12: NONALLERGIC RHINITIS
CHAPTER 12 Nonallergic Rhinitis Perhaps the most frequent question encountered by the authors during decades of courses and lectures has been, “What do I do when the allergy test results…
2: BASIC. “NEED-TO-KNOW” IMMUNOLOGY
CHAPTER 2 Basic. “Need-to-Know” Immunology As with all new additions to a practice, some basic principles underlying the diagnosis and treatment of allergy must be digested and understood if the…
7: PHARMACOTHERAPY OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS
CHAPTER 7 Pharmacotherapy of Allergic Rhinitis There is little doubt that the best treatment of inhalant allergy is avoidance, whenever possible, as this prevents triggering of the allergic response. Unfortunately,…
10: BLENDING SKIN TESTING AND IN VITRO TESTING IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
CHAPTER 10 Blending Skin Testing and In Vitro Testing in Clinical Practice It is a basic axiom of the field that the diagnosis of allergy is made on clinical grounds….
9: STANDARDIZED EXTRACTS
CHAPTER 9 Standardized Extracts In attempting to find a more consistent and accurate way to measure the strength of allergy extracts, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has, in its…
1: THE PLACE OF ALLERGY IN CLINICAL MEDICINE
CHAPTER 1 The Place of Allergy in Clinical Medicine The importance of allergy as a vital element in clinical medicine has become strongly established only in recent years. The burgeoning…
Prosthetic Rehabilitation: Intraoral and Extraoral Prostheses
30 Prosthetic Rehabilitation: Intraoral and Extraoral Prostheses Betsy K. Davis and David J. Reisberg Core Messages • Defects of the maxillofacial complex are due to tumor surgery, a congenital condition,…
Ethmoid and Anterior Skull Base Neoplasms
15 Ethmoid and Anterior Skull Base Neoplasms Gilad Horowitz, Dan M. Fliss, and Ziv Gil Core Messages • Tumors of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses account for only 3%…
Surgical Reconstruction
29 Surgical Reconstruction Oleg Militsakh and Jason Jay Miller Core Messages • Oncologic surgery is a prominent modality in the treatment of head and neck cancers. • The majority of…
Xerostomia and Hyposalivation in Patients with Cancer
27 Xerostomia and Hyposalivation in Patients with Cancer Crispian Scully and Joel B. Epstein Core Messages • Hyposalivation has a major effect on patients with head and neck cancer during…
