Oral Food Challenge Practices after Removal of IgE Food Panels at a Pediatric Tertiary Care Center

Broad IgE food panels have been shown to cause overdiagnosis of food allergy, unnecessary dietary avoidance, and increased economic burden. We hypothesized that removal of several IgE food panels from the electronic medical record at our institution would lead to changes in oral food challenge (OFC) practices.
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Source Type: research