Clinical Review
Asthma or Anaphylaxis?
Common Errors in Internal Medicine
Fed Pract. 2004 May;21(5):29
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Emil P. Lesho, DO, LTC, MC, USA, Domingo Gonzalez, MD, LTC, MC, USA, and Louise Saullo, CRTT
LTC Lesho is a first year infectious diseases fellow at the National Capital Consortium, Bethesda, MD and Washington, DC. LTC Gonzalez is the chief of the internal medicine service at Winn Army Community Hospital, Fort Stewart, GA. Ms. Saullo is a respiratory therapist and a medical administrative assistant at the Greater Hazleton Health Alliance, Hazleton, PA.
Food-induced anaphylaxis often is mistaken for severe status asthmaticus, and laboratory studies aren't helpful in differentiating the two.