A team from Mass General Hospital has developed modified criteria to improve the identification of anaphylaxis in infants and toddlers, a group historically difficult to diagnose. The research, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, calls for training clinicians to recognize and manage anaphylaxis in young patients. The team’s criteria was able to identify 98% of anaphylaxis cases, notably higher than the current national standard’s 85% rate.
The True Cost of Focusing on Cost Instead of Cost-Effectiveness
When payors consider only the cost of the medication and not the cost and risk to the patient, doctor, and healthcare system, the irony is
