Pediatrics - Allergy and Immunology

Cutaneous findings in SARS-CoV-2-associated Multisystem Inflammatory Disease in Children (MIS-C)

23 Feb, 2021 | 01:57h | UTC

Cutaneous findings in SARS-CoV-2-associated Multisystem Inflammatory Disease in Children (MIS-C) – Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Commentary: Experts at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Describe Types of Rashes Associated with MIS-C – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

 

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A food allergy epidemic… or just another case of overdiagnosis?

19 Feb, 2021 | 02:13h | UTC

A food allergy epidemic… or just another case of overdiagnosis? – The BMJ Opinion

Original study: Food anaphylaxis in the United Kingdom: analysis of national data, 1998-2018 – The BMJ

 

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Observational study: The combination of Immunoglobulins + Methylprednisolone was associated with a better course of fever compared to Immunoglobulins alone in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children

3 Feb, 2021 | 01:39h | UTC

Association of Intravenous Immunoglobulins Plus Methylprednisolone vs Immunoglobulins Alone With Course of Fever in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children – JAMA

 

Commentaries on Twitter

In this cohort study, treatment w IVIG + methylprednisolone was associated w lower risk of treatment failure (defined as fever persistence 2d after start of therapy or fever recrudescence within 7 days) vs IVIG alone among children w MIS-C https://t.co/LjEBFuf33q

— JAMA (@JAMA_current) February 1, 2021

Yes, retrospective, but I find these data interesting as I expect the combined treatment group to be the sicker of the 2

Association of IVIG Plus Methylprednisolone With Persistent or Recurrent Fever in Children With MIS-C https://t.co/Oio8t05zQ1 via @JAMA_current @JAMANetwork

— Joshua Denson MD (@jdensonMD) February 2, 2021

 

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