Language
English
Publication Date
8-1-2024
Journal
Journal of Food Allergy
DOI
10.2500/jfa.2025.7.240067
PMID
40771706
PMCID
PMC12322901
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
6-1-2025
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Abstract
Background: Anaphylaxis is a serious systemic hypersensitivity reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death.
Methods: The true prevalence of infant anaphylaxis is unknown, but such cases may be increasing in presentation of these patients to emergency departments, with studies that evaluate health-care utilization after implementation of early introduction guidelines that report an increase in the use of emergency department for food-related visits as well as an increase in epinephrine prescriptions for infants.
Results: Reasons for these increases may include early food introduction as well as therapeutic interventions such as early life or preschool oral immunotherapy.
Conclusion: Infant anaphylaxis presents many diagnostic challenges, including poor recognition attributable to confusing signs and symptoms that may be age specific, and risk for inadequate acute management.
Keywords
anaphylaxis, auto-injector, education, epinephrine, infant
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Anagnostou, Aikaterini; Greenhawt, Matthew; Mustafa, S Shahzad; et al., "Infant Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Use: Can We Improve Acute Management?" (2024). Faculty, Staff and Students Publications. 7664.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/baylor_docs/7664