?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Treatment+of+Anaphylaxis+in+Adults%3A+A+Questionnaire+Survey&rft.creator=Adiga%2C+Shalini&rft.creator=Nayak%2C+Veena&rft.creator=Bairy%2C+KL&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Objective%3A+To+identify+the+medications+that+medical+students%2C+interns+and+casualty+medical+officers+are+likely+to+prescribe+when+treating+an+adult+patient+with+anaphylaxis%2C+and+to+ascertain+the+dose+and+route+of+administration+of+adrenaline+they+would+use.+Design%3A+A+questionnaire+study+survey.+Setting%3A+Kasturba+medical+college+hospital%2C+Manipal+(Udupi+District)+and+public+health+centers+of+Udupi+district%2C+Karnataka.+Subjects%3A+Data+collected+from+39+second+year+medical+students%2C+35+interns+and+35+casualty+medical+officers.+Main+outcome+measure%3A+To+determine+the+percentage+of+use+of+adrenaline+for+the+treatment+of+anaphylaxis+in+the+correct+dose%2C+strength+and+route.+Results%3A+Majority+(73+.3%25)+of+participants+correctly+opted+to+use+adrenaline.+Only+9+participants+have+written+the+correct+dose%2C+route+and+concentration+of+adrenaline.+41.28%25+and+66.05%25+participants+preferred+to+use+antihistamines+and+corticosteroids+respectively.+Conclusion%3A+This+study+has+shown+that+confusion+exists+regarding+the+correct+route+of+administration+and+dose+of+adrenaline+to+be+used+when+treating+anaphylaxis.+This+confusion+applied+to+medical+students%2C+interns+and+medical+officers.+Therefore+doctors+must+be+made+aware+of+the+guidelines+to+treat+anaphylaxis+effectively.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2009-02-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6393%2F1%2F2008-4-6.pdf&rft.identifier=++Adiga%2C+Shalini+and+Nayak%2C+Veena+and+Bairy%2C+KL++(2009)+Treatment+of+Anaphylaxis+in+Adults%3A+A+Questionnaire+Survey.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6393%2F