The Epidemiology of Anaphylaxis

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 366-374

  Yu, Joyce E ^a   Lin, Robert Y ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Biphasic; Epidemiology; Fatality; Incidence; Prevalence; Risk factor; Triggers

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANT VENOM; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; EPINEPHRINE; HYMENOPTERA VENOM; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INSECT VENOM; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VACCINE; VITAMIN D; ALLERGEN; VENOM;

AGE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; HONEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATITUDE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; PEANUT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELLFISH; SUN EXPOSURE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD ALLERGY; IMMUNOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EUROPE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VENOMS;

EID: 84941364054     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-015-8503-x     Document Type: Review

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