Allergy/Asthma

New data have affirmed what the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology said has been known for several years: There are no special precautions needed to dispense the influenza vaccine in people with egg allergy.

Children with concomitant type 1 diabetes and asthma are more likely to require a higher insulin dose, reach shorter adult height and have a higher BMI vs. patients with type 1 diabetes who do not have asthma, according to findings reports in Pediatric Diabetes.

Use of inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of pediatric asthma is not significantly associated with an increased risk in bone fractures in children; however, this correlation is present when children use systemic corticosteroids, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

New recommendations issued by the 2017 Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters support intranasal corticosteroid as monotherapy rather than in combination with an oral antihistamine for treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis in people aged 12 years or older, according to guidelines published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

The FDA has approved Fasenra for additional maintenance treatment of severe eosinophilic asthma in patients 12 years and older, according to the manufacturer release.

Patients with peanut sensitivity who wore a 250-µg epicutaneous immunotherapy-based peanut patch had a significant treatment response compared to patients wearing patches with smaller doses or placebo, according to phase 2b trial findings recently published in JAMA.

Although national and international guidelines for the treatment of pediatric bronchiolitis have many similarities, less agreement is found in guidelines for the treatment of asthma in children, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

BOSTON — An overwhelming majority of individuals who believe they are allergic to cephalosporins and who are referred to seek confirmatory testing, are ultimately determined not to be allergic, according to study findings presented at the ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting.

Obesity was a risk factor for repeated hospital admissions in children with asthma, according to findings recently published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

BOSTON — Although parental concern about anaphylaxis is high when children are at school or other public areas, 61% of anaphylactic events occur within the home, according to a recent presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology’s Annual Scientific Meeting.