[Guideline Summary] An update to the Milk Allergy in Primary Care
Since first published in 2013, the Milk Allergy in Primary Care (MAP) guideline aims to provide simple and accessible data for UK primary care clinicians, detailing care process from initial presentation through diagnosis, management and tolerance development.
Summary
This updated report addresses the criticisms received in 2018 around the guideline due to 3 distinct reasons:
- Promotion of overdiagnosis of cow’s milk allergy (CMA)
- Negative impact on breastfeeding
- Possibility of industry influence on the guideline
Link to the full article: https://ctajournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13601-019-0281-8
Reference
Fox A, Brown T, Walsh J, Venter C, Meyer R, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Levin M, Spawls H, Beatson J, Lovis M, Vieira M, Fleischer D. An update to the Milk Allergy in Primary Care guideline. Clinical and Translational Allergy. 2019;9:40.
Other online article that you might be interested in:
WYE-EM-318-OCT-19
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