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Cetirizine Vs Diphenhydramine For the Treatment of Acute Urticaria in the ED

RebelEM

antibiotics, NSAIDs) Acute urticaria with angioedema or anaphylaxis provided that urticaria was still present after initial treatment and alleviation of anaphylaxis symptoms. Exclusion: Presented with acute anaphylaxis, and their acute anaphylactic symptoms had not yet been treated. Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio.

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Being a BASICS Doctor

Mind The Bleep

I am a GP at a large practice based in a town in southwest Scotland, and I also work as a doctor in the Emergency Department in our local district general hospital. The Sandpiper Trust was founded in 2001 following the death of 14-year-old Sandy Dickson. But it doesn’t stop there. What is a BASICS responder and who can do it?