Skin Testing for Aeroallergens
Position Paper: Practical guide to skin prick tests in allergy to aeroallergens I was alerted to this article by my partner Dr. Vitalpur. It comes from Allergy (European Journal of Allergy and Clinical...
View ArticleThings Patients and Physicians Should Question
It would seem that there is significant amount of interesting material in the news. This is my 4rth post in two days. I subscribe to ‘MedPage Today’- an online source for hot topics. This hot topic...
View ArticleChoose Wisely Campaign
How would you like to undergo a blood test or have your child undergo a blood test only to discover that the test is of no clinical value in the day to day diagnosis and management of a medical...
View ArticleAllergy Fast Facts
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) puts out a newsletter each month (AAP News). This month there was a few inserts; one dealing with the 2012-2013 Influenza Vaccine Guidelines and the other was...
View ArticleALCAT- Antigen Leukocyte Cellular Antibody Test
There are a significant number of tests available that are used in the diagnosis of allergy. There are numerous posts on this site about allergy testing. Some allergy tests are considered gold...
View ArticleChoosing Wisely- Tests and Procedures used in Allergy
With great regularity, our section (Pediatric Pulmonary, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine at Riley Childrens Hospital) offers a CME program. The sponsor (the sancting of the CME) is the Indiana University...
View ArticleSkin Prick Tests and Blood Tests for Allergy in Young Children
‘Disagreement between skin prick tests and specific IgE in young children’ by A.M Schoos, B.l.k. Chawes, N. Folsgaard, N. Samandari, K. Bonnelykke, and H. Bisgaard. This article appears as a...
View ArticleFood Allergy Action Month
May is ‘Food Allergy Action’ month and the week of May 8-14 is Food Allergy Awareness Week. Of note, I have been asked to present at the 51st Riley Pediatric Conference, May 10th at the first plenary...
View ArticleAllergy App?
There is an interesting article referenced on the front page of the Indianapolis Star Monday October 31, 2016 . The article actually is on page 3A and continues on 14A. It has an eye-catching title,...
View ArticleOral Food Allergy Challenges
This is a very interesting article on food allergy. It involves the use of diagnostics used to declare ‘food allergy’ and how this declaration of a food allergy can be verified by doing a food...
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