Food-Induced Anaphylaxis among Children Weighing <15 kg: A Single-Center Case Series of the Pediatric Emergency Department

Autor:	Kenshiro Tabata, Tatsuki Fukuie, Masami Narita, Shinichiro Inagaki, Shima Ohnishi, Satoshi Tsuji, Mitsuru Kubota, Akira Ishiguro, Yukihiro Ohya
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Immunology Immunology and Allergy General Medicine
Zdroj:	International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 183:507-516
ISSN:	1423-0097 1018-2438
DOI:	10.1159/000520646
Popis:	Introduction: Food-induced anaphylaxis among infants shows an increasing prevalence; however, the prescription of epinephrine auto-injectors (EAIs) for children weighing Methods: This chart review included children who visited the pediatric emergency department (ED) of the National Center for Child Health and Development (Tokyo, Japan) from January 2014 to December 2016 and were diagnosed with food-induced anaphylaxis. The severity of anaphylaxis was evaluated using the Sampson Grading Scale. Results: Of 89,232 ED visits, 444 visits included patients with food-induced anaphylaxis, after excluding cases of food-induced anaphylaxis related to oral desensitization therapy. The incidence was 4.98 per 1,000 visits. More than half of the children (n = 247/444, 55.6%) weighed Conclusion: Food-induced anaphylaxis among children weighing
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