In a decade-long study, a ratio of serum acute tryptase to serum baseline tryptase above 1.74 showed superior diagnostic performance compared with the current consensus formula, which requires serum ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with alpha tryptase had more anaphylaxis than patients who only had B-tryptase. 65% of patients with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New research informed 48 recommendations and nine key points. Shared decision-making can guide whether patients ...

Dr. F. Dan Atkins answers the question: 'Lab Tests For Anaphylaxis?' — -- Question: Are there lab tests that can be done to determine if a reaction was due to anaphylaxis? Answer: The diagnosis ...

Researchers reported for the first time that a genetic biomarker may be able to help predict the severity of food allergy reactions. Currently there is no reliable or readily available clinical ...

—An analysis of registry data concluded that hypersensitivity reactions in patients with mastocytosis are caused by exposure to certain triggers, including low tryptase levels and stings from certain ...

As with other food allergies, people who are severely allergic to peanuts have few good ways to protect themselves—apart from total avoidance. While using oral immunotherapy to desensitize oneself to ...

Perioperative allergic reactions and anaphylaxis represent severe, potentially life‐threatening complications that can arise during anaesthesia and surgery. Such reactions are often triggered by a ...

Researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and colleagues reported for the first time that a genetic biomarker may be able to help predict the severity of food allergy ...