TY - JOUR
T1 - Consensus on DEfinition of Food Allergy SEverity (DEFASE)
T2 - Protocol for a systematic review
AU - Arasi, Stefania
AU - Nurmatov, Ulugbek
AU - Turner, Paul J.
AU - Ansotegui, Ignacio J.
AU - Daher, Shahd
AU - Dunn-Galvin, Audrey
AU - Ebisawa, Motohiro
AU - Eigenmann, Philippe
AU - Fernandez-Rivas, Montserrat
AU - Gupta, Ruchi
AU - Nowak-Wegrzyn, Anna
AU - Petrou, Stavros
AU - Roberts, Graham
AU - Sánchez Borges, Mario A.
AU - Sindher, Sayantani B.
AU - Tanno, Luciana Kase
AU - Vazquez-Ortiz, Marta
AU - Vickery, Brian P.
AU - Wong, Gary Wing Kin
AU - Fiocchi, Alessandro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Background and aims: The term “Food Allergy” refers to a complex global health problem with a wide spectrum of severity. However, a uniform definition of severe food allergy is currently missing. This systematic review is the preliminary step towards a state-of-the-art synopsis of the current evidence relating to the severity of IgE-mediated food allergy; it will inform attempts to develop a consensus to define food allergy severity by clinicians and other stakeholders. Methods: We will undertake a systematic review, which will involve searching international biomedical databases for published studies. Studies will be independently screened against pre-defined eligibility criteria and critically appraised by established instruments. Data will be descriptively and, if possible and applicable, quantitatively synthesised. Ethics and dissemination: This study does not require any specific ethical approval since it is a systematic review. We plan to report results from this systematic review in a peer reviewed journal. These results will be used to inform the development of an international consensus to define severe food allergy. Author's potential conflicts of interest are clearly stated. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020183103.
AB - Background and aims: The term “Food Allergy” refers to a complex global health problem with a wide spectrum of severity. However, a uniform definition of severe food allergy is currently missing. This systematic review is the preliminary step towards a state-of-the-art synopsis of the current evidence relating to the severity of IgE-mediated food allergy; it will inform attempts to develop a consensus to define food allergy severity by clinicians and other stakeholders. Methods: We will undertake a systematic review, which will involve searching international biomedical databases for published studies. Studies will be independently screened against pre-defined eligibility criteria and critically appraised by established instruments. Data will be descriptively and, if possible and applicable, quantitatively synthesised. Ethics and dissemination: This study does not require any specific ethical approval since it is a systematic review. We plan to report results from this systematic review in a peer reviewed journal. These results will be used to inform the development of an international consensus to define severe food allergy. Author's potential conflicts of interest are clearly stated. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020183103.
KW - Classification
KW - Definition
KW - Food allergy
KW - Severity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099520121&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.waojou.2020.100493
DO - 10.1016/j.waojou.2020.100493
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85099520121
SN - 1939-4551
VL - 13
JO - World Allergy Organization Journal
JF - World Allergy Organization Journal
IS - 12
M1 - 100493
ER -