Use of epinephrine autoinjectors for treatment of anaphylaxis: Which commercially available autoinjector do patients prefer?

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 356-358

  Baker, Troy W ^a   Stolfi, Adrienne ^b   Johnson, Thomas L ^a  

^a Wright Patterson Medical Center   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958089900     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60539-X     Document Type: Letter

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