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ReviewAustralian prescriber2021

Updated anaphylaxis guidelines: management in infants and children.

Katie Frith, Jill Smith, Preeti Joshi, Lara S Ford, Sandra Vale

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Review in Australian prescriber, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Food-induced anaphylaxis in children less than 2 years of age.Postepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2025
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  5. Who Needs Epinephrine? Anaphylaxis, Autoinjectors, and Parachutes.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Katie FrithAustralasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Sydney.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7258-1348
Jill SmithAustralasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Sydney.
Preeti JoshiAustralasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Sydney.
Lara S FordAustralasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Sydney.
Sandra ValeAustralasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Sydney.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9031-8009

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) are unpredictable, and initial signs of what could be fatal anaphylaxis can be mild Adrenaline (epinephrine) remains the first-line drug of choice for the acute management of anaphylaxis and should be administered early There are no contraindications to intramuscular adrenaline in the treatment of anaphylaxis Correct positioning of the patient is vital as death can occur within minutes if a patient stands, walks or sits up suddenly. Position the patient correctly first and then promptly administer intramuscular adrenaline Updated guidelines by the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy now recommend that the 0.15 mg adrenaline injector device may be prescribed for infants and children weighing 7.5-10 kg. The recommendation to use the 0.3 mg adrenaline injector device for those over 20 kg remains unchanged The adrenaline doses in Australian Prescriber's anaphylaxis wallchart remain valid.

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adrenaline (epinephrine)adrenaline (epinephrine) injector deviceallergyanaphylaxis

Identifiers

PMID34211247
PMCPMC8236874

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