Is Oral Food Challenge as Safe Enough as It Seems?
Zeynep Şengül EmeksizAysegul ErtugrulSerap OzmenOzlem CavkaytarNazlı Ercanİlknur Birol BostancıPublished in: Journal of tropical pediatrics (2021)
OFCs should be performed in a hospital or outpatient office under medical supervision that is adequate for anaphylaxis intervention by an allergy specialist. Close observation of objective and subjective symptoms is essential during the challenge because there are no laboratory tests that can predict an anaphylactic diagnosis or the severity of the reaction.