Common disorders |
Acute generalized urticaria and/or angioedema* |
Acute asthma exacerbation* |
Vasovagal syncope (faint) |
Panic attack/acute anxiety attack |
Other respiratory events |
Pulmonary embolism |
Pneumothorax |
Foreign body aspiration (especially in children) |
Vocal cord dysfunction |
Epiglottitis |
Hyperventilation |
Cardiac events |
Myocardial infarction* |
Dysrhythmia |
Acute symptoms related to structural disorders (eg, aortic stenosis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) |
Shock and nonallergic systemic reactions |
Hypovolemic¶ (eg, gastrointestinal bleed, ruptured ectopic pregnancy, ruptured aortic aneurism, systemic capillary leak syndrome) |
Cardiogenic |
Distributive¶ (eg, sepsis, spinal cord injury) |
Obstructive (eg, pulmonary embolism, tension pneumothorax, cardiac tamponade) |
Cytokine release infusion reactions to biologic therapies |
Flushing |
Perimenopause |
Carcinoid syndrome |
Autonomic epilepsy |
Medications |
Alcohol |
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid |
Vancomycin flushing syndrome |
Postprandial syndromes |
Scombroidosis |
Anisakiasis |
Pollen-food allergy syndrome |
Food poisoning |
Caustic ingestion (especially in children) |
Neurologic events |
Seizure |
Cerebrovascular event (stroke) |
Nonorganic disease |
Munchausen syndrome |
Psychosomatic episode |
* Acute asthma symptoms, acute generalized urticaria, or myocardial infarction symptoms can also occur during an anaphylactic episode.
¶ In anaphylaxis, shock is distributive and hypovolemic. Distributive shock may be due to anaphylaxis or to spinal cord injury.Do you want to add Medilib to your home screen?