"Use assessment of self-administered epinephrine among food-allergic children and pediatricians."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10654956Many parents of severely food-allergic children, and food-allergic teenagers cannot correctly administer their self-injectable epinephrine and may not have the medication readily available. Pediatricians are not familiar with these devices and may fail to review their use with patients. Improved patient and physician education is needed to ensure proper use of this life-saving medication.
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"Pediatricians manage anaphylaxis poorly regardless of episode severity."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24920453?dopt=AbstractPediatricians have difficulty with different steps in managing mild and severe anaphylaxis. Their deficiencies in management may result in failure to prevent recurrences of mild anaphylaxis and may increase mortality in severe anaphylaxis.
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“Allergists Do It Better”?
http://asthmaallergieschildren.com/2014/01/13/allergists-do-it-better/Only 10% of patients with allergies ever see an allergist, which helps explain the costs in cash, productivity, and life that allergic diseases continue to exact from Americans–$56 billion and 3500 fatalities from asthma alone.