Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Improved anaphylaxis referral rates to specialized services from an Emergency Department. |
| Authors: |
Williams, Fiona, Ponsford, Mark, El‐Shanawany, Tariq, Macdonald, Lyndsey, Jolles, Stephen, Williams, Paul |
| Source: |
Clinical & Experimental Allergy; Aug2020, Vol. 50 Issue 8, p973-976, 4p, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart |
| Subject Terms: |
FOOD allergy, HOSPITAL emergency services, URTICARIA, EMERGENCY medical services, DRUG side effects |
| Abstract: |
Keywords: anaphylaxis; audit; emergency; referral pathway EN anaphylaxis audit emergency referral pathway 973 976 4 08/01/20 20200801 NES 200801 To the Editor, The UK has high allergy prevalence rates, with 30%-40% of the population affected by allergy. Epinephrine for self-administration devices were required for 17 of the 41 patients who required referral and were prescribed by A&E to 14 of those patients (82%), not having been recorded as being prescribed to 3 patients with food allergy (2 to nuts, 1 to egg). We think it unlikely that patients may have preferentially seen their GPs first and then been referred by them to hospital Medical Assessment Units (MAU) as patients with acute anaphylaxis are much more likely to attend A&E immediately than consult their GP first. [Extracted from the article] |
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