Incidence of anaphylaxis in the emergency department: A 1-year study in a university hospital

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 111-116

  Poachanukoon, Orapan ^a   Paopairochanakorn, Chitlada ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INCIDENCE; MALE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; STEROIDS;

EID: 33750973046     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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