From: Awareness of food allergies: a survey of pediatricians in Kuwait
Percent | |
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Skin prick testing can be used to screen patients for an allergy by testing with broad panels of food allergens | 72.9% |
Skin prick testing is highly sensitive but only moderately specific | 66.4% |
Intradermal skin testing is recommended for the evaluation of food allergies | 58.6% |
Atopy patch testing is helpful in diagnostic workup for food allergies | 65.7% |
Allergen-specific IgE testing is less sensitive than the skin prick test | 31.4% |
Allergen-specific IgE testing is not useful in patients with severe atopic dermatitis | 40.7% |
Food challenges should only be performed by allergy specialists familiar with food-allergic reactions | 81.4% |
Food-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgG4 tests are additional useful tests for allergies | 59.3% |
A positive skin test to a particular food indicates that the patient has a true allergy to that food | 54.3% |
The best way to test for food allergies is by oral challenge | 53.6% |
Elimination diet should be the first step in the evaluation of a patient presenting with food related anaphylaxis | 79.3% |
Eosinophilia is an important/common finding in patients with a food allergy | 74.3% |