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Anafilaxia

Última revisão: 16 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 30 Jul 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • início agudo
  • urticária
  • angioedema
  • rubor
  • dispneia
  • sibilância
  • rinite
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • ingestão de alérgeno
  • picadas ou ferroadas de insetos
  • prurido
  • estridor inspiratório e rouquidão
  • conjuntivite bilateral
  • náuseas e vômitos
  • cólica ou dor abdominal
  • agitação/ansiedade
  • confusão/desorientação
  • taquicardia
  • tontura
  • síncope
  • sensação de morte iminente (angor animi)
  • exercício recente
  • exposição ao calor ou ao frio
  • hipotensão
  • bradicardia
  • parada cardíaca
  • diarreia
  • distúrbios visuais
  • tremor
  • convulsões
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Fatores de risco

  • <30 anos de idade: induzida por exercício, associada a alimentos
  • atopia/asma
  • história de anafilaxia
  • exposição a um sensibilizador comum (por exemplo, látex)
  • idade adulta: relacionado a alimentos, veneno de inseto e medicamentos
  • sexo feminino
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • nível de triptase sérica
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • exame de imunoglobulina E (IgE) in vitro
  • teste cutâneo
  • teste de desafio
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Novos exames

  • teste de ativação de basófilos

Algoritmo de tratamento

Inicial

todos os pacientes: início agudo

CONTÍNUA

pacientes com alérgeno identificado

Colaboradores

Autores

Nathan A. Blaseg, MD

Resident Physician

Pediatrics

University of Utah

Salt Lake City

UT

Declarações

NAB declares that he has no competing interests.

Doerthe A. Andreae, MD

Associate Professor

Allergy/Immunology

Department of Dermatology

University of Utah

Salt Lake City

UT

Declarações

DAA is author of an UpToDate article on food allergy, for which she receives royalties. DAA is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Agradecimentos

Dr Nathan A. Blaseg and Dr Doerthe A. Andreae would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Michael Henning Andreae and Dr Andrea Vereda, previous contributors to this topic.

Declarações

AV declares that she is currently employed by Aimmune Therapeutics. AV wrote the main content of this topic before taking up this appointment. MHA is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Revisores

Frank J. Domino, MD

Associate Professor

Family Medicine and Community Health

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Worcester

MA

Disclosures

FJD declares that he has no competing interests.

Wayne Shreffler, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York

NY

Disclosures

WS declares that he has no competing interests.

Lawrence Youlten, FRCP (Edin), PhD

Visiting Consultant in Allergy

Addenbrooke’s Hospital NHS Trust

Cambridge

UK

Disclosures

LY declares that he has no competing interests.

Grant Hayman, MBChB, MRCP, DTM and H, MSc, FRCPath

Consultant Immunologist

Department of Immunology

Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Carshalton

Surrey

UK

Disclosures

GH declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Shaker MS, Wallace DV, Golden DBK, et al. Anaphylaxis - a 2020 practice parameter update, systematic review, and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) analysis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Apr;145(4):1082-123.Full text  Abstract

Cardona V, Ansotegui IJ, Ebisawa M, et al. World allergy organization anaphylaxis guidance 2020. World Allergy Organ J. 2020 Oct 30;13(10):100472.Full text  Abstract

Golden DBK, Wang J, Waserman S, et al. Anaphylaxis: a 2023 practice parameter update. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 Feb;132(2):124-76.Full text  Abstract

Panchal AR, Bartos JA, Cabañas JG, et al; Adult Basic and Advanced Life Support Writing Group. Part 3: adult basic and advanced life support: 2020 American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care. Circulation. 2020 Oct 20;142(16_suppl_2):S366-468.Full text  Abstract

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