Pediatric Pearl – Anaphylaxis

ANAPHYLAXIS By: Hima Khamar, PGY3 4-year-old female presents to ED with parents due to 1 week of cough, fever, congestion, irritability, and decreased PO intake. CXR shows RLL pneumonia, patient is started on Ceftriaxone. 5 mins after the initiation of Ceftriaxone infusion, patient begins to complain of itchy scalp, starts coughing uncontrollably (much worse than …