TOPLINE:

A study of more than 2600 cases of food-induced anaphylaxis found that near-fatal and fatal reactions occurred in 1.7% of cases and that a history of asthma or having peanut as the trigger predicted greater anaphylaxis severity.

METHODOLOGY:

Researchers retrospectively analyzed cases of food-induced anaphylaxis recorded in a French database from 2002 to 2021 and compared near-fatal and fatal cases (grade 4) with severe cases (grade 3) to identify risk factors associated with higher severity.

They focused on 725 patients (mean age, 28.3 years; 53.7% men; 46.9% children) who had grade 3 anaphylaxis (n = 681) or grade 4 anaphylaxis (n = 44; 19 deaths).

TAKEAWAY:

Peanuts were the most frequent trigger, accounting for 101 cases (13.9%) of all grade 3 or grade 4 cases.

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