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.

Families and clinicians alike often have questions about care when it comes to food allergies, from understanding cutting-edge treatments such as oral immunotherapy to addressing psychosocial burdens such as phobias and bullying.

Researchers confirmed that epinephrine can reach therapeutic plasma concentrations via sublingual administration during the second part of the ongoing EPIPHAST study conducted by Aquestive Therapeutics.

In a viewpoint published in JAMA, authors propose that switching to over-the-counter availability of rescue inhalers would offer patients with asthma access to safer and more effective rescue therapy than what is currently available OTC.

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.

Among patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest, those with COVID-19 had worse rates of survival and return of spontaneous circulation compared with those who did not, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

PHOENIX — Epinephrine can reach therapeutic plasma concentrations via sublingual administration, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

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.

The rate of survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest was lower during the initial surge of COVID-19 compared with prior years, even among patients hospitalized without confirmed COVID-19, researchers reported.

Administration of epinephrine within 4 minutes after first automatic external defibrillator shock for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with initial shockable rhythm may improve survival and functional outcomes at discharge, data show.