Factors influencing medical staff’ s understanding of correct use for adrenaline in the treatment of severe allergic reactions: a literature review

Abstract

Objective To understand the cognitive influencing factors affecting the use of epinephrine by medical staff for the treatment of serve allergic reactions and the current state of research at home and abroad. Methods Using searching terms such as “adrenaline” “anaphylactic shock”“severe anaphylactic reaction”“allergic reaction”“epinephine”“anaphylaxis”in Chinese and English. Literature review was performed from China National Knowledge Infrastructure （CNKI）， Wanfang Data， Chongqing VIP Database， PubMed， Web of Science. The retrieval time is from the inception of the databases to July 20， 2024. Literature contents were extracted and analyzed. Results A total of nine articles were retrieved， and eight international studies showed that there were differences in the correct use of adrenaline in patients with severe allergic reactions among medical staff of different professions， levels of hospitals， ages， and years of service. Through targeted training and education， the correct use rate of adrenaline by medical staff in the treatment of severe allergic reactions could be significantly improved. Only one Chinese study suggested that clinicians and nurses had severe cognitive deficiencies in the proper use of adrenaline. Conclusion Medical staff have varying degrees of cognitive insufficiency of correct use of adrenaline for the treatment of severe allergic reactions， which is influenced by multiple factors.

Keywords

• adrenaline|severe allergic reaction|cognition|literature review|medical staff