Increasing Emergency Department Visits for Anaphylaxis, 2005-2014

MS Motosue, G Bellolio, HK Van Houten, ND Shah, RL Campbell. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2017;5(1):171–175 To identify trends regarding anaphylaxis-related emergency department (ED) visits from 2005 to 2014. Population data were drawn from OptumLabs Data Warehouse, a national administrative claims database of >100 000 000 pediatric and adult patients in the United States (including those with Medicare Advantage and private insurance) and with a higher representation from the Midwest and the South. ED visits between 2005 and 2014 were included if patients had medical insurance for at least 30 days before the visit. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, …