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Food-induced anaphylaxis and repeated epinephrine treatments
Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 10/29/07

Oren, E., et al. - Conclusions: Of patients presenting to the ED with food-induced anaphylaxis, approximately 16% were treated with 2 doses of epinephrine. This study supports the recommendation that patients at risk for food-induced anaphylaxis carry 2 doses of epinephrine. Further study is needed to confirm these results and to expand them to patients who do not present to the ED because that group may have a lower frequency of epinephrine use

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