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Plasek JM, Goss FR, Lai KH, Lau JJ, Seger DL, Blumenthal KG, Wickner PG, Slight SP, Chang FY, Topaz M, Bates DW, Zhou L. Food entries in a large allergy data repository. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2016; 23:e79-87. [PMID: 26384406 PMCID: PMC4954633 DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Revised: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Accurate food adverse sensitivity documentation in electronic health records (EHRs) is crucial to patient safety. This study examined, encoded, and grouped foods that caused any adverse sensitivity in a large allergy repository using natural language processing and standard terminologies. METHODS Using the Medical Text Extraction, Reasoning, and Mapping System (MTERMS), we processed both structured and free-text entries stored in an enterprise-wide allergy repository (Partners' Enterprise-wide Allergy Repository), normalized diverse food allergen terms into concepts, and encoded these concepts using the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT) and Unique Ingredient Identifiers (UNII) terminologies. Concept coverage also was assessed for these two terminologies. We further categorized allergen concepts into groups and calculated the frequencies of these concepts by group. Finally, we conducted an external validation of MTERMS's performance when identifying food allergen terms, using a randomized sample from a different institution. RESULTS We identified 158 552 food allergen records (2140 unique terms) in the Partners repository, corresponding to 672 food allergen concepts. High-frequency groups included shellfish (19.3%), fruits or vegetables (18.4%), dairy (9.0%), peanuts (8.5%), tree nuts (8.5%), eggs (6.0%), grains (5.1%), and additives (4.7%). Ambiguous, generic concepts such as "nuts" and "seafood" accounted for 8.8% of the records. SNOMED-CT covered more concepts than UNII in terms of exact (81.7% vs 68.0%) and partial (14.3% vs 9.7%) matches. DISCUSSION Adverse sensitivities to food are diverse, and existing standard terminologies have gaps in their coverage of the breadth of allergy concepts. CONCLUSION New strategies are needed to represent and standardize food adverse sensitivity concepts, to improve documentation in EHRs.
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- Joseph M Plasek
- Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine and Clinical Decision Making, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Clinical & Quality Analysis, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Clinical & Quality Analysis, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Division of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- Clinical Informatics, Partners eCare, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Clinical Informatics, Partners eCare, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Iglesias-Souto J, Sánchez-Machín I, Iraola V, Poza P, González R, Matheu V. Oral mite anaphylaxis by Thyreophagus entomophagus in a child: a case report. Clin Mol Allergy 2009; 7:10. [PMID: 19939244 PMCID: PMC2789704 DOI: 10.1186/1476-7961-7-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2009] [Accepted: 11/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sensitization to Thyreophagus entomophagus, a storage mite, is uncommon and might produce occupational respiratory disorders in farmers. We present the first case of a child suffering anaphylaxis produced by ingestion of contaminated flour with Thyreophagus entomophagus.
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- Javier Iglesias-Souto
- Consulta de Alergia Infantil, Allergy Service, Hospital Universitario NS Candelaria, S/C Tenerife, Spain.
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Matheu V, Perez E, Hernández M, Díaz E, Darias R, González A, García JC, Sánchez I, Feliciano L, Caballero A, de la Torre F. Insulin allergy and resistance successfully treated by desensitisation with Aspart insulin. Clin Mol Allergy 2005; 3:16. [PMID: 16375762 PMCID: PMC1352375 DOI: 10.1186/1476-7961-3-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2005] [Accepted: 12/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A 25-year-old, with type I Diabetes Mellitus with a previous diagnosis of Protamine Allergy but not to human Insulin, started to notice anaphylactic reactions inmmediatly after bolus with Insulin. Skin prick and intradermal test were positive to all insulins. Skin tests to other potential allergens resulted negative. Examination after bolus of Human Insulin revealed urticaria. Daily insulin requirement were around 2-2,4 U/Kg/day. Slow desensitisation with Aspart insulin, the insulin with lowest size of skin test, was performed using subcutaneous insulin pump. Six months after the end of desensitisation his daily insulin requirement decreased to 0.8 U/Kg/day and oral corticosteroids are being reduced with no symptoms.
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- Victor Matheu
- Medical Inflammation Research, Lund University, Sweden
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- Allergy, Hospital Universitario NS Candelaria, Spain
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- Endocrinology Service, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Spain
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- Allergy, Hospital Universitario NS Candelaria, Spain
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- Endocrinology, Hospital Universitario NS Candelaria, Spain
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- Endocrinology, Hospital Universitario NS Candelaria, Spain
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- Allergy, Hospital Universitario NS Candelaria, Spain
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- Dermatology Service, Hospital Universitario NS Candelaria, Spain
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- Endocrinology Service, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Spain
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