Impact of house dust mite-driven asthma on children's school performance and activity.

Unlabelled: Evidence regarding asthma's impact on children's daily lives is limited. This prospective and cross-sectional, observational, multicenter study assessed school/work and activity impairment in children and adolescents with allergic asthma and their caregivers and allergen immunotherapy (AIT) effects. Included patients were schooled children and adolescents (5 to 17 years) with allergic asthma due to house dust mites (HDM).

Clinical outcomes with a new design in multifocal intraocular lens: a pilot study.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical and visual outcomes, quality of near vision and the influence of photic phenomena in patients bilaterally implanted with a new Precizon Presbyopic multifocal intraocular lens (IOL).

Methods: In this prospective consecutive case series, 20 eyes of 10 patients were included (mean age 63.80 ± 12.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Pregnancy: A Clinical Management Protocol and Considerations for Practice.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has represented a major impact to health systems and societies worldwide. The generation of knowledge about the disease has occurred almost as fast as its global expansion. The mother and fetus do not seem to be at particularly high risk.

Single-cycle rituximab-induced immunologic changes in children: Enhanced in neuroimmunologic disease?

Objective: To investigate the immunologic impact of a single cycle of rituximab (RTX) in children and adolescents with immune-mediated disorders, we evaluated B cells and immunoglobulin levels of 20 patients with neuroimmunologic, nephrologic, dermatologic, and rheumatologic disorders treated under recommended guidelines.

Methods: Retrospective study of immunologic changes in children (aged ≤18 years) diagnosed with immune-mediated disorders in which RTX was prescribed between June 2014 and February 2019. Patients were excluded if they had prior diagnosis of malignant disease or primary immunodeficiency.

Factors predicting successful customized excimer laser treatment in irregular corneas.

Purpose: To identify factors associated with a successful wavefront-guided customized treatment (WG-CT) with an excimer laser in highly aberrated corneas.

Setting: VISSUM Alicante Spain.

Design: Retrospective consecutive noncomparative case series.

Relationship Between Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergy.

Consistent evidence has been found on the relationship between food allergy (FA) and atopic dermatitis (AD) in some children. Food sensitization can be often found in these patients. Allergy should be confirmed, though, with a food challenge test (FC) before advising a restrictive diet which could be harmful for the patient.

Multimorbidities of Pediatric Allergic Rhinitis.

Purpose Of Review: Most children and adolescents with allergic rhinitis (AR) present extra-nasal multimorbid conditions, including conjunctivitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, rhinosinusitis, or seromucous otitis. Additionally, they may present nasal obstructive disorders, such as septal deformity, turbinate enlargement, and adenoidal hyperplasia, which worsen nasal symptoms, especially nasal obstruction. This is a narrative review on the current state of the concomitant presence of AR and one or more multimorbidities.

Egg oral immunotherapy in children (SEICAP I): Daily or weekly desensitization pattern.

Background: Studies are required before incorporating egg oral immunotherapy (OIT) into clinical practice. The Spanish Society of Pediatric Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (SEICAP) conducted a multicenter, randomized controlled study assessing the effectiveness and safety of the OIT using pasteurized egg white (PEW) in egg-allergic children.

Methods: One hundred and one egg-allergic children (6-9 years) were randomized for 1 year: 25 to an egg-free-diet (CG) and 76 to OIT (target dose 3.

Piccardi-Lassueur-Graham-Little syndrome associated with frontal fibrosing alopecia.

Piccardi-Lassueur-Graham-Little syndrome is a rare entity characterized by progressive scarring alopecia of the scalp and keratotic papules on hairless skin, associated with non-scarring alopecia in the axilla and pubic area or lichen planus lesions. We describe the case of a 70-year-old woman who presented a Piccardi-Lasseur-Graham-Little syndrome, along with frontal fibrosing alopecia.

Assessing the efficacy of immunotherapy with a glutaraldehyde-modified house dust mite extract in children by monitoring changes in clinical parameters and inflammatory markers in exhaled breath.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of specific immunotherapy (SIT) management with allergoids in children with allergic asthma by monitoring changes in clinical parameters and inflammatory markers in exhaled breath.

Methods: The study population included 43 patients (24 males) of 6-14 years of age, who had allergic asthma and were sensitized to mites. Twenty-three individuals were treated with subcutaneous SIT (PURETHAL® Mites, HAL Allergy) for 8 months, i.

From Severe Combined Immunodeficiency to Omenn syndrome after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a RAG1 deficient family.

Background: Mutations in RAG genes cause a spectrum of severe immunodeficiencies ranging from Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) T-B-NK+ to Omenn syndrome (OS) through intermediate phenotypes, even for the same alteration. Nowadays, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the unique curative treatment available.

Methods: We describe three related patients from a Moroccan consanguineous family.

Specific oral desensitization in children with IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy. Evolution in one year.

Unlabelled: Cow's milk allergy is the most frequent childhood food allergy. Children older than 5 who have not become tolerant have less probabilities of natural tolerance. Specific oral desensitization methods are being investigated in reference centres.

Vector analysis of astigmatic changes after cataract surgery with implantation of a new toric multifocal intraocular lens.

Purpose: To analyze the astigmatic changes after cataract surgery with the implantation of a new toric multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) using the Alpins vector method.

Setting: Vissum-Instituto de Oftalmológico de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.

Design: Prospective case series.