A 29-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with generalised urticaria, wheeze, hoarse voice and hypotension after a peanut exposure. Wha...

Question

A 29-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with generalised urticaria, wheeze, hoarse voice and hypotension after a peanut exposure. What is the most appropriate first-line treatment?

Accepted Answer

Intramuscular adrenaline 0.5 mg of 1:1000 into the anterolateral thigh

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Intravenous chlorphenamine

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Nebulised salbutamol alone

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Oral prednisolone 50 mg

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Slow intravenous adrenaline infusion without monitoring

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Anaphylaxis

A 29-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with generalised urticaria, wheeze, hoarse voice and hypotension after a peanut exposure. What is the most appropriate first-line treatment?