The acute and long-term management of anaphylaxis: protocol for a systematic review

Clinical and Translational Allergy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Dhami, Sangeeta ^a   Panesar, Sukhmeet S ^b   Rader, Tamara ^c   Muraro, Antonella ^d   Roberts, Graham ^e   Worm, Margitta ^f   Sheikh, Aziz ^b  

^a Evidence Based Health Care Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Emergency; Management

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHRINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METHYLXANTHINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85006314108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-7022-3-14     Document Type: Article

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