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ACAAI 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting Conference Coverage
What Interventions Can Help Prevent Food Allergy Development?
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September 12, 2023
Overall, it is known that there are relationships between maternal diet and food allergy in the infant/child, but the ...
“What Can Population Data Teach us about Food Allergy?”
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September 23, 2022
At a presentation at the ACAAI annual conference, the latest results from a food allergy prevalence survey on Monday ...
Sucking Pacifiers to Clean Them May Protect Against Allergies
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November 20, 2018
Research presented at the annual ACAAI meeting indicates that when a parent sucks on a baby’s pacifier to clean it, ...
Milk Allergy May Be More Common Among Young Children
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November 20, 2018
A new study presented at the ACAAI annual meeting indicates that cow’s milk allergy may be even more common in babies ...
Caregiver Knowledge Predicts Asthma Patients’ Length of Stay
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November 20, 2018
According to new research presented at the ACAAI annual meeting, children of caregivers with poor asthma knowledge are ...
Memorial Lecture: Allergists Should be the Experts in Anaphylaxis
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November 20, 2018
“Anaphylaxis—we know it, we see it, and we even cause it, so we have to be the ones to prevent and treat it,” Anne ...
Advocacy Organizations Highlight Successes and Resources
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November 20, 2018
During a plenary session at the ACAAI annual meeting, the college invited six lay organizations to share their progress ...
Asthma Phenotypes: Evolution from Clinical to Molecular Approaches
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November 19, 2018
In the era of precision medicine, it is becoming more common to differentiate patients with severe asthma based on their ...
Pediatric Food Allergy and Atopic Dermatitis
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September 12, 2023
Several notable updates on pediatric food allergy and atopic dermatitis were discussed by Julie Wang, MD, Professor of ...
Patient-Centric and Multidisciplinary Approaches to Managing Severe Asthma
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November 19, 2018
“As physicians, we tend to overestimate the success of treatment and to underestimate the compromise to quality of ...
Guidance for Identifying Severe Asthma
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August 30, 2023
With severe asthma affecting an estimated 10% to 15% of patients with asthma, the condition is causing a significant ...
Treatment Considerations in Severe Asthma
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November 19, 2018
Severe asthma is a significant health burden, affecting patients’ activities of daily living, quality of life, ...
A Unique Method for Diagnosing and Treating EILO
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November 19, 2018
Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is often confused with asthma, as the two respiratory diseases share ...
Speech Language Pathology for Dysfunctional Breathing Disorders
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November 19, 2018
Speech language pathologists are often consulted and provide therapy for a number of dysfunctional breathing disorders. ...
The Allergist’s Guide to the GOLD Guidelines for COPD
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November 18, 2018
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the United States, and the condition ...
How to Successfully Perform Office-Based Spirometry
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November 18, 2018
Spirometry is the gold standard for diagnosing airflow obstruction and monitoring its progression. Valid spirometry ...
The Importance of Asthma Research Networks to Clinical Practice
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November 18, 2018
The presidential plenary lecture at the ACAAI annual meeting reviewed important findings by research networks and how ...
Case Indicates Role for Allergy Shots in Eczema Treatment
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September 12, 2023
According to a case presented at the ACAAI annual meeting, severe atopic dermatitis, or eczema, may respond to allergen ...
An Inner-City Child with Uncontrolled Asthma: Learning to Care for the Underserved Child and Lost Opportunities
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November 18, 2018
34Asthma is the most common chronic lung disease of childhood, affecting approximately 7.1 million children, and those ...
Asthma-COPD Overlap: What Is Known and What Is Not
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November 18, 2018
37Asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) is a complicated issue without the benefit of ...
Patients with Food Allergies Who Use More Risk-Reduction Strategies Have Fewer Reactions When Dining Out
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November 18, 2018
28Research presented at the ACAAI annual meeting shows that people with food allergies who have never had food allergy ...
Dynamic Dosing: Ready for Application in Your Practice?
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November 17, 2018
Providing appropriate treatment options for patients with asthma when they reach the yellow zone is essential for ...
Dose Escalation of ICS to Prevent Exacerbations? Children Versus Adults
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November 17, 2018
Asthma exacerbations are common, costly, and may lead to progressive loss of lung function over time, as well as ...
Introduction to the Yellow Zone: Stressing Variability in Perception of Dyspnea, Real World Nonadherence and Proposed Mechanism of Dose Escalation
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November 17, 2018
Identification and management of acute loss of asthma control is extremely important, as not recognizing and treating a ...
Life-Threatening Drug Eruptions in Pediatrics
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November 17, 2018
During a presentation titled “Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions (SCAR): Life-Threatening Drug Eruptions in the ...
Name That Rash: Common Causes of Benign Skin Rashes
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November 17, 2018
Accurate diagnosis of skin reactions requires an understanding of the most common causes, as well as detailed ...
Helping Families and Schools Manage Anaphylaxis
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November 17, 2018
The rate of students at risk for anaphylaxis is rising, and up to 6% of students self-report a food allergy, according ...
Debating the Early Use of Epinephrine
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November 17, 2018
In a presentation about anaphylaxis titled “Early Use of Epinephrine: What’s the Evidence?” speaker Jay A. ...
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