title: [Establishment of "Anaphylaxis Scoring Aichi (ASCA)," a new symptom scoring system to be used in an oral food challenge (OFC)].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An original symptom score sheet named "Anaphylaxis Scoring Aichi (ASCA)" was created to quantitatively determine the severity of allergic symptoms provoked in an oral food challenge.
  
  
  METHODS
  ASCA lists and sorts subjective and objective symptoms into five organs (respiratory, skin-mucosal, gastrointestinal, psycho-neurological and cardiovascular). The organ scores were given (0 to 60 points) in accordance with the severity of each symptom. The total score was defined as the sum of the highest 5 organ scores (maximum 240 points) observed throughout the course of an OFC. This study evaluated the ASCA score in 253 cases of a positive food challenge (age 1-16 years, mean 5.3±3.2 years) conducted from April to August 2011 in our institute. The results were compared to the modified anaphylaxis grading presented in the Japanese Pediatric Guideline for Oral Food Challenge Test in Food Allergy 2009. At the same time, we evaluated the indications of symptomatic treatment using ASCA score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total score closely correlated with the anaphylaxis grading, but there was a wide range of overlap between grade 2 and grade 3. All cases with a total score≥60 points were equivalent to grade 4 or 5, and that were consisted of three or more organ symptoms. These severe cases contained respiratory or skin/mucosal symptoms, and despite the early induction of initial therapy, the symptoms became worse.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ASCA is therefore considered to be a useful tool for use in an oral food challenge test.
authors: Department of Allergy, Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center.
authors: Asuka
authors: A
authors: Hino
authors: Toru
authors: T
authors: Maeda
authors: Yasuhiro
authors: Y
authors: Haneda
authors: Takae
authors: T
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Masahiro
authors: M
authors: Yasui
authors: Naoyuki
authors: N
authors: Kando
authors: Komei
authors: K
authors: Ito
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index