DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.1.e7 1997;99;7- Pediatrics

by on July 19, 2005 www.pediatrics.orgDownloaded from Anaphylaxis in Children: A 5-Year Experience Susan D. Dibs, MD and M. Douglas Baker, MD ABSTRACT. Objectives. To identify the causative agents, presenting signs and symptoms, and course of disease in children diagnosed with anaphylaxis. Design. Five-year retrospective chart review. Setting. Urban children’s hospital pediatric emer-gency department, operating suite, and inpatient units. Participants. Fifty-five cases of anaphylaxis in 50 patients 1 to 19 years of age. Interventions. None. Results. The most common inciting agents in this population were latex (27%), food (25%), drugs (16%), and venoms (15%). Thirty-two cases (58%) occurred out