Full Description
With insight and research from world-renowned experts, this book provides specific approaches to diagnosis and treatment, addressing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management. Specific conditions examined include asthma, rhinitis and sinusitis, anaphylaxis, atopic and contact dermatitis, urticaria and angioedema, hereditary angioedema, drug allergies, and primary immune deficiency. An overview of obstetric management of the high risk asthmatic and allergic patient is provided, and the book concludes with a discussion of the prevention of asthma and allergic diseases during childhood.
Contents
Non-pharmacologic aspects of management.- Safety of Asthma and Allergy Medications During Pregnancy.- Asthma: Management.- Positive and negative associations between adolescent mental health and technology.- Rhinitis and Sinusitis.- Anaphylaxis in Pregnancy.- Atopic dermatitis and allergic contact dermatitis in pregnancy.- Urticaria and Angioedema.- Hereditary Angioedema.- Drug Hypersensitivity.- Primary Immunodeficiencies in Pregnancy.- Obstetric Management of High Risk Asthmatic, Allergic Patients, and Anaphylaxis.- Prevention of Asthma and Allergic Diseases during Childhood.
