Paeds Vivas · allergy-and-immunology
Food allergy management and prevention — branching viva
Branching viva on acute food-allergy management, adrenaline dosing, biphasic risk, and early-allergen-introduction prevention in a high-risk infant.
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Prompt
You are the paediatric registrar at the acute-allergy and preventive interface. The examiner will test emergency response, the action-plan ladder, and early-introduction prevention in a high-risk infant.
Stem
The examiner moves from a definition, to an acute reaction, to the action-plan ladder, and finishes on prevention in a high-risk infant. [6] [14]
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- [13]Halken S EAACI guideline: Preventing the development of food allergy in infants and young children (2020 update). Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 2021.PMID 33710678
- [14]Simons FE World Allergy Organization Anaphylaxis Guidelines: 2013 update of the evidence base. Int Arch Allergy Immunol, 2013.PMID 24008815