Prediction of clinical peanut allergy status among children in Hamilton, Ontario using chart review data collected during 2012–2015

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• 作者：Elizabeth Simms ; Gary Foster ; Katherine Arias&#8230
• 关键词：Peanut allergy ; Skin prick test ; Wheal size
• 刊名：Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：13
• 期：1
• 全文大小：823KB
• 刊物主题：Allergology; Immunology; Pneumology/Respiratory System;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1710-1492
• 卷排序：13

文摘

BackgroundPeanut sensitization does not necessarily indicate clinical peanut allergy, and uncertainty as to whether or not there is true peanut allergy can lead to increased anxiety and decreased quality of life for patients and their families. The gold standard for diagnosing clinical peanut allergy is the oral food challenge, but this method is time-consuming and can cause severe allergic reactions. It would therefore be beneficial to develop a tool for predicting clinical peanut allergy in peanut-sensitized individuals whose peanut allergy status is unknown so as to better determine who requires an oral food challenge for diagnosis.