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With complete, concise coverage of prevention, indications, diagnosis, and treatment, Pediatric Allergy, 4th Edition,
is your go-to resource for current, clinically-focused content in the rapidly changing field of allergies and
immune-mediated diseases in children.
This highly regarded reference fully covers immunology and origins of allergy, growth and development, pregnancy, infancy, and early, middle, and late childhood—all with a new, practical, clinical focus.
You’ll find authoritative coverage of the full range of allergies in pediatric patients, from asthma and other common conditions to rare or uncommon allergies, providing a one-stop resource for clinicians across specialties who care for children.
Key Features
● Focuses on the clinical application
of science to the bedside, including clinical pearls discussing best practice approaches and guidelines.
● Integrates the latest research on the origins of allergy in early life, including pregnancy, the neonate, and infants.
● Includes new, evidence-based
management guidelines for various diseases, including food allergy, atopic dermatitis, asthma and immunodeficiency.
● Provides new content on the
prevention of allergies; asthma, eczema, and food allergies in young children; and extensive current guidelines and new therapies.
● Offers up-to-date information on key areas such as food challenges, skin testing, IgE diagnostic labs, immunotherapy, clinical immunology diagnostic testing, molecular diagnostics, and lung function testing.
● Highlights current guidance from a
new team of leading experts with 150 anatomic schematics, clinical photos, and algorithms—many new to this edition.
● Covers gene therapy, stem-cell
therapy, and a host of immunodeficiency diseases found in children with allergies.
● Discusses targeted biologics for
severe allergic diseases, defects of innate immunity, rheumatic diseases of childhood, and inflammatory disorders.
● Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
● Section A. General Concepts
01. Epidemiology of Allergic Diseases
02. Natural History of Allergic Diseases and Asthma
03. The Genetics of Allergic Disease and Asthma
● Section B. Immunologic Diseases
04. Approach to the Child With Recurrent Infections and Molecular Diagnosis
05. Primary Antibody Deficiency
06. T Cell Immunodeficiencies
07. Complement Deficiencies
08. Defects of Innate Immunity
09. Congenital Immune Dysregulation Disorders
10. Immunoglobulin Therapy
11. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapies
● Section C. Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Disease
12. Diagnosis of Human Allergic Disease
13. Outdoor Allergens
14. Indoor Allergens
15. Environmental Control
16. Immunotherapy for Allergic Disease
● Section D. Upper Airway Disease
17. Allergic Rhinitis
18. Sinusitis
19. Chronic Cough
● Section E. Asthma
20. Immunology of the Asthmatic Response
21. Lung Function Testing in Children
22. Infections and Asthma in Childhood
23. Special Considerations for Infants and Young Children
24. Inner City Asthma: Strategies to Reduce Mortality and Morbidity
25. Asthma in Older Children: Special Considerations
26. Collaborating With Schools to Support Children With Asthma
27. Refractory Childhood Asthma: Assessment and Management
28. Promoting Adherence and Self-Management
29. Strategies for the Primary Prevention of Asthma
● Section F. Food Allergy
30. Mucosal Immunology: An Overview
31. Evaluation of Food Allergy
32. Approach to Feeding Problems in the Infant and Young Child
33. Enterocolitis, Proctocolitis, and Enteropathies
34. Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases
35. Management of Food Allergy
36. Prevention of Food Allergy
37. Immunotherapeutic Approaches to the Treatment of Food Allergy
● Section G. Allergic Skin Diseases
38. Evaluation and Management of Atopic Dermatitis
39. Urticaria and Angioedema
40. Contact Dermatitis
● Section H. Other Allergic Diseases
41. Allergic and Immunologic Eye Disease
42. Drug Allergy
43. Insect Sting Allergy
44. Anaphylaxis: Assessment and Management
45. Mast Cell Disease and Hypereosinophilic Diseases
Index