Publications by authors named "Petra Kentie"
Can we predict severe reactions during peanut challenges in children?
Pediatr Allergy Immunol
September 2013
Background: Limited and contrasting data are available about risk factors for severe reactions during double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC). Knowing these risk factors would help to improve safety precautions and choosing the best setting for challenge. We assessed whether we could determine predictors for positive and severe food challenge outcome (FCO) with regular available patient data in children suspected for peanut allergy.
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- Scientists are studying how to diagnose hazelnut allergies better by looking at specific parts of the nut that cause reactions.
- They compared people with serious symptoms to those with mild or no symptoms to see if certain allergy markers were more common.
- The research found that higher levels of two specific proteins (Cor a 9 and Cor a 14) in the blood are linked to worse allergic reactions in people, helping doctors predict who might have more severe allergies.
Background: In children with food-related symptoms, a food challenge is considered as the gold standard to diagnose allergy. If food allergy could be predicted by patient history and/or diagnostic tests, the number of time-consuming and sometimes risky food challenges could be decreased. We aimed to determine questionnaire and test-based characteristics, to predict the food challenge outcome (FCO) in children referred to a tertiary centre for the evaluation of food-related symptoms.
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