Allergic Diseases : Diagnosis and Treatment,3rd ed

Preface .......................................................................................................... vii Contributors ................................................................................................. xi 1 Allergic Disease: Pathophysiology and Immunopathology ......................... 1 Gloria E. Akan, MD and Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., MD 2 Approach to the Allergic Patient ............................................................. 15 Bruce L. Wolf, MD 3 Diagnostic Tests in Allergy ....................................................................... 27 Dennis R. Ownby, MD 4 Environmental Allergens .......................................................................... 39 Scott H. Sicherer, MD and Peyton A. Eggleston, MD 5 Anaphylaxis ................................................................................................. 51 Lori Kagy, MD and Michael S. Blaiss, MD 6 Insect Sting Allergy .................................................................................... 71 Robert E. Reisman, MD 7 The Child With Asthma............................................................................. 83 Mary V. Lasley, MD 8 Asthma in Adults: Diagnosis and Management ..................................... 107 Huamin Henry Li, MD, PhD and Michael A. Kaliner, MD 9 Allergic Rhinitis: Diagnosis and Treatment ............................................ 143 Dennis K. Ledford, MD 10 Sinusitis and Otitis Media ....................................................................... 167 Jonathan Corren, MD and Gary S. Rachelefsky, MD 11 Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Allergy ....................................... 181 Leonard Bielory, MD 12 Urticaria and Angioedema...................................................................... 199 Albert F. Finn, Jr., MD 13 Atopic Dermatitis...................................................................................... 217 Stacie M. Jones, MD, Ariana Buchanan, MD, and A. Wesley Burks, MD 14 Contact Dermatitis and Other Contact Reactions .............................. 249 Jere D. Guin, MD 15 Food Allergy and Intolerance ................................................................. 271 John A. Anderson, MD 16 Allergic and Allergic-Like Reactions to Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents .......................................................... 295 John A. Anderson, MD 17 Antihistamines .......................................................................................... 319 Vivian P. Hernandez-Trujillo, MD and Phil Lieberman, MD 18 ????-Adrenergic Agonists ............................................................................. 335 Clifton T. Furukawa, MD and Matthew J. Lodewick, MD 19 Theophylline .............................................................................................. 343 Elliot F. Ellis, MD 20 Antileukotriene Agents in the Management of Asthma ................... 361 Sheldon L. Spector, MD 21 Cromolyn and Nedocromil: Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Therapy for Asthma and Other Allergic Diseases ............................................... 367 Stephen F. Kemp, MD 22 Anticholinergic Agents in Respiratory Diseases ................................ 379 Juan L. Rodriguez, MD 23 Glucocorticoid Therapy in Asthma ....................................................... 385 Joseph D. Spahn, MD and Ronina Covar, MD 24 Anti-IgE Therapy ...................................................................................... 403 Robert Q. Lanier, MD 25 Environmental Control of Respiratory Indoor Allergens ................. 417 Steven Morman, MD and Edward M. Zoratti, MD 26 Allergen Immunotherapy ....................................................................... 429 Roger W. Fox, MD and Richard F. Lockey, MD 27 Controversies in Allergy and Allergy-Like Diseases ......................... 445 Abba I. Terr, MD 28 The Patient With ‘Too Many Infections’............................................... 453 J. Morgan Knight, Mary E. Paul, MD, and William T. Shearer, MD, PhD Index ............................................................................................................ 475