Home monitoring after anaphylaxis, epinephrine use recommended over emergency response

Although current guidelines recommend calls to emergency medical services and ED visits in response to anaphylaxis, home management may be preferable in many cases, according to a literature review.
“We wanted to explore the literature to determine if all patients suffering from an anaphylactic episode need to go to the ED following the use of auto-injectable epinephrine,” John J. Oppenheimer, MD, clinical professor of medicine at UMDNJ Rutgers University School of Medicine and a Healio Allergy/Asthma Peer Perspective Board Member, told Healio.
Once anaphylaxis begins, epinephrine

Although current guidelines recommend calls to emergency medical services and ED visits in response to anaphylaxis, home management may be preferable in many cases, according to a literature review.
“We wanted to explore the literature to determine if all patients suffering from an anaphylactic episode need to go to the ED following the use of auto-injectable epinephrine,” John J. Oppenheimer, MD, clinical professor of medicine at UMDNJ Rutgers University School of Medicine and a Healio Allergy/Asthma Peer Perspective Board Member, told Healio.
Once anaphylaxis begins, epinephrine