Children Not Getting Epinephrine When Needed, Prior to Arriving at ED

In a very interesting study, the routine use of epinephrine for anaphylaxis was analyzed. It was found that less than half of children presenting to emergency departments for acute anaphylaxis were administered epinephrine before arriving to the hospital, though a majority of these patients had been previously prescribed epinephrine auto-injectors (EA).1 Epinephrine is the first […]