Allergy Frontiers: Diagnosis and Health Economics

I. Diagnosis and DD of Allergic Diseases

1. History of Allergy
Alan Edwards

2. Allergy Diagnosis
Pascal Demoly, Francesco Gaeta, Jean Bousquet, Antonino Romano

3. Nasal and Bronchial Provocation Tests
Donald W. Cockcroft, Beth E. Davis, John K. Reid

4. Nasal and Bronchial Nonallergic Provocation Tests
John K. Reid, Donald W. Cockcroft, Beth E. Davis

5. Sputum Tests and Exhaled NO in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Asthma
Myron Zitt

6. Lung Function and Bronchial Challenge Testing for the Allergist
Klaus F. Rabe, Adrian Gillissen, Zuzana Diamant

7. Investigative Bronchoprovocation and Bronchoscopy in Patients with Bronchial Asthma
Hironori Sagara, Ruby Pawankar

8. Exhaled NO in Asthma
D. Robin Taylor

9. Basophil Activation Tests for Allergy Diagnosis
Alain L. de Weck, Maria Luisa Sanz

10. CD203c for Allergy Diagnosis
Vanessa G. Brown, Madeleine Ennis

11. Flow-Assisted Analysis of Basophils: A Valuable Instrument for In Vitro Allergy Diagnosis
Didier G. Ebo, Chris H. Bridts

12. Recombinant Allergens for the Diagnosis and Treatment of House Dust Mite Allergy
Martin D. Chapman, L. Karla Arruda

13. Diagnosis of Occupational Rhinitis
Roy Gerth Wijk

14. Asthma: Clinical Descriptions and Definitions
William K. Dolen

15. Occupational Asthma
Joaquin Sastre

16. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Moisés Selman, Andrew Churg

17. Clinical Aspects and Diagnosis of Atopic Eczema
Matthias Möhrenschlager, Stephan Weidinger, Johannes Ring

18. Clinical Aspects and Diagnosis of Anaphylaxis
Phil Lieberman

19. Angioedema in the Emergency Department
Malcolm W. Greaves, Allen P. Kaplan

20. Diagnosis of Aspirin Sensitivity in Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease
Marek L. Kowalski

21. Food Allergy: Diagnosis of Food Allergy
Scott H. Sicherer

22. Evaluation of the Patient with Photosensitivity
Ann K. Haylett, Lesley E. Rhodes

23. Clinical Manifestations of Allergic Diseases: Drug Hypersensitivity
Benno Schnyder, Werner J. Pichler

24. State of the Art: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Michael Lacour, Klaus Schmidtke, Peter Vaith, Carl Scheidt

25. Monitoring the Allergic Inflammation
Per Venge

II. Allergy and Asthma Education

26. Asthma Patient Education
Vanessa M. McDonald, Peter G. Gibson

27. The Costs of Allergy and Asthma and the Potential Benefit of Prevention Strategies
Jay M. Portnoy, Mercedes C. Amado

28. Outcome Measures in Asthma Management
Michael Schatz

Avainsanat: Medicine & Public Health, Allergology, Immunology, Internal Medicine