RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Who needs to carry an epinephrine autoinjector?
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 66
OP 72
DO 10.3949/ccjm.86a.17123
VO 86
IS 1
A1 Song, T. Ted
A1 Lieberman, Phil
YR 2019
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/86/1/66.abstract
AB Patients who have had anaphylaxis or who are at risk of it (eg, due to food allergy or Hymenoptera hypersensitivity) should carry an epinephrine autoinjector at all times. However, the risks and benefits must be considered on an individual basis, especially in patients with athero-sclerotic heart disease, elderly patients on polypharmacy, patients receiving allergen immunotherapy, those with large local reactions to insect stings, and individuals with oral allergy syndrome.