Food anaphylaxis in the United Kingdom: analysis of national data, 1998-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe time trends for hospital admissions due to food anaphylaxis in the United Kingdom over the past 20 years.

Design

Analysis of national data, 1998-2018.

Setting

Data relating to hospital admissions for anaphylaxis and deaths, and prescription data for adrenaline autoinjector devices.

Participants

UK population as a whole and devolved nations (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland).

Main outcome measures

Time trends, age, and sex distributions for hospital admissions for anaphylaxis due to food and non-food triggers, and how these admission rates compare with the case fatality rate (number of fatalities as a proportion of hospital admissions).

Results

Between 1998 and 2018, 101 891 people were admitted to hospital for a

SUBMITTER: Baseggio Conrado A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7885259 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature