Society guideline links: Anaphylaxis

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Allergy Organization (WAO): Anaphylaxis guidance (2020)

●International Consensus (ICON): Anaphylaxis (2014)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't use antihistamines as first-line treatment in anaphylaxis (2021)

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis in infants and children (2011, reaffirmed 2018)

United States

●Wilderness Medical Society (WMS): Clinical practice guidelines on anaphylaxis (2022)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Treatment of anaphylactic reactions (2021)

●American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) and American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI): Anaphylaxis – A practice parameter update, systematic review, and grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE) analysis (2020)

●An expert panel consensus on guiding principles for the recognition, diagnosis, and management of infants with anaphylaxis (2019)

●AAP: Clinical report on epinephrine for first-aid management of anaphylaxis (2017)

●European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and AAAAI: PRACTALL document on precision medicine in allergic disease – Food allergy, drug allergy, and anaphylaxis (2017)

Europe

●European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI): Guidelines on anaphylaxis, update (2021)

●EAACI: Position paper on diagnosis and management of drug-induced anaphylaxis in children (2019)

●EAACI and American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI): PRACTALL document on precision medicine in allergic disease – Food allergy, drug allergy, and anaphylaxis (2017)

●EAACI: Consensus statement on occupational anaphylaxis (2015)

●EAACI: Position statement on pathophysiological mechanisms of exercise-induced anaphylaxis (2015)

United Kingdom

●Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK): Emergency treatment of anaphylaxis – Guidelines for healthcare providers (2021)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on anaphylaxis – Assessment and referral after emergency treatment (2011, updated 2020)

●NICE: Quality standard on anaphylaxis (2016)

●Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH): Allergy care pathways for children – Anaphylaxis (2011)

●British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI): Guidelines for the investigation of suspected anaphylaxis during general anaesthesia (2009)

Australia-New Zealand

●Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA): Guidelines on adrenaline (epinephrine) injector prescription (2022)

●Australian and New Zealand Anaesthetic Allergy Group (ANZAAG)/Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA): Perioperative anaphylaxis management guideline (2022)

●ASCIA: Guidelines for acute management of anaphylaxis (2021)

●ASCIA: Guidelines for acute management of anaphylaxis in pregnancy (2020)

●ANZAAG: Perioperative anaphylaxis investigation guidelines (2017)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't use antihistamines to treat anaphylaxis – Prompt administration of adrenaline (epinephrine) is the only treatment for anaphylaxis (2017)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Allergology (JSA): Anaphylaxis guidelines (2022)