Food, drug, insect sting allergy, and anaphylaxisIncrease in anaphylaxis-related hospitalizations but no increase in fatalities: An analysis of United Kingdom national anaphylaxis data, 1992-2012
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P.J.T. has received a Clinician Scientist award from the UK Medical Research Council (grant no. MR/K010468/1). R.J.B. and P.J.T. are supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)'s Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, and the MRC–Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma.
Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: P. J. Turner has received research support from the UK Medical Research Council and the NHS National Institute for Health Research. M. H. Gowland has consultant arrangements through Allergy Action with the Anaphylaxis Campaign and the Laboratory of the Government Chemist and has provided training through Allergy Action in partnership with Hygiene Audit Systems, Allergy and Hygiene Solutions, the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the Royal Society of Public Health, and the Wolverhampton City Council; has provided expert testimony for Her Majesty's Coroners and Police; has received research support from the Food Standards Agency; has received royalties and payment for development of educational presentations through Allergy Action Training from Hygiene Audit Systems; has received payments for delivering presentations from the University Caterers Organisation, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the Trading Standards Institute, and their members; and has received travel support from the Food Standards Agency, the Allergy Academy in London, the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the French Cercle d'Investigations Cliniques et Biologiques en Allergologie Alimentaire, and the Universities of Cambridge, Southampton, Bath, Surrey, and Portsmouth. V. Sharma has received research support from ALK-Abelló, Meda, and Emmerade; has received travel support from ALK-Abelló, Meda, and Stallergenes; and is a member of the North West Paediatric Allergy Network, which has received grants from ALK-Abelló, Meda, Stallergenes, Nutricia, and Mead Johnson Nutrition toward organization of their annual educational event. N. Harper is employed by Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has received research support from Manchester Allied Health Sciences Centre, and has received royalties from Nerve Stimulator. R. Pumphrey has received consulting fees and travel support from Her Majesty's Coroners; has received payment for lectures from NHS hospitals; has received travel support from ALK-Abelló, Meda, iMed Systems, and Lincoln Medical; has provided a device review for Meda; and is a medical advisor to the Anaphylaxis Campaign, UK. R. J. Boyle has received research support from Lincoln Medical and has received travel support from Meda Pharmaceuticals. The rest of the authors declare that they have no relevant conflicts of interest.