Increasing rate of hospitalizations for food-induced anaphylaxis in Italian children: An analysis of the Italian Ministry of Health database

• Published in: Journal of allergy and clinical immunology Vol. 135; no. 3; pp. 833 - 835.e3
• Main Authors: Nocerino, Rita, Leone, Ludovica, Cosenza, Linda, Berni Canani, Roberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age; Allergies; Allergy and Immunology; Anaphylaxis - diagnosis; Anaphylaxis - epidemiology; Anaphylaxis - immunology; Anaphylaxis - physiopathology; Child; Child, Preschool; Codes; Crustaceans; Databases, Factual; Female; Food; Food Hypersensitivity - diagnosis; Food Hypersensitivity - epidemiology; Food Hypersensitivity - immunology; Food Hypersensitivity - physiopathology; Fruits; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Hospitalization - trends; Hospitals; Humans; Infant; Italy - epidemiology; Male; Patient admissions; Population; Vitamin deficiency; Italy; United States > US
• ISSN: 0091-6749; 1097-6825; 1097-6825
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.12.1912

[...]FIA-related hospital admissions in Italian children increased year on year from 2001 to 2011. Description of data collection Through a specific application we queried the episode statistics system database of the Italian Ministry of Health for FIA-related hospital admissions in all subjects presenting to all public hospitals in Italy between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2011 (the last year for which data were available in the database at the time of the analysis) using the ICD-9-CM discharge diagnostic codes for FIA: 995.60, anaphylactic shock caused by unspecified food; 995.61, anaphylactic shock caused by peanuts; 995.62, anaphylactic shock caused by crustaceans; 995.63, anaphylactic shock caused by fruits and vegetables; 995.64, anaphylactic shock caused by tree nuts and seeds; 995.65, anaphylactic shock caused by fish; 995.66, anaphylactic shock caused by food additives; 995.67, anaphylactic shock caused by milk product; 995.68, anaphylactic shock caused by eggs; and 995.69, anaphylactic shock caused by other specified food.