Background: Awareness of the clinical features of anaphylaxis and its causative triggers is
important if recurrent episodes are to be avoided. The incidence of anaphylaxis in the
general population is often underreported, and epidemiologic studies are few. Because an
accurate profile of anaphylaxis could heighten awareness of this problem, we investigated
the epidemiology of anaphylaxis in the general population of Olmsted County, Minn.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiology of anaphylaxis in …