Adrenaline and non-life threatening allergic reactions: Intramuscular adrenaline is safe

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Jo A Douglass et al. BMJ. 2003.

. 2003 Jul 26;327(7408):226-7; author reply 227.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7408.226-c.

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Managing acute anaphylaxis. New guidelines emphasise importance of intramuscular adrenaline.
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