Tick bite anaphylaxis: Incidence and management in an Australian emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 297-301

  Rappo, Tristan B ^a   Cottee, Alice M ^b   Ratchford, Andrew M ^c   Burns, Brian J ^c  

^a Hornsby Hospital   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^c Mona Vale Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Tick

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASHORE; STEROID THERAPY; THROAT TIGHTNESS; TICK BITE;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; TICK;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; TICK BITES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881312093     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12093     Document Type: Article

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