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The article provides a summary of the Synopsis Book by the American Academy of Pediatrics on advances and key observations that will impact the care of children with allergic and immunologic diseases from 2016 to 2017. Topics discussed include an increase in the prevalence of allergic diseases, studies on anaphylaxis and the need for education on preparedness and management and studies on immunotherapy for food allergy.

The article discusses research which evaluates the beneficial effects of routine immunotherapy as an early intervention in patients with childhood-onset atopic asthma. It references a study by H. Nagaya and colleagues in a 2006 issue of the "International Archives of Allergy and Immunology." The beneficial effects of immunotherapy on forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) were analyzed retrospectively in 43 unselected patients. Results showed that there was a significant inverse correlation between the duration of asthma symptoms before immunotherapy and the changes in FEV1 before and after immunotherapy. It is recommended that immunotherapy should be started as early as possible at the youngest age.