Review of the 2021 Resuscitation Council United Kingdom guideline for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis

Ball, Emily, Purchase, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4504-2111 and Morgan, Jeff 2023. Review of the 2021 Resuscitation Council United Kingdom guideline for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice 108 , pp. 296-300. 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324432

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Abstract

Background It is estimated that 1 in 300 people will experience anaphylaxis at some point1 with approximately 20–30 deaths per year in the UK from anaphylaxis.2 The treatment, investigation and follow-up of patients with anaphylaxis are frequently suboptimal, with approximately 50% of anaphylaxis episodes not treated appropriately with intramuscular epinephrine (adrenaline),3 despite previous guidance recommending epinephrine as first-line treatment. This is often due to a failure to recognise anaphylaxis which can be difficult due to the variety of signs and symptoms that may occur, none of which are specific to anaphylaxis (defined in box 1).

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	1743-0585
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 May 2023
Date of Acceptance:	30 November 2022
Last Modified:	27 Sep 2023 14:42
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/159568

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