Management and educational status of adult anaphylaxis patients at emergency department
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
;
: 1008-1015, 2018.
Artigo
em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
We evaluated the management and educational status of adult anaphylaxis patients at emergency departments (EDs).METHODS:
Anaphylaxis patients who visited ED from 2011 to 2013 were enrolled from three hospitals. We analyzed clinical features, prior history of anaphylaxis, management and provided education for etiology and/or prevention. For analyzing associated factors with epinephrine injection, Pearson chi-square test was used by SPSS version 21 (IBM Co.).RESULTS:
A total of 194 anaphylaxis patients were enrolled. Ninety-nine patients (51%) visited ED by themselves. Time interval from symptom onset to ED visit was 62 ± 70.5 minutes. Drug (56.2%) was the most frequent cause of anaphylaxis. Forty-seven patients (24.2%) had prior history of anaphylaxis and 33 patients had same suspicious cause with current anaphylaxis. Cutaneous (88.7%) and respiratory (72.7%) symptoms were frequent. Hypotension was presented in 114 patients (58.8%). Mean observation time in ED was 12 ± 25.7 hours and epinephrine was injected in 114 patients (62%). In 68 patients, epinephrine was injected intramuscularly with mean dose of 0.3 ± 0.10 mg. Associated factor with epinephrine injection was hypotension (p = 0.000). Twenty-three patients (13%) were educated about avoidance of suspicious agent. Epinephrine auto-injectors were prescribed only in five patients. Only 34 (19%) and 72 (40%) patients were consulted to allergist at ED and outpatient allergy department respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
We suggested that management and education of anaphylaxis were not fully carried out in ED. An education and promotion program on anaphylaxis is needed for medical staff.
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Assunto principal:
Pacientes Ambulatoriais
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Administração dos Cuidados ao Paciente
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Epinefrina
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Educação
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Escolaridade
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Emergências
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Serviços Médicos de Emergência
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Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
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Hipersensibilidade
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Hipotensão
Limite:
Adulto
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
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