Allergic reactions to foods in preschool-aged children in a prospective observational food allergy study

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 130; no. 1; p. e25
• Main Authors: Fleischer, David M, Perry, Tamara T, Atkins, Dan, Wood, Robert A, Burks, A Wesley, Jones, Stacie M, Henning, Alice K, Stablein, Donald, Sampson, Hugh A, Sicherer, Scott H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2012
• Subjects: Dermatitis, Atopic - drug therapy; Dermatitis, Atopic - epidemiology; Dermatitis, Atopic - etiology; Egg Hypersensitivity - drug therapy; Egg Hypersensitivity - epidemiology; Egg Hypersensitivity - etiology; Epinephrine - therapeutic use; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Food Hypersensitivity - drug therapy; Food Hypersensitivity - epidemiology; Food Hypersensitivity - etiology; Health Surveys; Humans; Infant; Male; Milk Hypersensitivity - drug therapy; Milk Hypersensitivity - epidemiology; Milk Hypersensitivity - etiology; Peanut Hypersensitivity - drug therapy; Peanut Hypersensitivity - epidemiology; Peanut Hypersensitivity - etiology; Poisson Distribution; Prospective Studies; Regression Analysis; Severity of Illness Index; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sympathomimetics - therapeutic use; United States - epidemiology; United States

To examine circumstances of allergic reactions to foods in a cohort of preschool-aged children. We conducted a prospective, 5-site observational study of 512 infants aged 3 to 15 months with documented or likely allergy to milk or egg, and collected data prospectively examining allergic reactions. O...