International Journal of Food and Nutritional Science | 2015-05-02

Severely food-allergic children die not having epinephrine at hand

Arnaldo Cantani

Abstract

Despite careful contributions, food allergic children have a significant risk of anaphylactic episodes. Especially at risk are children not accompanied by parents or caregivers in public places, or restaurants, or not provided with injectable epinephrine. We shortly report two children and conclude that parents should be provided with medication for emergency treatment

Keywords: Children, Anaphylaxis, Epinephrine, Public places, Restaurants