Pediatric Allergy

Most episodes of anaphylaxis presenting in a pediatric ED occurred in those without a prior history, with severity increasing with age, according to results of a retrospective chart review.

Children who ate eggs more frequently as infants were less likely to have egg allergies later in childhood, according to a study presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Allergies do more than trigger physical responses. They also can take a psychological toll, including crippling fears of potentially lethal reactions such as anaphylaxis.

Children with asthma living in Los Angeles did not demonstrate an increase in allergic sensitization to inhalant allergens from 1999 to 2014 despite the growing impact of climate change, according to results of a retrospective cohort study.

Cases of epinephrine administration for food-induced anaphylaxis in U.S. pediatric EDs increased 4% each year between 2007 and 2015, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Milk from Old Order Mennonite mothers contained higher levels of antibodies against allergens compared with that of mothers in urban and suburban Rochester, New York, according to a cross-sectional study in Frontiers in Immunology.

Children with food allergies should be assessed for bullying through multi-item inventories so their caregivers can better protect them from physical, psychological and social dangers, according to a study.

The number of inpatients with a penicillin allergy label at a children’s hospital approached 9%, according to results from a retrospective chart review presented at SHM Converge — the virtual meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.