Adult, but no pediatric, anaphylaxis-related deaths in the Finnish population from 2014 to 2023
Jaakob Semken, Sauli Palmu, Jennifer L.P. Protudjer, Jussi Karjalainen, Heini Huhtala, Sandra Ekström, Inger Kull, Juho E. Kivistö · 2026
Read Adult, but no pediatric, anaphylaxis-related deaths in the Finnish population from 2014 to 2023 by Jaakob Semken, Sauli Palmu, Jennifer L.P. Protudjer, Jussi Karjalainen, Heini Huhtala, Sandra Ekström, Inger Kull, Juho E. Kivistö (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/PMC13393588.txt.
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Jaakob Semken and seven colleagues counted deaths from anaphylaxis across Finland from 2014 to 2023. Anaphylaxis is the most severe allergic reaction. The count used the national cause-of-death database, which is cross-checked against the population register and backed by a high autopsy rate. Certificates were re-read against standard clinical criteria to confirm true anaphylaxis. The backdrop matters: hospitalisations for anaphylaxis have been climbing in Finland and many other countries.
Across the decade, forty-three adults died of anaphylaxis and no children did, with yearly deaths ranging from none to eight. Rates per million people stayed low and variable year to year. The headline contrast is the empty paediatric column despite rising case numbers in children. The authors set out the main triggering agents and causes behind the fatal adult cases to guide prevention, noting the register's completeness as a strength of the count.
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| CREATOR | Jaakob Semken, Sauli Palmu, Jennifer L.P. Protudjer, Jussi Karjalainen, Heini Huhtala, Sandra Ekström, Inger Kull, Juho E. Kivistö |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12288 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |