If you or someone you love has an allergy that results in anaphylaxis, you know how important it is to administer epinephrine at the first sign of a reaction. Epinephrine is the frontline treatment ...

An intramuscular injection delivers medication into a muscle. Doctors frequently use intramuscular injections to administer vaccines and certain other drugs. Injection sites include the upper arm, hip ...

Patients with signs of anaphylaxis should be given epinephrine in the anterolateral thigh as first-line treatment, according to new practice parameters published in the December issue of the Annals of ...

º Weight 10–25kg: 0.15mg epinephrine autoinjector, IM (anterior-lateral thigh) º Weight>25kg: 0.3mg epinephrine autoinjector, IM (anterior-lateral thigh) º Epinephrine (1:1000 solution) IM, 0.01mg/kg ...

PARIS — While anaphylaxis requires immediate adrenaline administration through autoinjection, the use of this treatment is not optimal. Therefore, the development of new adrenaline formulations (such ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri has signed SB 710, which authorizes all school personnel in the state trained by a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- State lawmakers unanimously passed a bill this week allowing schools, camps and athletic programs to stock epinephrine, which can be used to stop possibly fatal allergic reactions.

Anaphylaxis is a serious, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that can affect several organ systems in the body and may threaten breathing and blood circulation. The most common causes of ...

When a third-grade student who had been stung by a wasp developed welts on his neck and had trouble breathing, school nurse Amanda Williams had the necessary dose of epinephrine to counter the ...