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J Allergy Clin Immunol
January 2025
Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Background: Rhinoconjunctivitis phenotypes are conventionally described based on symptom severity, duration and seasonality and aeroallergen sensitization. It is not known whether these phenotypes fully reflect the patterns of symptoms seen at a population level.
Objective: To identify phenotypes of rhinoconjunctivitis based on symptom intensity and seasonality using an unbiased approach and to compare their characteristics.
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
January 2025
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Pediatric antibiotic labels are common, and unnecessary antibiotic avoidance is associated with negative personal and public health outcomes; as a result, there is an increasing emphasis on the importance of pediatric antibiotic allergy evaluations. Different testing strategies have been advised, including skin testing and challenge testing with varied doses and duration. Established consensus testing protocols are lacking.
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January 2025
Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India.
Objective: To estimate the proportion of eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic (NEA) endotypes in pediatric asthma, and to compare the clinical, and laboratory characterisitics, and different comorbidities between the two endotypes in the children.
Methods: Children aged 5 to 14 years of age with clinical and/or laboratory-confirmed asthma attending the pediatric outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India between October 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024, were included in this cross-sectional study. Complete hemogram, absolute eosinophil count (AEC), IgE, and pulmonary function tests were performed in all patients.
Indian Pediatr
January 2025
School of Public Health, DY Patil Deemed to be University, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Objective: To assess the association of dietary fatty acids with asthma in Indian school children.
Methods: Children aged 6-16 years were enrolled from randomly selected urban schools in 10 cities. The International Study on Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase III Questionnaire was used to assess the prevalence of asthma.
BMC Health Serv Res
January 2025
Department of Paediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center, MosaKids Children's Hospital, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Background: Chronic respiratory diseases are important causes of disability and mortality globally. Their incidence may be higher in remote locations where healthcare is limited and risk factors, such as smoking and indoor air pollution, are more prevalent. E-health could overcome some healthcare access obstacles in remote locations, but its utilisation has been limited.
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