Allergy/Asthma

Single-food oral immunotherapy and simultaneous OITs for multiple foods both were safe and feasible via established protocols, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

When a child has an anaphylactic reaction in school, prompt administration of epinephrine can be lifesaving. Yet autoinjectors often are kept under lock and key in the nurse’s office, and school personnel lack the training to use them.

This week, Healio provided live coverage of the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, an annual collaboration between the AAP, Academic Pediatrics Association, American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research.

Allergists can work with mental health providers to incorporate proximity challenges into food allergy treatment to help patients overcome clinical anxiety, according to an article published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

More than half of caregivers did not introduce peanut and one-third did not introduce egg to their children before age 1 year, despite guidelines to do so, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Life-impacting diagnoses often trigger intense quests for knowledge, especially for parents and caregivers. They will leave no stone unturned as they search for answers to questions such as “Why was my child diagnosed with a food allergy?”

Individuals born preterm had greater odds for asthma and COPD as an adult than those born full term, according to results published in European Respiratory Journal.

Weight-tiered dose regimens of dupilumab affected type 2 biomarkers and kept dupilumab concentrations in a therapeutic range in children with moderate to severe asthma, according to a study.

WASHINGTON — Study findings suggest that most children who visit the ED with anaphylaxis can safely be discharged after 2 hours of observation or less, researchers reported at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

Neighborhood-level socioeconomic deprivation may play a role in the prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis among children with food allergy, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.