Primary Care

Urticaria/Angioedema

Questions discussed in this category

What treatments do you consider for cholinergic urticaria refractory to high dose H1 blockers and omalizumab?

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How do you reassure families that no allergy testing is needed for urticaria?

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Do you scale up 2nd generation anti-histamines to 4x daily in acute urticaria in the pediatric population as you do in adults?

For kids experiencing moderate to severe urticaria that improve with single-dose antihistamine, do you scale up the manufacturer packaging dosages up ...

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What is your preferred prophylactic agent in idiopathic angioedema?

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What is your experience managing patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria occurring only at night?

Female in her early 40s with chronic spontaneous urticaria occurring consistently only at night for the past 4 years. Lesions develop only at night wh...

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How do you manage recurrent urticarial lesions in a patient with underlying connective tissue disease that is otherwise well-controlled?

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What treatments would you recommend for patients with chronic urticaria who have minimal improvement with anithistamines and Xolair?

Have you tried any of the newer biologics?

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Papers discussed in this category

Journal of investigational allergology & clinical immunology, 2007

Use of antihistamines in pediatrics.

Int Arch Allergy Immunol, 2018 Sep 25

Antihistamines: Recommended Dosage - Divergence between Clinical Practice and Guideline Recommendations.

Dermatol Ther, 2014 Aug 12

Combination of glucosamine and low-dose cyclosporine for atopic dermatitis treatment: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel clinical trial.

Allergy, 2021 Oct 20

The international EAACI/GA²LEN/EuroGuiDerm/APAAACI guideline for the definition, classification, diagnosis, and management of urticaria.

Allergy, asthma & immunology research, 2020 Sep

Omalizumab Treatment in Patients With Cholinergic Urticaria: A Real-World Retrospective Study in Korea.

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2018 Jul-Aug

How to Approach Chronic Inducible Urticaria.

Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.], 2009 Nov 23

Recommendations for performing and evaluating the results of the minor test according to a sweating intensity visual scale.

American journal of clinical dermatology, 2022 Sep 15

Cholinergic Urticaria: Subtype Classification and Clinical Approach.

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, 1995-02

Chronic sulfasalazine therapy in the treatment of delayed pressure urticaria and angioedema.

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2021 Mar

Biologics for the Use in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: When and Which.

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2021 Apr 20

The Diagnostic Workup in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria-What to Test and Why.

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 2020 Mar 13

Delayed Pressure Urticaria: A Systematic Review of Treatment Options.

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