Allergy/Asthma

ATLANTA —Researchers are developing an app to educate teenagers on epinephrine auto-injector use in anaphylaxis emergencies, as adolescents make up more than 50% of food allergy-related anaphylaxis fatalities, according to a presenter at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

ATLANTA — Among the anaphylactic events reported in United States schools, nearly half occurred in the classroom rather than the cafeteria or playground, according to survey data presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

ATLANTA — Just over half of the patients referred to a tertiary care pediatric allergy clinic received an allergy diagnosis, suggesting a lack of understanding in identifying the condition, according to findings presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology annual meeting.

ATLANTA — Significant online cost differences among epinephrine autoinjector devices do not correspond with incremental benefit, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

ATLANTA — A didactic educational session led to a significant improvement in how much private school employees knew about food allergies, regardless of their education level and whether they were a parent, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

ATLANTA — A two-year extension of the VIPES trial involving Viaskin Peanut showed that more than 80% of children using the skin patch could tolerate more peanut protein, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

ATLANTA — Patients who used smartphone-based voice assistants were not able to receive complete or consistent feedback from the program when asking about asthma or allergy emergencies, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

ATLANTA — Walnut oral immunotherapy effectively induced walnut desensitization, as well as cross-desensitization to a secondary tree nut, in a majority of tree nut-allergic patients, according to early data presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

ATLANTA — Parents who alternate between formula feeding, pumping milk and breastfeeding their children within the first 6 months of the child’s life may be putting their children at risk for food allergy symptoms compared to those children exclusively breastfed, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

ATLANTA — Black children were six times more likely to die from asthma than either white or Hispanic children, regardless of whether death occurred in the hospital, the emergency department or clinics, or at home, according to data presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.