Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology

Featured Review: Are prefilled syringes a viable alternative to Epinephrine auto-injectors?

With the rising cost of Epinephrine auto-injectors making them inaccessible to many, this systematic review searches for evidence of the stability and sterility of epinephrine when stored in prefilled syringes, the only alternative. The evidence appears limited, with clear implications for global public health in economically deprived communities.

Featured Supplement: Practical guide for allergy and immunology in Canada 2018

An extensive update to the prominent and widely-popular Practical Guide for Allergy and Immunology in Canada published in 2011, this broad-ranging supplement is designed to provide all healthcare professionals with a comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow, series of peer-reviewed articles focussed on all of the common conditions dealt with in the field of allergy and immunology.

Editor's profile

Professor Richard Warrington

Dr Warrington is Professor and Head of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. He received his medical degree from the Royal London Hospital, London, England in 1968, and moved to St John’s, Newfoundland in 1969 to help found the new Medical School at Memorial University. He received his PhD in immunology from Memorial University, in 1973. He trained in allergy & clinical immunology at the University of Manitoba until 1976, when he joined the Section of Allergy & Clinical Immunology in the Department of Medicine, which he has headed since 1982. From 1983 to 1996, Dr Warrington directed the Rheumatic Disease Unit Research Laboratory at the University of Manitoba.