Drug/Insect/Latex News

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Utilizing technology and patient education are strategies that can maintain a drug allergy de-label, Allison C. Ramsey, MD, FACAAI, said at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A woman who could not tolerate immunoglobulin replacement therapy benefitted from C1-INH replacement therapy, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Allergists can help adolescents and young adults with atopic conditions enlist in the military, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — ChatGPT answered accurately or somewhat accurately 91% of the time when asked about 10 allergy myths, according to a study presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Patients with insulin allergy were treated successfully with omalizumab, rituximab and/or mycophenolate, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

A two-track protocol helped physicians select safe iodinated contrast media for patients with immediate hypersensitivity reactions, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

High-risk patients who had a verified penicillin allergy safely received cephalosporins, according to a letter published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Age, sex, ethnicity, BMI and environmental exposures were associated with different patterns in NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease development, according to a study in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

A pediatric allergy clinic safely delabeled nearly all the patients with reported antibiotic allergy that it tested between January 2016 and December 2017, according to a letter published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Healio compiled the most-read news in allergy, asthma and immunology posted in August.