Anaphylaxis fatalities and admissions in Australia

• Published in: Journal of allergy and clinical immunology Vol. 123; no. 2; pp. 434 - 442
• Main Authors: Liew, Woei Kang, Williamson, Elizabeth, Tang, Mimi L.K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.02.2009; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: admissions; Adolescent; Adult; Allergens - immunology; Allergies; Allergy and Immunology; Anaphylaxis; Anaphylaxis - epidemiology; Anaphylaxis - etiology; Anaphylaxis - mortality; Australia; Australia - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Drug Hypersensitivity - immunology; Drug Hypersensitivity - mortality; Fatalities; Female; Food Hypersensitivity - immunology; Food Hypersensitivity - mortality; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental immunology; Hospitals; Humans; Insect Bites and Stings - immunology; Insect Bites and Stings - mortality; Male; Medical sciences; Mortality; Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data; Patient Admission - trends; Patient admissions; prevalence; Risk Factors; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; Sex Factors; time trends; Young Adult; Australia; Oceania; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; time trends; ASR; ICD-10; AIHW; admissions; prevalence; Anaphylaxis; ICD-9-CM; UK; fatalities; ICD-10-AM; Australia; US; Age-standardized rate; United States; International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification; United Kingdom; International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision; International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Allergy; Immunopathology; Immunology; Prevalence; Epidemiology; Time variation

Detailed data on fatal anaphylaxis are limited, with national anaphylaxis fatality data for the United Kingdom and food-induced anaphylaxis fatality data for the United States. Time trends for anaphylaxis fatalities are not available. We examined causes, demographics, and time trends for anaphylaxis...