Ralf G Heine

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..The treatment of egg allergy consists of dietary elimination, or a maternal elimination diet in breast-fed infants. Approximately two thirds of infants with egg allergy will become tolerant by 7 years of age...

..Although some preventive dietary interventions have entered common practice, the level of evidence underpinning these strategies varies...

..These patients may respond to swallowed corticosteroid aerosols or other immune-modulating drugs. Further prospective clinical trials are needed to outline the most effective long-term treatment of EE...

..The following article will present three instructive cases followed by discussion of the clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and natural history of food allergic motility disorders in infancy and early childhood...

..Although our general understanding of food hypersensitivity has improved in recent years, gastrointestinal food protein-induced diseases still pose diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas...

..This review assesses the role of food allergy in the pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease, colic and constipation in infancy...

..Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) is common in infants with persistent crying. Empirical treatment with antireflux medications is common practice, although on clinical grounds it may be difficult to determine whether GOR is abnormal...

..There is controversy regarding whether hypersensitivity to food proteins contributes to colic among breastfed infants...

..Long-term uncontrolled oesophageal eosinophilic inflammation may lead to progressive subepithelial fibrosis, potentially resulting in strictures or oesophageal narrowing...

..Understanding predictors of clinical remission would assist in clinical management of peanut allergy...

..To assess the effect of medical antireflux treatment, and of an infant mental health consultation (IMHC), on persistent crying in infants and maternal distress...

..Children often develop tolerance to cows milk, egg, soy and wheat by school age, whereas allergies to nuts and shellfish are more likely to be lifelong...

..In this article, we review the recent literature regarding the immunology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management and natural history of egg allergy...

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..0001) and peanut (p < 0.0001). Further studies are required to define age-specific diagnostic IgE antibody and SPT cut-off levels use in infants under 2 yr of age with suspected food allergies...

..32 +/- 0.26 vs. 0.03 +/- 0.39; P = 0.03). In conclusion, the presence of advanced lung disease, GER, and female gender were factors associated with a poor clinical outcome after gastrostomy placement...

..This article aims to discuss the complex issues of the diagnosis and long-term management that confront clinicians who care for children with EE...

..To examine the physical and mental health outcomes at school-age of a cohort of children who participated in a randomised clinical trial of treatments for persistent crying in infancy...

..07). CONCLUSION: Esophagitis occurred in one quarter of infants with persistent distress. Abnormal esophageal pH monitoring did not reliably predict esophagitis, suggesting a nonacid peptic cause in some of these infants...

..The treatment of cow's milk allergy relies on allergen avoidance and hypoallergenic formulae, or maternal elimination diets in breast-fed infants...

..To compare the efficacy of 2 nasogastric rehydration regimens for children with acute viral gastroenteritis...

..Although the aetiology of malnutrition is multifactorial, descriptive information on body composition may guide nutritional interventions aimed at optimising nutritional status...

..This paper aims to discuss the various strategies currently available to clinicians in the management of EoE and highlights gaps in the current evidence base that urgently require further research...

..The aim of this study was to assess the incidence and etiology of acute pancreatitis at a major pediatric referral center in Australia...

..This open-label, non-randomised study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of this preparation in the treatment of chronic constipation in children...

..We assessed the safety and tolerability of an olive oil-based lipid emulsion compared with a soybean-based lipid emulsion in critically ill neonates...

..03). Forced vital capacity and forced expired volume in 1 sec (FEV(1)) at 5-6 years was lower for SPT than for MPT (P < 0.05). In conclusion, MPT was associated with fewer respiratory complications than SPT in infants with CF...

..Presence of both induration and of at least seven papules at 72 h were the APT skin signs with the greatest diagnostic accuracy for food allergy in children with AD...

..It will also examine the growing case for introducing complementary foods from around 4 months of age and maintaining breastfeeding during this early feeding period, for at least 6 months if possible...