PMID: 9527116Apr 4, 1998Paper

Diagnosing and treating pediatric allergy

Otolaryngology--head and Neck Surgery : Official Journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
P R CookG Highfill

Abstract

Allergy is a significant problem in as much as 60% of patients seeking care at an otolaryngologist's office. This raises the issue of the most effective means of diagnosing allergy, especially in pediatric patients, who often may not tolerate skin testing. The RAST and CAP (Pharmacia) tests have been shown to be quite comparable with skin testing in diagnosing allergy. This study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of treatment of children with allergies who had undergone in vitro testing. This was done by obtaining subjective symptom scores both before and after treatment. These were obtained from patients with different in vitro results, including some with negative testing. Overall, 77 of 155 mailed questionnaires were returned. Results showed overall improvement of 38.81 points in 12 symptoms (p = 0.001; n = 62). Each symptom was rated on a visual scale of 1 to 10. A small portion of the patient population received surgical treatment (tympanostomy tube placement with or without adenoidectomy) in addition to medical treatment and avoidance. These patients did not have significantly higher pretreatment scores and did not have a higher improvement rate for all symptoms. We believe this study shows the validity of in vit...Continue Reading

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