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

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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. 2004 Feb;113(2):347-52. PMID: 14767453.

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Vasopressor Nonresponse

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Anaphylaxis Anaphylaxis may present as hypotension alone. Thus, it may easily be confused with a different form of shock and treated with vasopressors such as norepinephrine and vasopressin, which are not first line for anaphylaxis. 2004; 139(11):1199-1203. Urticaria should prompt consideration of anaphylaxis.

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REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

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Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C