Allergy Frontiers:Diagnosis and Health Economics

Foreword

Foreword

Foreword

Preface

Contents

Contributors

Diagnosis and DD of Allergic Diseases

History of Allergy

Allergy Diagnosis

Nasal and Bronchial Provocation Tests

Nasal and Bronchial Nonallergic Provocation Tests

Sputum Tests and Exhaled NO in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Asthma

Lung Function and Bronchial Challenge Testing for the Allergist

Investigative Bronchoprovocation and Bronchoscopy in Patients with Bronchial Asthma

Exhaled NO in Asthma

Basophil Activation Tests for Allergy Diagnosis

CD203c for Allergy Diagnosis

Flow-Assisted Analysis of Basophils: A Valuable Instrument for In Vitro Allergy Diagnosis

Recombinant Allergens for the Diagnosis and Treatment of House Dust Mite Allergy

Diagnosis of Occupational Rhinitis

Asthma: Clinical Descriptions and Definitions

Occupational Asthma

Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Clinical Aspects and Diagnosis of Atopic Eczema

Clinical Aspects and Diagnosis of Anaphylaxis

Angioedema in the Emergency Department

Diagnosis of Aspirin Sensitivity in Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease

Food Allergy: Diagnosis of Food Allergy

Evaluation of the Patient with Photosensitivity

Clinical Manifestations of Allergic Diseases: Drug Hypersensitivity

State of the Art: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Monitoring the Allergic Inflammation

Allergy and Asthma Education

Asthma Patient Education

The Costs of Allergy and Asthma and the Potential Benefit of Prevention Strategies

Outcome Measures in Asthma Management

Index