Epinephrine appeared underused in the management of children with seafood-induced anaphylaxis before they reached the hospital, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Daniel Sehayek, an MD candidate at Université Laval in Québec, and colleagues reviewed the cases of 146 children aged 18 years and younger who presented with seafood-induced cases of suspected anaphylaxis at six emergency departments recruited through the Cross-Canada Anaphylaxis Registry between 2011 and 2020.
Overall, 75 of the children (51.4%; boys, n = 40; median age, 4 years;