Adherence to adrenaline autoinjector prescriptions in patients with anaphylaxis

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Clinical and Translational Allergy

• Louise Parke, 
• Annemarie Schaeffer Senders, 
• Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, 
• Annmarie Touborg Lassen, 
• Athamaica Ruiz Oropeza, 
• Susanne Halken, 
• Sigurd Broesby-Olsen, 
• Henrik Fomsgaard Kjær & 
• Charlotte G. Mortz 

Clinical and Translational Allergy volume 9, Article number: 59 (2019) 

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Percentage of retrieved adrenaline autoinjectors
in relation to age

Abstract

This study evaluates adherence to adrenaline autoinjector prescriptions in a cohort of well-characterized anaphylaxis patients. The overall retrieval rate was 76% with the highest rate in patients with severe anaphylaxis. Special attention is needed in patients with unknown elicitors and in young adults, comprising the largest proportion of non-adherent patients.

Trial registration No intervention performed. Retrospective data used with permission from the Danish Data Protection Agency and Regional Committees on Health Research Ethics.

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