Letter to the Editor
2 August 2022 / 17 April 2024 by almaware | Leave a Comment
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Case Report
Since December 2020, in various countries of the world, many cases of severe allergic reactions after administration of PfizerBioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, were reported. A great concern has arisen among the doctors who administer the vaccine and the allergic patients who undergo vaccinations. In Italy guidelines were published in order to stratify the risk in the […]
Original Article
We aimed to describe, for the first time, the prescribing patterns among patients on persistent respiratory treatment, from the Portuguese electronic prescription and dispensing database. This was a one-year retrospective population-based analysis of prescriptions (n = 39810) for medication for respiratory disease and exacerbations. Cluster analysis was applied based on medication and prescribers’ specialty. Prescribing […]
2 August 2022 / 23 May 2024 by almaware | Leave a Comment
Background. Patients show varied results to allergen immunotherapy (AIT). The reason for this variability is unclear. Objective. To describe the relationship between AIT efficacy and demographic characteristics, as well as pre-treatment plasma levels of specific IgE-antibodies to grass and birch pollen. Methods. A retrospective study was performed based on medical records of 128 patients who received AIT. The patients completed […]
Background. Severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCAR) are potentially fatal reactions. Genetic predisposition is involved in their pathogenesis related to drugs and ethnicities, however in a mixed population these relationships are still unknown. The aim of this study was to describe phenotypes, suspect drugs and HLA-alleles related to SCAR, identified by a systematized approach in a Brazilian […]
Review
Background. Based on the cross-reactivity between pollen lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) and the peach LTP, Pru p 3, it has been suggested that the pollen might initiate the LTP sensitization process. Objective. To establish whether LTP allergy can be considered as a pollen-food syndrome. Methods. The literature was reviewed and new data of component-resolved diagnosis from Italy obtained by both […]