ANAPHYLAXIS

Course overview

ANAPHYLAXIS IS AN ACUTE, LIFE-THREATENING HYPERSENSITIVITY DISORDER, DEFINED AS A GENERALIZED, RAPIDLY EVOLVING, MULTI-SYSTEMIC ALLERGIC REACTION. ANAPHYLACTIC REACTIONS WERE CLASSIFIED AS IGE-MEDIATED RESPONSES, WHILE ANAPHYLACTOID REACTIONS AS IGE-INDEPENDENT EVENTS. PHYSICAL PRESENTATIONS OF ANAPHYLAXIS RANGE FROM MILD SKIN FLUSHING AND PRURITIS TO SEVERE RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF ANAPHYLAXIS AND EXPLAINS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MANAGING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.