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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
Published in: Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Letter to the editor

Letter to the editor for the article “Auto-injector needle length may be inadequate to deliver epinephrine intramuscularly in women with confirmed food allergy”

Author: T Ted Song

Published in: Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Letter to the Editor for "Auto-injector needle length may be inadequate to deliver epinephrine intramuscularly in women with confirmed food allergy" by Tsai et al. There are limitations of this study note mentioning such as method of compression, role of propulsion, defining those patients who are at risk of prophylaxis and future studies.
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Tsai G, Kim L, Nevis IFP, Doinic A, Potts R, Chiu J, Kim HL: Auto-injector needle length may be inadequate to deliver epinephrine intramuscularly in women with confirmed food allergy. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2014, 10: 39-10.1186/1710-1492-10-39.PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed
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EAACI: Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Public Declaration. 2013, Zurich: EAACI
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Song TT, Nelson MR, Chang JH, Engler RJM, Chowdhury BA: Adequacy of the epinephrine autoinjector needle length in delivering epinephrine to the intramuscular tissues. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2005, 94: 539-542. 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61130-1.CrossRefPubMed
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Song TT, Merrill NL, Cole JW: Delivery depth of epinephrine by auto-injector into the subcutaneous tissue of pig. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2013, 111 (2): 143-145. 10.1016/j.anai.2013.05.022.CrossRefPubMed
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Pumphrey RS, Diacono D, Sharma V, Arkwrigth PD: Tissue distribution of dye marker following autoinjector use (abstract). 2014, European Academy of Allergy Clinical Immunology Meeting June
Metadata
Title
Letter to the editor for the article “Auto-injector needle length may be inadequate to deliver epinephrine intramuscularly in women with confirmed food allergy”
Author
T Ted Song
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1710-1492
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1710-1492-10-54

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