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

被引:1
作者
Song, T. Ted [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Washington, Sch Med, Div Allergy & Infect Dis, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
关键词
Anaphylaxis; Epinephrine; Auto-injector; Needle length;
D O I
10.1186/1710-1492-10-54
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
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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