Nice has recommended that all patients who have had a suspected anaphylactic episode should be given an adrenaline injector as an interim measure in draft guidelines published today.

Circumstances of the onset of an anaphylactic episode should also be immediately recorded to help identify any possible triggers, Nice recommended.

All children given treatment for anaphylaxis should be admitted to hospital and placed under the care of a paediatric specialist team. The document urged primary care organisations and hospitals to organise referral pathways for patients who received emergency treatment for anaphylactic episodes.

The draft guidelines have been created after a drastic rise in anaphylactic episodes over the past 14 years, according to Nice. Nice hopes to standardise treatment of patients who have had anaphylactic episodes through the distribution of the guide.