Table 3.
Applied drugs among patients fulfilling the WAO/EAACI criteria for the diagnosis of anaphylaxis. Several answers are possible (n = 180)
| Treatment | Pre-hospital | Hospital | Total cases n = 180 (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bystandera | Physicianb | Ambulance/MECU | Emergency Department | ||
| Adrenaline | 45 (25) | ||||
| IM | 10 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 44 (24) |
| IV | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 (2) |
| Glucocorticoids | 150 (83) | ||||
| IV | 1 | 8 | 36 | 87 | 132 (73) |
| Oral | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 25 (14) |
| Antihistamines | 164 (91) | ||||
| IV | 1 | 8 | 41 | 86 | 136 (76) |
| Oral | 45 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 70 (39) |
| Adrenaline Inhalation c | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 16 (9) |
a Patient/relatives, Personal in institution or at work or Friend
b General practitioner or doctor on call
c4/16 patients received also adrenaline IM
Boldface are marking the different treatments and the percentage distribution, including administration way, are given as percent of the total number of cases