
Middleton's Allergy Essentials
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published on 10. February 2016
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-0-323-37579-5 (ISBN)
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Description
For decades, health care practitioners have relied on Middleton's Allergy as their go-to reference for comprehensive information on allergic disorders. Now Middleton's Allergy Essentials, by Drs. Robyn E. O'Hehir, Stephen T. Holgate, and Aziz Sheikh, offers a concise resource that's both easily accessible and highly authoritative. Perfect for clinicians in primary and secondary care settings, this practical volume covers what is most useful in your daily practice, with a strong emphasis on disease diagnosis and management.
A practical approach to evaluation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of allergic disorders, focused specifically on what the non-specialist needs to know for everyday practice.
Each chapter begins with a handy summary of key concepts to help you quickly identify important information.
Coverage of today's hot topics includes asthma, drug allergies, food allergies and gastrointestinal disorders, anaphylaxis, atopic dermatitis, and allergic contact dermatitis.
Concise sections on mechanisms are included where relevant, keeping you up to date with this rapidly evolving field.
Authored by the same internationally recognized experts that produce Middleton's Allergy, the definitive text in the field.
Ideal for physicians, residents, general and family practitioners, nurse practitioners, primary care doctors, hospitalists, general internists - anyone who is called upon to make effective diagnostic and treatment decisions regarding allergic disorders.
A practical approach to evaluation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of allergic disorders, focused specifically on what the non-specialist needs to know for everyday practice.
Each chapter begins with a handy summary of key concepts to help you quickly identify important information.
Coverage of today's hot topics includes asthma, drug allergies, food allergies and gastrointestinal disorders, anaphylaxis, atopic dermatitis, and allergic contact dermatitis.
Concise sections on mechanisms are included where relevant, keeping you up to date with this rapidly evolving field.
Authored by the same internationally recognized experts that produce Middleton's Allergy, the definitive text in the field.
Ideal for physicians, residents, general and family practitioners, nurse practitioners, primary care doctors, hospitalists, general internists - anyone who is called upon to make effective diagnostic and treatment decisions regarding allergic disorders.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a concise but comprehensive book with practical information on allergy. It balances basic science and clinically useful content quite well. It reviews common topics and discusses up-to-date treatment modalities."-Heather Huang, MD (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) Doody's Score: 92 - 4 Stars!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Approx. 145 illustrations (135 in full color); Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-323-37579-5 (9780323375795)
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Robyn E. O'Hehir | Stephen T. Holgate | Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey
Allergy Essentials
Book
04/2022
2nd Edition
Elsevier
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Persons
Professor of Primary Care Research and Development and Co-Director, Centre of Medical Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, UK Areas of expertise: Allergy and Respiratory Medicine; eHealth; Patient Safety; and Ethnicity, Religion and Health.
Editor
Director, Department of Allergy, Immunology, and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology Medical Faculty in Clinical and Experimental Sciences
Professor of Primary Care Research and Development Co-Director of the Centre of Medical Informatics
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction to Mechanisms of Allergic Diseases
Chapter 2: The Origins of Allergic Disease
Chapter 3: Epidemiology of Allergic Diseases
Chapter 4: Indoor and Outdoor Allergens and Pollutants
Chapter 5: Principles of Allergy Diagnosis
Chapter 6: Allergen-specific Immunotherapy
Chapter 7: Asthma
Chapter 8: Allergic Rhinitis and Conjunctivitis
Chapter 9: Drug Allergy
Chapter 10: Urticaria and Angioedema without Wheals
Chapter 11: Atopic Dermatitis and Allergic Contact Dermatitis
Chapter 12: Food Allergy and Gastrointestinal Syndromes
Chapter 13: Anaphylaxis
Chapter 14: Occupational Allergy
Chapter 15: Insect Allergy
Chapter 2: The Origins of Allergic Disease
Chapter 3: Epidemiology of Allergic Diseases
Chapter 4: Indoor and Outdoor Allergens and Pollutants
Chapter 5: Principles of Allergy Diagnosis
Chapter 6: Allergen-specific Immunotherapy
Chapter 7: Asthma
Chapter 8: Allergic Rhinitis and Conjunctivitis
Chapter 9: Drug Allergy
Chapter 10: Urticaria and Angioedema without Wheals
Chapter 11: Atopic Dermatitis and Allergic Contact Dermatitis
Chapter 12: Food Allergy and Gastrointestinal Syndromes
Chapter 13: Anaphylaxis
Chapter 14: Occupational Allergy
Chapter 15: Insect Allergy