Immunotherapy and Asthma Bibliography
1993 Brown Immunotherapy and Asthma Bibliography
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Allergic rhinitis management pocket reference 2008
Allergic rhinitis is a major chronic respiratory disease because of its prevalence, impacts on quality of life and work/school performance, economic burden, and links with asthma.
Allergy rescue medication in schools: Modeling a new approach
Over 95% of epinephrine autoinjectors (EAIs) prescribed for children are for a food allergy.1 Ninety percent of schools have at least 1 child with allergy among their students.2 Physicians and families are aware that most prescribed EAIs are never used.
Allergy Vaccine Immunotherapy in managing asthma
Asthma is an inflammatory disease and current best management aims to reduce the inflammation already present and curtail exposure to pro-inflammatory agents. Some examples include the use of corticosteroids and antileukotrienes, avoiding cats and reducing exposure to dust mites.
Vulenable should be on allergy vaccine therapy
All doctors have to mourn the death of someonce who died from an allergic reaction to hymenoptera venom ("Wasp sting kills retired Que. doctor", the medical Post, Aug. 26). These are preventable deaths.
Analysis of the burden of treatment in patients receiving an EpiPen for yellow jacket anaphylaxis
Background: Venom immunotherapy (VIT) is a treatment with established efficacy for the prevention of repeated anaphylactic reactions in patients with Hymenoptera allergy, which also allows patients to discontinue carrying an EpiPen. Despite their merits, both treatments can have negative aspects potentially important to patients.
Anaphylaxis: Persistent enigma
The term ‘anaphylaxis’ was coined by Richet and Portier over 100 years ago while investigating the rapid onset of extreme respiratory distress, vomiting and diarrhoea, and cardiovascular collapse in dogs injected with repeated sublethal doses of a toxin from jellyfish.
Anaphylaxis, killer allergy: Long-term management in the community
Traditionally, physicians are trained to diagnose and treat anaphylaxis as an acute emergency in a health care setting.
Paediatric anaphylaxis: a 5 year retrospective review
Objective: To describe the demographic characteristics, clinical features, causative agents, settings and administered therapy in children presenting with anaphylaxis.