. Ninety-nine patients (51%) visited ED by themselves. Time interval from symptom onset to ED visit was 62 ± 70.5 minutes. Drug (56.2%) was the most frequent cause of anaphylaxis. Forty-seven patients (24.2%) had prior history of anaphylaxis a

SUBMITTER: Kim MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6129625 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature