The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 116, Issue 3 , Pages 643-649 , September 2005

Multicenter study of emergency department visits for insect sting allergies

  • Sunday Clark, MPH

      Affiliations

    • From the Departments of Emergency Medicine
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sunday Clark, MPH, EMNet Coordinating Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 326 Cambridge Street, Suite 410, Boston, MA 02114.
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  • Aidan A. Long, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
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  • Theodore J. Gaeta, DO, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn
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  • Carlos A. Camargo Jr., MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • From the Departments of Emergency Medicine
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston

Received 13 May 2005 ,Revised 17 June 2005 ,Accepted 23 June 2005.

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    Percentage of patients with a systemic reaction discharged from the emergency department with documentation of instructions to avoid the offending allergen (A), prescription for self-injectable epinep

    Percentage of patients with a systemic reaction discharged from the emergency department with documentation of instructions to avoid the offending allergen (A), prescription for self-injectable epinephrine (B), and referral to an allergist (C). Letters along x-axis designate each of the 15 participating sites.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: A. Long has consulted with AstraZeneca, Schering Plough, and Altana, and is on the speakers' bureau of Genentech, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Schering Plough, and Sanofi-Aventis. C. Camargo has a consulting arrangement with Dey and Verus and receives grants and research money from Dey. There are no other conflicts of interest to disclose.Ms Clark is supported by grant T32 ES07069 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Services (Research Triangle Park, NC) and Dr Camargo by grant AI52338 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (Bethesda, Md). The project was supported by unrestricted grants from Dey Laboratories (Napa, Calif) and the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (Fairfax, Va).

PII: S0091-6749(05)01526-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.06.026

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 116, Issue 3 , Pages 643-649 , September 2005

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