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This pocketbook provides brief clinical summaries of complex and emerging major topics encountered in the field of Allergy and Immunology. As knowledge in the specialty is rapidly evolving, it condenses this material while maintaining an evidence-based approach to the practice. It is a practical and informative guide for students and clinicians.
List of contents
Part 1: Rhinoconjunctivitis
1. Allergic Rhinitis
2. Rhinosinusitis
3. Ocular Allergy
4. Allergen Immunotherapy
Part 2: Respiratory Disorders
5. Asthma and Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
6. Approach to Chronic Cough
Part 3: Cutaneous Disorders
7. Atopic Dermatitis
8. Contact Dermatitis
9. Urticaria
10. Angioedema
Part 4: Mast-cell Related Disorders/anaphylaxis (Systemic illnesses)
11. Mastocytosis and Mast-cell Activation Syndromes
12. Anaphylaxis
13. Exercise-induced anaphylaxis (EIA) and food-dependent EIA (FDEIA)
14. Stinging Insect Hypersensitivity
15. Eosinophilia and Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Part 5: Food Allergy
16. Food Allergy
17. Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
18. Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity
Part 6: Drug Allergy
19. Drug Allergy
20. Adverse Reactions to Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Aspirin
21. Adverse Reactions to Vaccines
Part 7: Clinical Immunology
22. General Approach to Primary Immune Deficiency (PID) in Adults
23. Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy
About the author
Abeer Feteih, MD, FRCPC, is Assistant Professor of Medicine and a Clinical Immunologist and Allergist in the Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Rabigh at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Michael Fein is an Assistant Professor of Adult Clinical Immunology & Allergy at the McGill University Health Centre.
Dr. Natacha Tardio is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Residency Training Program Director in the Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy at the McGill University Health Center (Montreal, Quebec).
Summary
This pocketbook provides brief clinical summaries of complex and emerging major topics encountered in the field of Allergy and Immunology. As knowledge in the specialty is rapidly evolving, it condenses this material while maintaining an evidence-based approach to the practice. It is a practical and informative guide for students and clinicians.
