Although rates of anaphylaxis appear to be increasing with no rise in fatalities elsewhere in the world, rates of fatalities due to anaphylaxis are increasing in Brazil, according to a study published in Clinical and Experimental Allergy.
These data could support public health policy to improve emergency care for people with anaphylaxis, Luciana Kase Tanno, MD, PhD, head of the Montpellier WHO Collaborating Center in Montpellier, France, and colleagues wrote in the study.
“These findings may influence officials in Brazil to facilitate wider availability of epinephrine devices such as