Episode 27 – Emergency room care: A rapid HAE triage tool

How can emergency physicians quickly recognise HAE in patients who present with acute angioedema? Dr Thomas Buttgereit explores a new “easy-to-apply” triage tool with guest Dr Stephen Betschel, who, with his team in Toronto, developed this tool to enable rapid identification of HAE and appropriate intervention in the emergency room setting.

For more information about the GA²LEN ACARE network and its activities please visit https://acare-network.com/. Additional resources relating to the topics discussed in this episode can be found here: Development of the hereditary angioedema rapid triage tool; Could it be hereditary angioedema?—Perspectives from different medical specialties.