Primary Care Cow's milk protein questionnaire

PRIMARY CARE SURVEY ON COW'S MILK PROTEIN ALLERGY (CMPA)

As healthcare professionals working in primary care, you may need to treat infants with cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA). The North West Paediatric Allergy Network are keen to understand the challenges you are facing and to what extent information and guidelines about CMPA filter down to you effectively. Even if you have only managed 1 or 2 infants with CMPA, we would really appreciate it if you were able to answer the following short questionnaire:

Have you read any of the following guidelines about CMPA? Please check any guidelines you have read.

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* 1. Have you read any of the following guidelines about CMPA? Please check any guidelines you have read.

Milk Allergy Guidelines: in Primary Care?

Regional Milk Allergy Guidelines: e.g. GmmmG or PanMersey?

NICE Cow's Milk Protein in children?

BSACI milk allergy guidelines?

None of the above?

Clinical use of substitute milk formula for infants with CMPA? Please check ALL answers that are TRUE.

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* 2. Clinical use of substitute milk formula for infants with CMPA? Please check ALL answers that are TRUE.

Neocate is the preferred milk substitute for most infants with CMPA?

Children are more likely to react to extensively hydrolysed formulas than amino acid formulas?

Nut-based milks e.g. almond milk are calorie rich formulas?

Rice milk contains arsenic and is not recommended for children under 5 years old?

None of the above?

Cost of substitute milk formula for infants with CMPA? Please check ALL answers that are TRUE.

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* 3. Cost of substitute milk formula for infants with CMPA? Please check ALL answers that are TRUE.

Neocate is the most cost-effective formula for treating children with CMPA?

Amino acid formulas e.g. Neocate are half the cost of extensively hydrolysed formulas e.g Similac alimentum?

Amino acid formulas e.g. Neocate are about the same cost of extensively hydrolysed formulas e.g Similac alimentum?

Amino acid formulas e.g. Neocate are more than double the cost of extensively hydrolysed formulas e.g Similac alimentum?

None of the above?

Long term outlook for infants with CMPA. Please check ALL answers that are TRUE.

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* 4. Long term outlook for infants with CMPA. Please check ALL answers that are TRUE.

More than half of infants remain allergic to dairy products into adulthood?

More than half of infants who react to cow's milk are fine with baked milk in biscuits?

Infants who have developed urticaria after drinking cow's milk should avoid all dairy products?

Infants who have CMPA usually tolerate goat's milk?

None of the above?

Are you aware of our network website ? www.allergynorthwest.nhs.uk

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* 5. Are you aware of our network website ? www.allergynorthwest.nhs.uk

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Have you ever used our network website? www.allergynorthwest.nhs.uk

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* 6. Have you ever used our network website? www.allergynorthwest.nhs.uk

Other (please specify)