The Medical Management of Atopic Dermatitis in Children

Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis: A Review of the Medical Management Article by A. Carbone, A. Siu, and R. Patel in The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2010 Volume 44: The medical management of atopic dermatitis This ‘website’ has an analytic program attached to it, Google Analytics (GA). With GA I get feedback regarding which pages or topics are [...]

July 18, 2010 · fleickly · No Comments
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FPIES- Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting a young lady with infantile FPIES. Both of her parents were with her for the evaluation.  The family alerted me to a contribution to the literature written by allergists for a condition that may not be commonly seen by an allergist. What I learned from that encounter [...]

February 17, 2010 · fleickly · 11 Comments
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Food Allergy among Children in the United States – Article Review

Food Allergy among Children in the United States Authors: Amy Branum and Susan Lukacs Reference: Pediatrics Volume 124 (6) December 2009 This title caught my eye. The impression in clinical practice is that more and more children have food allergy. This article looks at the prevalence of food allergy in children. I wanted to get [...]

December 1, 2009 · fleickly · 4 Comments
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Increase in Food Allergy in Children

Today’s Indianapolis Star (Sunday November 29, 2009) had an article “Researchers can’t explain rise in kids’ food allergies”. According to a study that will appear in the December issue of Pediatrics The number of children with food allergy is up to 18%. The information came from surveys of parents and health care organizations. This pre-publication [...]

November 29, 2009 · fleickly · 3 Comments
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