Age specific aetiology of anaphylaxis
Open Access
- 1 October 2001
- journal article
- letter
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 85 (4) , 348b-348
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.85.4.348b
Abstract
Routine hospital data analysis suggests the incidence of anaphylaxis is rapidly increasing in England.1 2Although an acute life threatening disorder, anaphylaxis is often managed sub-optimally,3 one of the major difficulties being prompt recognition of the disorder.4 An appreciation of how aetiology varies with age may aid clinicians in arriving at a quick and accurate diagnosis. Using the Hospital Episode Statistics database, we …This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: