Efficacy of very-low-dose oral food challenge in children with severe hen egg allergy: A retrospective, single-center case series.

Background: To avoid complete elimination of hen eggs (HE) from diet, we introduced a very-low-dose (VLD) oral food challenge (OFC) in patients with severe HE allergy in 2019. Herein, we investigated the efficacy of VLD HE OFC for achieving the full dose OFC.

Methods: Patients with an overt allergic reaction to LD (1/32 HE [≤100 mg]) or less, egg white (EW) protein within 6 months were included.

[PRACTICE AND TRAINING RELATED TO USING ADRENALINE AUTOINJECTORS FOR PARAMEDICS: FACTS AND ISSUES].

Background: Although paramedics can use adrenaline autoinjectors (AAIs) during their duties, the actual conditions of their use and the challenges faced remain unclear. We investigated the actual situation and issues pertaining to creating an environment in which paramedics can operate AAIs more effectively.

Methods: A web-based survey was conducted among paramedics who participated in a web-based training session related to their latest knowledge on food allergies and emergency responses in 2022.

Efficacy of biological agents combined with oral immunotherapy (OIT) for food allergy: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: Food allergy affects a large population throughout the world. Recently, oral immunotherapy (OIT) has been reported as an effective treatment for severe food allergy. Although OIT was successful in numerous trials in desensitisation, adverse events including anaphylaxis during OIT frequently occur.

[BULLYING IN JAPANESE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH FOOD ALLERGIES].

Objective: To elucidate the prevailing circumstances of victimization, including bullying, faced by children afflicted with food allergies in Japan.

Methods: From July to August 2021, we executed a web-based questionnaire survey targeting children with food allergies enrolled in the fourth grade or higher, who sought medical attention at the Department of Pediatrics in Showa University Hospital or were affiliated with three allergy-focused patient associations. The survey aimed to ascertain whether these children had encountered instances of bullying, the nature of the bullying incidents, and whether such acts of bullying triggered allergic symptoms.

Clinical Features of Quail Egg Ingestion in Patients with Acquired Tolerance to Hen Eggs: A Case Series Study.

Introduction: Patients with hen's egg allergy are often instructed to avoid consuming other avian eggs, such as quail eggs. However, it is unclear whether patients with an acquired tolerance to hen eggs continue to avoid consuming quail eggs. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical features of quail egg ingestion.

[INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF ALLERGIC DISEASE ON CHILDREN'S SARS-CoV-2 VACCINATION DECISIONS].

Unlabelled: Background, Objectives: The factors associated with parents' decisions to vaccinate their children with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and the impact of the coexistence of allergic diseases in their children are unclear.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among parents of patients aged 15 years or younger who visited our pediatric allergy outpatient clinic and three partner pediatric clinics between April and May 2021. Survey items included presence or absence of other allergic diseases, and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination preferences and reasons.

Relationship between the diagnosis of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome and postemetic procalcitonin levels.

Background: There are no reports on the relationship between food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) diagnosis and procalcitonin levels.

Objective: Our study sought to demonstrate a correlation between the presence or absence and severity of FPIES symptoms and postemetic procalcitonin levels.

Methods: The subjects were 53 patients with FPIES (44 with hen's egg allergy, 4 with milk allergy, 4 with wheat allergy, and 3 with soy allergy), who collectively underwent a total of 75 oral food challenges (OFCs).

Optimal period for achieving sustained unresponsiveness in peanut oral immunotherapy.

Background: Oral immunotherapy (OIT) can help children with persistent food allergies achieve sustained unresponsiveness (SU). However, the optimal therapeutic period for obtaining SU remains unclear.

Objective: We aimed to retrospectively investigate the association between the OIT treatment period and achievement of SU.

Pseudo-Bartter syndrome in an infant without obvious underlying conditions: A case report.

Pseudo-Bartter syndrome (PBS) develops owing to renal or extrarenal chloride loss, leading to hypokalemic alkalosis. Whereas most adult cases result from diuretic/laxative abuse, many infantile cases occur secondary to cystic fibrosis. Rarely, infantile PBS is caused by renal salt loss with anomalies of the kidney/urinary tract or genetic disorders, such as Dent disease.

Regular weighing to prevent excessive gestational weight gain: a study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Excessive weight gain during pregnancy results in maternal and fetal complications and could further impact offspring. The evidence regarding the association between regular weighing during the antenatal period and excessive weight gain is limited.

Methods: We will systematically review individual and cluster randomized controlled trials that evaluated regular weighing as an intervention compared to weighing only at the first booking of the antenatal visit.

Sarcopenia in a patient with most serious complications after highly invasive surgeries treated with nutrition, rehabilitation, and pharmacotherapy: a case report.

Background: Several studies have reported the implementation of nutrition therapy and rehabilitation for acute and critical illnesses. However, rehabilitation nutrition for elderly sarcopenia patients with extremely severe postoperative complications during hospitalization has not yet been established.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 70-year-old man with sarcopenia that developed as a postoperative complication of the surgical resection of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma and left the patient bedridden from prolonged malnutrition and muscle weakness.