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|*<6 months: 25mg*6 months -6 years: 50mg*6 - 12 years: 100mg<ref name="YounkerSoar2010"/>
==Table of medications==
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!rowspan=2| Symptoms<ref name=SURF/> !!rowspancolspan=2| Medication<ref name=SURF/> !!rowspan=2| Route<ref name=SURF/> !!colspan=2| Dosage<ref name=SURF/> !!rowspan=2| Time to effect<ref name=SURF/> ||rowspan=2| Repeat<ref name=SURF/>
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! Class !! Example !! Adults !! Children
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|
*Altered level of consciousness
*Severe abdominal pains and vomiting
|colspan=2| Injection of '''adrenaline'''
| Intramuscular in lateral thigh
| 0.3 - 0.5 mg
|-
| Asthma
| '''Bronchodilator'''
| Salbutamol (Ventolin) or own bronchodilator
| Inhalation
|-
| Hypoxia
|colspan=2| Oxygen
| Mask
|colspan=2| >5 l/min
|-
| Altered level of consciousness or hypotension
| Volume expander such as | Ringer's
| IV with pressure
|colspan=2| 20mg/kg
| As needed
|-
|rowspan=2| All anaphylaxis cases| rowspan=2| '''Antihistamine such as desloratadine '''| Desloratadine (Clarinex/Aerius)*
| Oral
| 10mg of desloratadine
|
*<6 years: 2.5mg desloratadine*6 - 12 years: 5 mg desloratadine|rowspan=2| Within 30-60 minutes|rowspan=2||-| Chlorphenamine<ref name="YounkerSoar2010">{{cite journal|last1=Younker|first1=Jackie|last2=Soar|first2=Jasmeet|title=Recognition and treatment of anaphylaxis|journal=Nursing in Critical Care|volume=15|issue=2|year=2010|pages=94–98|issn=13621017|doi=10.1111/j.1478-5153.2010.00366.x}}, citing Resuscitation Council UK</ref>| IM or slow IV<ref name="YounkerSoar2010"/>| 10mg<ref name="YounkerSoar2010"/>
|
*<6 months: 250μg/kg
*6 months - 6 years: 2.5mg
*6 - 12 years: 5mg<ref name="YounkerSoar2010"/>
|-
|rowspan=2| All anaphylaxis cases
|rowspan=2| '''Glucocorticoid such as betamethasone'''| Betamethasone
| Oral or IV
|
*5-8 mg betamethasone
|
*<6 years: 3-4 mg
*≥6 years: 5-8 mg
|rowspan=2| 2-3 hours
|rowspan=2|
|-
| Hydrocortisone<ref name="YounkerSoar2010"/>
| IM or slow IV
| 200mg
|
|}
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