From: C-CARE: comparing three years of anaphylaxis in children treated at the Montreal Children’s Hospital
Severe reactions | |
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Variable | OR, 95%CI |
Asthma | 2.3 (1. 5) |
Use of steroids in ED | 2.5 (1.2, 5.2) |
Peanut allergy | 2.2 (1, 4.9) |
No use of epinephrine | |
Use of steroids in ED | 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) |
Known food allergy | 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) |
Use of more than 2 epinephrine in ED | |
Use of epinephrine outside | 0.06 (0.01, 0.6) |
Use of steroids in ED | 9.0 (2.6, 31) |
Severe reaction | 16.8 (4.7, 61) |
Tree-nut allergy | 5.4 (1.2, 24) |