Adaci Coelho, MagnaSerrano Reyes, Carlos DanielLatin American Anaphylaxis WorkingIvancevich, Juan CarlosSánchez Borges, MarioRosário, Nelson A.Francisco Ardusso, Ledit RamónGuerra Bernd, Luis Antoânio2017-03-302017-03-302011-01-011807-5932http://www.scielo.br/pdf/clin/v66n6/04.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10906/81185Of all patients, 68.5% were older than 18 years, 41.6% were male, and 65.4% experienced the allergic reaction at home. The etiologic agent was identified in 87.4% of cases and predominantly consisted of drugs (31.2%), foods (23.3%), and insect stings (14.9%). The main symptom categories observed during the acute episodes were cutaneous (94.0%) and respiratory (79.0%). The majority of patients (71.6%) were treated initially by a physician (office/emergency room) within the first hour after the reaction occurred (60.2%), and 43.5% recovered in the first hour after treatment. Most patients were treated in an emergency setting, but only 37.3% received parenteral epinephrine alone or associated with other medication. However, 80.5% and 70.2% were treated with corticosteroids or antihistamines (alone or in association), respectively. A total of 12.9% of the patients underwent reanimation maneuvers, and 15.2% were hospitalized. Only 5.8% of the patients returned to the emergency room after discharge, with 21.7% returning in the first 6 hours after initial treatment.Digitalapplication/pdfspaEL AUTOR, expresa que la obra objeto de la presente autorización es original y la elaboró sin quebrantar ni suplantar los derechos de autor de terceros, y de tal forma, la obra es de su exclusiva autoría y tiene la titularidad sobre éste. PARÁGRAFO: en caso de queja o acción por parte de un tercero referente a los derechos de autor sobre el artículo, folleto o libro en cuestión, EL AUTOR, asumirá la responsabilidad total, y saldrá en defensa de los derechos aquí autorizados; para todos los efectos, la Universidad Icesi actúa como un tercero de buena fe. Esta autorización, permite a la Universidad Icesi, de forma indefinida, para que en los términos establecidos en la Ley 23 de 1982, la Ley 44 de 1993, leyes y jurisprudencia vigente al respecto, haga publicación de este con fines educativos. Toda persona que consulte ya sea la biblioteca o en medio electrónico podrá copiar apartes del texto citando siempre la fuentes, es decir el título del trabajo y el autor.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)Ciencias socio biomédicasMedical sciencesAlergíaAnafilaxiaAnaphylaxishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1instname:Universidad Icesireponame:Biblioteca Digitalrepourl:https://repository.icesi.edu.co/http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2