Allergy & Immunology
Review: Angioedema: An Interdisciplinary Emergency
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:46h | UTCAngioedema: An Interdisciplinary Emergency – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Study: Corticosteroid Premedication 5 Hours Before CT Compared with a 13-Hour Oral Regimen
1 Sep, 2017 | 17:57h | UTCIntravenous Corticosteroid Premedication Administered 5 Hours Before CT Compared with a Traditional 13-Hour Oral Regimen – Radiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: Journal Watch ($)
“Accelerated intravenous premedication with corticosteroids beginning 5 hours before contrast-enhanced CT has a breakthrough reaction rate noninferior to that of a 13-hour oral premedication regimen”.
Study: effects of probiotic and peanut oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy
31 Aug, 2017 | 15:53h | UTCLong-term clinical and immunological effects of probiotic and peanut oral immunotherapy after treatment cessation: 4-year follow-up of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Benefits of Immunotherapy-Probiotic Combo for Peanut Allergy Sustained at 4 Years – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Peanut Allergy: Is Oral Immunotherapy With Probiotic a Cure? – Medscape (free registration required) AND Peanut Allergy Tx Efficacy Examined in 4-Year Follow-Up Study – MPR (free)
Review: DRESS: What does the emergency physician need to know?
29 Aug, 2017 | 14:54h | UTCDRESS: What does the emergency physician need to know? – emDocs (free)
Addendum guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergy in the United States
3 Aug, 2017 | 13:34h | UTC
International consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and management of food protein–induced enterocolitis syndrome
3 Aug, 2017 | 13:35h | UTC
Diagnostic autoantibodies for autoimmune liver diseases
28 Jul, 2017 | 15:38h | UTCReview: Diagnostic autoantibodies for autoimmune liver diseases – Clinical & Translational Immunology (free)
Critical Issues in Food Allergy: A National Academies Consensus Report
25 Jul, 2017 | 00:37h | UTCSummary: Critical Issues in Food Allergy: A National Academies Consensus Report – Pediatrics (free)
Commentary: Food Allergy: Consensus Report Stresses Diagnostic Accuracy – Medscape (free registration required)
Indoor swimming pool environments and self-reported irritative and respiratory symptoms among lifeguards
23 Jul, 2017 | 23:08h | UTCIndoor swimming pool environments and self-reported irritative and respiratory symptoms among lifeguards – International Journal of Environmental Health Research (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: High rates of respiratory problems linked to indoor lifeguard work – Reuters (free)
Maternal intake of sugar during pregnancy and childhood respiratory and atopic outcomes
22 Jul, 2017 | 22:25h | UTCCommentaries: Sugar intake during pregnancy is associated with allergy and allergic asthma in children – Queen Mary University of London Science Daily (free) AND Mom’s sweet tooth may be linked to child’s allergies, study says – CNN (free) AND Eating Sugar During Pregnancy Is Linked to Kids’ Allergies – TIME (free)
Observational study suggests maternal intake of sugar during pregnancy may increase allergic problems in offspring.
Flow cytometry-based diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency diseases
21 Jul, 2017 | 17:59h | UTCReview: Flow cytometry-based diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency diseases – Allergology International (free)
Provocation Tests in Drug Hypersensitivity
18 Jul, 2017 | 22:42h | UTCReview: Pro and Contra: Provocation Tests in Drug Hypersensitivity – International Journal of Molecular Sciences (free)
Hypersensitivity to antipyretics: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management
18 Jul, 2017 | 22:41h | UTCClinical Review: Hypersensitivity to antipyretics: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management – Hong Kong Medical Journal (free)
Prevention and Management of Cow’s Milk Allergy in Non-Exclusively Breastfed Infants
18 Jul, 2017 | 22:39h | UTCClinical Review: Prevention and Management of Cow’s Milk Allergy in Non-Exclusively Breastfed Infants – Nutrients (free)
Effect of azithromycin on asthma exacerbations and quality of life in adults with persistent uncontrolled asthma
7 Jul, 2017 | 14:03h | UTCEffect of azithromycin on asthma exacerbations and quality of life in adults with persistent uncontrolled asthma (AMAZES): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Add-On Azithromycin Associated with Fewer Asthma Exacerbations – Physician’s First Watch (free)
Cardiac involvement in DRESS syndrome
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:48h | UTCReview: Cardiac involvement in DRESS syndrome – Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology (free PDF)
Helicobacter, Hygiene, Atopy, and Asthma
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:33h | UTCReview: Helicobacter, Hygiene, Atopy, and Asthma – Frontiers in Microbiology (free)
Gut Microbiota as a Target for Preventive and Therapeutic Intervention against Food Allergy
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:24h | UTCReview: Gut Microbiota as a Target for Preventive and Therapeutic Intervention against Food Allergy – Nutrients (free)
Small airways disease and severe asthma
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:19h | UTCReview: Small airways disease and severe asthma – World Allergy Organization Journal (free)
Allergy Testing in Children With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy Symptoms
5 Jul, 2017 | 15:26h | UTCAllergy Testing in Children With Low-Risk Penicillin Allergy Symptoms – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Penicillin Allergy in Children Substantially Overreported – Medscape (free registration required) AND No Penicillin Allergy Found in Most Kids with Non-Specific Symptoms – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Low risk allergy symptoms not linked to true penicillin allergy – 2 minute medicine (free)
Related article: Penicillin Allergy Is Not Necessarily Forever – JAMA (free)
Immunology, one cell at a time
4 Jul, 2017 | 21:13h | UTCImmunology, one cell at a time – Nature News (free)
“Analysing the DNA, RNA and protein of single cells is transforming our understanding of the immune system, say Amir Giladi and Ido Amit”.
Diagnosis and management of myocardial involvement in systemic immune-mediated diseases
2 Jul, 2017 | 20:59h | UTCDiagnosis and management of myocardial involvement in systemic immune-mediated diseases: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease – European Heart Journal (free) (RT @rafavidalperez see Tweet)
Efficacy of Recombinant Influenza Vaccine in Adults 50 Years of Age or Older
26 Jun, 2017 | 17:20h | UTCEfficacy of Recombinant Influenza Vaccine in Adults 50 Years of Age or Older – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Say bye to egg-grown flu vaccine? Recombinant vaccines are a little more effective & much quicker to adapt” (RT @RichardLehman1 see Tweet and brief commentaries on the study)
Corticosteroids not helpful for acute urticaria
21 Jun, 2017 | 02:12h | UTCCommentaries: No Benefit From Corticosteroids for Acute, Simple Urticaria – Medscape (free registration required) AND Got hives? Hold the steroids – American College of Emergency Physicians, via EurekAlert (free)
Timing of food introduction and development of food sensitization
12 Jun, 2017 | 19:53h | UTCTiming of food introduction and development of food sensitization in a prospective birth cohort – Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Delayed food introduction may increase likelihood of allergy in later childhood – McMaster University, via News Medical (free)