5: TESTING METHODS FOR INHALANT ALLERGY
CHAPTER 5 Testing Methods for Inhalant Allergy The directing physician has decided that both the practice and the patients will benefit if the office provides allergy care. The earlier chapters…
11: ALLERGIC EMERGENCIES
CHAPTER 11 Allergic Emergencies The practice of office allergy has been compared with flying: hours of calm interspersed with occasional moments of stark terror. Those engaging in this practice must…
8: VIAL PREPARATION AND IMMUNOTHERAPY
CHAPTER 8 Vial Preparation and Immunotherapy RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND OF IMMUNOTHERAPY In the mind of the public, specialty allergy care is equated with immunotherapy. Patients of all ages are familiar…
4: INTERACTION WITH THE PATIENT
CHAPTER 4 Interaction with the Patient THE INITIAL ENCOUNTER The office is now prepared to receive allergy patients for diagnosis and treatment. The allergy area of the office has been…
16: ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS
CHAPTER 16 Allergic Fungal Sinusitis The impact of fungus upon the pathophysiology of chronic inflammatory disease of the nose and paranasal sinuses has received a great deal of attention during…
3: PREPARATION OF THE OFFICE FOR ALLERGY
CHAPTER 3 Preparation of the Office for Allergy GETTING STARTED: PREPARING THE SETTING It must be presumed at this point that the physician has made the decision that adding allergy…
15: ALLERGY AND SINUS DISEASE
CHAPTER 15 Allergy and Sinus Disease Although the complaint “Doctor, I have sinus” is commonly heard by the otolaryngologist, the exact meaning of “sinus” to a patient remains a highly…
13: FOOD ALLERGY
CHAPTER 13 Food Allergy Up to this point, this book has been concerned primarily with the diagnosis and treatment of inhalant allergy (sensitivity to substances inhaled). But there are other…
17: WHAT LIES AHEAD?
CHAPTER 17 What Lies Ahead? The authors have provided the reader with a practical and useful reference to assist in the practice of otolaryngic allergy. It is as up-to-the-minute as…
14: PEDIATRIC ALLERGY
CHAPTER 14 Pediatric Allergy Allergy is directly or indirectly involved in up to half the problems encountered in the office practice of otolaryngology. This is true whether the patient population…
