Anaphylaxis in children is rare but increasingly reported with food allergies being the most common triggers. The World Allergy Organisation (WAO) characterises severe anaphylaxis as ‘a potentially life-threatening compromise in airway, breathing and/or the circulation’ due to anaphylaxis.
In this paper, which follows on from the National Child Mortality Database thematic report on child deaths from asthma or anaphylaxis in England from 2019 to 2023, the authors review cases of fatal food-related anaphylaxis, to establish the chronology of events and interventions provided in an attempt to glean lessons for pre-hospital management of severe anaphylaxis.
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