A study conducted in one New York ED demonstrated a “knowledge gap” in pediatricians’ use of epinephrine for anaphylaxis, researchers reported at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
Mansi Kothari, MD, an allergist/immunologist at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, and colleagues conducted a retrospective chart review that identified demographic and clinical characteristics of anaphylactic patients in the ED over 4 years.
They examined data on pediatric patients treated for anaphylaxis, allergic reactions not otherwise specified,