Question

A 23-year-old man with known peanut allergy eats a sauce containing peanuts and rapidly develops urticaria, throat tightness, wheeze and hypotension. In the emergency department, what is the first-line treatment?

Accepted Answer

Intramuscular adrenaline into the mid-anterolateral thigh

Answer

Intravenous antihistamine and corticosteroids

Answer

Nebulised salbutamol alone

Answer

Observation with oxygen and fluids only

Answer

Subcutaneous adrenaline into the deltoid

Practice question

A 23-year-old man with known peanut allergy eats a sauce containing peanuts and rapidly develops urticaria, throat tightness, wheeze and hypotension. In the emergency department, what is the first-line treatment?