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Open AccessManagement of chronic spontaneous urticaria: a worldwide perspective
The approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) differ in various parts of the world. We sought to determine the adherence to international and national urticaria guideline...
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Open AccessThe international WAO/EAACI guideline for the management of hereditary angioedema – the 2017 revision and update
Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a rare and disabling disease. Early diagnosis and appropriate therapy are essential. This update and revision of the global guideline for HAE provides up-to-date consensus recomm...
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Open AccessThe global impact of the DRACMA guidelines cow’s milk allergy clinical practice
The 2010 Diagnosis and Rationale for Action against Cow’s Milk Allergy (DRACMA) guidelines are the only Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) guidelines for cow’s milk aller...
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Open AccessOtitis media with effusion and atopy: is there a causal relationship?
Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) is an inflammatory condition of the middle ear cleft, acute or chronic, with collection of fluid in the middle ear with an intact tympanic membrane. It is a very common disease...
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Open AccessClimate change, allergy and asthma, and the role of tropical forests
Tropical forests cover less than 10 per cent of all land area (1.8 × 107 km2) and over half of the tropical-forest area (1.1 × 107 Km2) is represented by humid tropical forests (also called tropical rainforests)....
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Open AccessErratum to: Risk and safety requirements for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in allergology: World Allergy Organization Statement
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Open AccessRisk and safety requirements for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in allergology: World Allergy Organization Statement
One of the major concerns in the practice of allergy is related to the safety of procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of allergic disease. Management (diagnosis and treatment) of hypersensitivity disorde...
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Open AccessParticularities of allergy in the Tropics
Allergic diseases are distributed worldwide and their risk factors and triggers vary according to geographical and socioeconomic conditions. Allergies are frequent in the Tropics but aspects of their prevalenc...
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Open AccessInternational survey on skin patch test procedures, attitudes and interpretation
Skin patch test is the gold standard method in diagnosing contact allergy. Although used for more than 100 years, the patch test procedure is performed with variability around the world. A number of factors ca...
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Open AccessMeteorological conditions, climate change, new emerging factors, and asthma and related allergic disorders. A statement of the World Allergy Organization
The prevalence of allergic airway diseases such as asthma and rhinitis has increased dramatically to epidemic proportions worldwide. Besides air pollution from industry derived emissions and motor vehicles, th...
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Open AccessComparative efficacy of non-sedating antihistamine updosing in patients with chronic urticaria
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Open AccessOff-label prescribing for allergic diseases in children
The majority of drugs prescribed have not been tested in children and safety and efficacy of children’s medicines are frequently supported by low quality of evidence. Therefore, a large percentage of prescript...
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Open AccessClimate change, air pollution and extreme events leading to increasing prevalence of allergic respiratory diseases
The prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases has increased dramatically during the past few decades not only in industrialized countries. Urban air pollution from motor vehicles has been indicated as one of ...
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Open AccessSub-Lingual Immunotherapy: World Allergy Organization Position Paper 2009
