BackgroundAnaphylaxis is a severe, potentially life‐threatening generalized or systemic hypersensitivity reaction. Sequential reports have cited anaphylaxis as the most common cause of anaesthesia‐related deaths. We undertook an audit at a quaternary centre, examining the management of perioperative anaphylaxis and quality of referrals made to our anaesthesia allergy testing service.MethodsThe data of 41 patients consulted at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne for perioperative anaphylaxis between 17th of January 2020 and 20th of January 2022 were analysed. Intervention outcomes included total intravenous fluid administered, adrenaline administration, instigation of CPR and the collection and the timing of serum tryptase samples. We also assessed referral quality, provision of institutional allergy alert and time elapsed from the anaphylaxis event to allergy testing. Contemporaneous Australian and New Zealand Anaesthetic Allergy Group (ANZAAG) guidelines were used as the reference standard for most outcomes.ResultsOur data reveals compliance of <80% with respect to intravenous fluid administration, referral quality and tryptase sampling, particularly at the 4‐h timepoint.ConclusionSurgical leadership and patient advocacy in the post‐acute phase would likely facilitate requisite testing and improve the quality of counselling. We recommend institutions adopt a case‐by‐case review of management compliance with recommendations. Additionally, we advocate for the inclusion of a prompt to the ANZAAG referral form, that encourages the operator to update their patient's institutional allergy alert while awaiting allergy testing.
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