Coronavirus Disease (COVID)-19: World Health Organization Definitions and Coding to Support the Allergy Community and Health Professionals

Affiliations

¹ Hospital Sírio-Libanês, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Division of Allergy, Département de Pneumologie et Addictologie, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMR-S 1136, IPLESP, Equipe EPAR, Paris, France; WHO Collaborating Centre on Scientific Classification Support, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: luciana.tanno@gmail.com.
² Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla.
³ Division of Allergy, Département de Pneumologie et Addictologie, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMR-S 1136, IPLESP, Equipe EPAR, Paris, France; WHO Collaborating Centre on Scientific Classification Support, Montpellier, France.

Editorial

Luciana K Tanno et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Jul-Aug.

. 2020 Jul-Aug;8(7):2144-2148.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.05.002. Epub 2020 May 11.

¹ Hospital Sírio-Libanês, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Division of Allergy, Département de Pneumologie et Addictologie, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMR-S 1136, IPLESP, Equipe EPAR, Paris, France; WHO Collaborating Centre on Scientific Classification Support, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: luciana.tanno@gmail.com.
² Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla.
³ Division of Allergy, Département de Pneumologie et Addictologie, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMR-S 1136, IPLESP, Equipe EPAR, Paris, France; WHO Collaborating Centre on Scientific Classification Support, Montpellier, France.

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Undernotification of anaphylaxis deaths in Brazil due to difficult coding under the ICD-10.
Tanno LK, Ganem F, Demoly P, Toscano CM, Bierrenbach AL. Tanno LK, et al. Allergy. 2012 Jun;67(6):783-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2012.02829.x. Epub 2012 Apr 23. Allergy. 2012. PMID: 22519410

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