BACKGROUND: Knowledge about repeated food reactions in paediatric emergency departments (ED) is sparse. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence and potential risk factors for repeated ED visits for food-allergic reactions among children with a prior ED visit due to reactions to food. METHODS: A total of 358 children with ED visits at paediatric hospitals in Stockholm due to reactions to foods during 2007 (index-reaction) were investigated in relation to recurrent reactions until 30 June 2010. Adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were used to compute relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS: A total of 80 children had 116 ED revisits over a period of 873 patient-years, yielding an incidence rate of 9 per 100 patient-years. Known food allergy before the index ED visit in 2007 increased the risk for ED revisits (RR = 2.30, 95% CI 1.35-3.94). Likewise, prescription of adrenaline auto-injector before the index-reaction increased the risk (RR = 2.02, 95% CI 1.17-3.49). Twenty-one percent of the children had more severe reactions at the revisit, 38% less severe and 41% had reactions of comparable severity. However, among 44% of the children with comparable or less severe reaction at revisit, early treatment with adrenaline hampered the classification of change in severity. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Previously known food allergy and prior prescription of adrenaline are significant risk factors for ED revisits among children with a prior ED visit due to reactions to food. Our results indicate that the severity of the index-reaction cannot be used to predict the severity of the relapse.
BACKGROUND: Knowledge about repeated food reactions in paediatric emergency departments (ED) is sparse. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence and potential risk factors for repeated ED visits for food-allergic reactions among children with a prior ED visit due to reactions to food. METHODS: A total of 358 children with ED visits at paediatric hospitals in Stockholm due to reactions to foods during 2007 (index-reaction) were investigated in relation to recurrent reactions until 30 June 2010. Adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were used to compute relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS: A total of 80 children had 116 ED revisits over a period of 873 patient-years, yielding an incidence rate of 9 per 100 patient-years. Known food allergy before the index ED visit in 2007 increased the risk for ED revisits (RR = 2.30, 95% CI 1.35-3.94). Likewise, prescription of adrenaline auto-injector before the index-reaction increased the risk (RR = 2.02, 95% CI 1.17-3.49). Twenty-one percent of the children had more severe reactions at the revisit, 38% less severe and 41% had reactions of comparable severity. However, among 44% of the children with comparable or less severe reaction at revisit, early treatment with adrenaline hampered the classification of change in severity. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Previously known food allergy and prior prescription of adrenaline are significant risk factors for ED revisits among children with a prior ED visit due to reactions to food. Our results indicate that the severity of the index-reaction cannot be used to predict the severity of the relapse.
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