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ReviewJournal of asthma and allergy2018

Economic considerations in the treatment of systemic allergic reactions.

Emma Westermann-Clark, Amber N Pepper, Richard F Lockey

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Review in Journal of asthma and allergy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Detection of Anaphylaxis Through the Cutaneous Barrier.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2025
    Review
  4. Review
  5. Penicillin Allergy Testing Is Cost-Saving: An Economic Evaluation Study.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emma Westermann-ClarkDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.
Amber N PepperDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.
Richard F LockeyDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital · USUniversity of South Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epinephrine is a life-saving medication used to treat systemic allergic reactions including anaphylaxis. Epinephrine autoinjectors (EAIs) are expensive and worldwide availability is limited. Epinephrine prefilled syringes and epinephrine kits are potentially lower-cost alternatives to EAIs. Advantages, disadvantages, and costs of available products are discussed. The socioeconomic factors impacting access to EAIs are described.

Indexed as

anaphylaxisautoinjectorcostepinephrineprice

Identifiers

PMID29950874
PMCPMC6016598
OpenAlexW2809589053

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Registered trials

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