Pre-hospital management of anaphylaxis in one Canadian Urban Centre

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1077-1082

  Chung, Timothy ^a,c,d   Gaudet, Lindsay ^a   Vandenberghe, Christine ^a   Couperthwaite, Stephanie ^a   Sookram, Sunil ^a   Liss, Kim ^b   Villa Roel, Cristina ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CENTENNIAL COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Emergency medical services; Epinephrine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INFUSION FLUID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INSECT STING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF MEDICATION; SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERTA; ANAPHYLAXIS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903779600     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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