World Allergy Organization anaphylaxis guidelines: Summary - 10/08/11

Doi : 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.01.038

F. Estelle R. Simons, MD, FRCPC ^a,^⁎ , Ledit R.F. Ardusso, MD ^b, M. Beatrice Bilò, MD ^c, Yehia M. El-Gamal, MD, PhD ^d, Dennis K. Ledford, MD ^e, Johannes Ring, MD, PhD ^f, Mario Sanchez-Borges, MD ^g, Gian Enrico Senna, MD ^h, Aziz Sheikh, MD, FRCGP, FRCP ⁱ, Bernard Y. Thong, MD ^j
World Allergy Organization
^a Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
^b Cátedra Neumonología, Alergia e Inmunología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
^c Allergy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
^d Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Unit, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
^e University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Fla
^f Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Tech Universitat Muenchen, Munich, Germany
^g Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad, Caracas, Clinica El Avila, Caracas, Venezuela
^h Allergy Unit, Verona General Hospital, Verona, Italy
ⁱ The Center for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
^j Department of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

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Plan

Assessment of patients with anaphylaxis

Management of anaphylaxis in a health care setting

Management of anaphylaxis at the time of discharge from a health care setting

Summary

Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: F. E. R. Simons has received research support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and is on the Anaphylaxis Advisory Boards for Dey, Sanofi-Aventis, and ALK-Abelló. M. B. Bilò has given lectures for ALK-Abelló and Phadia. D. K. Ledford has received research support from Forest Labs, Genentech/Abbott, Merck, and Viro Dharma. A. Sheikh is a Clinical Champion for the Royal College of General Practitioners and a consultant for ALK-Abelló, has done advisory work for Phadia, and is an advisor for the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health. The rest of the authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

The “World Allergy Organization Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Anaphylaxis” was originally published as a WAO position paper in: Simons FER, Ardusso LRF, Bilò MB, El-Gamal YM, Ledford DK, et al. World Allergy Organization Journal 2011;2(3):13-36 on February 24, 2011.