Open AccessImpact of regional and national milk allergy in primary care guidelines and training program on recognition and treatment of cow's milk allergy
Author(s) -
Wauters Lucas,
Brown Trevor,
Venter Carina,
Fox Adam T.,
Walsh Joanne,
Brogan Breege,
Hughes Jenny,
Dziubak Robert,
Shah Neil
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-5-s3-p157
Subject(s) - medicine , nice , milk allergy , guideline , excellence , primary care , family medicine , medical prescription , allergy , pediatrics , cow's milk allergy , food allergy , nursing , pathology , computer science , political science , law , immunology , programming language
Background Cow’s milk allergy (CMA) is the commonest food allergy in UK children with many misleading presentations. In 2011, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provided primary care guidelines on food allergy. In Northern Ireland (NI), a regional expert group was convened in 2012 to develop a CMA-focused guidance document, later published as Milk Allergy in Primary care (MAP) guideline, along with other infant feeding issues. MAP was designed for shortcomings of national and international guidelines in the initial clinical recognition and management of mild to moderate non-IgE-mediated disease in primary care.