@inproceedings{e92c85a0538b4b9fbe04fe07f3d73131,
title = "Anaphylaxis-related posttraumatic stress disorder",
abstract = "RATIONALE: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic and disabling entity, which negatively impacts health and quality of life. It occurs after events that are perceived as life-threatening and has a lifetime rate of 7%. Strikingly, there is very little data on anaphylaxis-related PTSD. We hypothesized that the emotional sequelae of severe anaphylaxis have been overlooked thus far and warrant investigation. METHODS: We recruited subjects with hymenoptera-venom allergy in 4 medical centers in Jerusalem, Israel. Patients were divided according to local reactions (LR) or anaphylaxis. For each subject, 3 questionnaires were used: 1) Demographic and medical data form; 2) Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC5); 3) PTSD checklist for DSM-5 (PCL5). RESULTS: A total of 89 subjects were enrolled with an average age of 38 yrs (615.1). Of these, 46 (52%) had anaphylaxis and 43 (48%) had LR. Among patients with anaphylaxis, the rate of probable PTSD was 15.2 % (N57) compared to 2.3% in the LR group (N51) (p",
author = "Y. Tal and O. Toker and AY. Hershko and G. Shany and Eyal Mizrahi and Ariel Havlin and Yaarit Ribak and {Freedman Goldstone}, S.",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1016/j.jaci.2018.12.614",
language = "American English",
series = "Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology",
number = "2 Supplement",
pages = "AB1--AB440, 1A--4A",
booktitle = "Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology",
edition = "2",
}