10 important presentations from ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting you may have missed

This year’s American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting featured a variety of studies, lectures and discussions on important topics and trends in the field.

Healio presents this recap of 10 impactful presentations at this year’s meeting.

• Medical misinformation threatens public health, but physicians can combat it by improving communication with their patients, according to a talk from David R. Stukus, MD, FACAAI. Read more.
• Symptoms ranging from minor to life-threatening were reported in a single-site study of patients with alpha-gal syndrome, thought to occur via tick bites from the Lone Star tick. Read more.
• Most patients diagnosed with peanut allergy as children remained significantly sensitized in adulthood, whereas only around 10% lost their peanut allergy, according to results of a retrospective chart review. Read more.
• Physicians need to make wellness a priority for themselves and their teams if they want to enjoy their career and improve patient care, according to Maeve O’Connor, MD. Read more.
• Study results suggested that children who ate eggs more frequently as infants were less likely to have egg allergies later in childhood. Read more.
• A medically challenging case report revealed how the combination of NSAID use and exercise can elicit anaphylaxis in certain individuals. Read more.
• Implementation of guidelines to prevent peanut allergy appeared suboptimal in the U.S., with only 44.7% of parents and caregivers reporting having introduced peanuts to their children by 11 months, according to survey data. Read more.
• Doctors can use shared decision-making to improve outcomes for patients with atopic dermatitis, said ACAAI executive medical director Michael S. Blaiss, MD, FACAAI, during a presentation. Read more.
• Most pregnant women who believed they had a penicillin allergy were not allergic and tolerated penicillin during labor, according to results of a retrospective study. Read more.
• After a SARS-CoV-2 infection, Latino patients were more likely than non-Latino Black and white patients to develop asthma exacerbations and experience these exacerbations for a longer duration. Read more.