cover image - Food Allergy, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780323847056
Copyright: 2027
Page Count: 352
Imprint: Elsevier
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Food Allergy, 2nd Edition

by A. Wesley Burks, MD, Philippe Eigenmann, Wayne Shreffler, MD, PhD and Yamini Virkud, MD, MA, MPH

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ISBN: 9780323847056
Copyright: 2027
Page Count: 352
Imprint: Elsevier
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In recent years, novel treatments and new management guidelines regarding food allergies have resulted in vastly improved patient outcomes. Food Allergy, 2nd Edition, brings you fully up to date with the latest research and treatment protocols in this complex field, offering the tools you need to quickly and accurately diagnose, treat, and manage food allergies in children and adults. The consistent, practical format—featuring a wealth of case studies, clinical pearls and pitfalls, full-color photos and illustrations, diagrams, and more—makes this an ideal quick reference tool for both allergy clinicians and primary care physicians.
    • Reflects recent changes in the understanding and treatment of food allergies, from prevalent to less common, including the latest research on mechanisms of allergies and current treatment protocols and guidelines
    • Provides essential background information on basic immunology and physiology that is critical to understanding new practice changes
    • Contains extensive updates on peanut allergies, the LEAP prevention study, new oral and subcutaneous immunotherapies, future therapies, natural history and prevention, genetics, microbiome, biomarkers, precision approaches, eosinophilic gastroenteropathies, and more
    • Discusses the latest understanding of non-IgE-mediated food allergies and a review of unproven diagnostic and therapeutic techniques
    • Uses a templated, focused format that includes full-color photos and illustrations, diagrams, case studies, clinical pearls, and more
    • Shares the knowledge, experience, and global perspective of leading international authors
    • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish after the publication date
  • 1 Overview of Mucosal Immunity and Pathophysiology of Food Allergy
    2 Food Antigens
    3 Omic and Systems Biology Approaches to Food Allergy
    4 The Epidemiology of Food Allergy
    5 Clinical Overview of Adverse Reactions to Foods
    6 Atopic Dermatitis and Food Allergies
    7 Pollen-Food Syndrome
    8 Food-Induced Anaphylaxis and Food-Associated Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis
    9 Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases (Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Eosinophilic Gastritis, Eosinophilic Enteritis, and Eosinophilic Colitis)
    10 Food Protein–Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome, Food Protein–Induced Enteropathy, and Food Protein–Induced Allergic Proctocolitis
    11 Approach to the Clinical Diagnosis of a Food Allergy
    12 Diagnostic Methods in the Evaluation of Food Allergy
    13 Oral Food Challenge Procedures
    14 Management of Food Allergy and Development of an Anaphylaxis Treatment Plan
    15 Patient Education and Empowerment
    16 Natural History and Prevention of a Food Allergy
    17 Immunotherapy for Food Allergies: Current and Future Therapies
    18 Diets and Nutrition
    19 Psychosocial Dynamics in Food Allergies
    20 Estimating Value of Food-Allergy Treatments
    21 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemmas: Adverse Reactions to Food Additives, Pharmacologic Food Reactions, and Psychological Considerations Related to Food Ingestion

    Index

  • A. Wesley Burks, MD, Dean, UNC School of Medicine; CEO of UNC Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, Philippe Eigenmann, Head of Pediatric Allergy, University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, Wayne Shreffler, MD, PhD, Chief, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology; Director, Food Allergy Center; Principal Investigator, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases; Massachusetts General Hospital, USA and Yamini Virkud, MD, MA, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of UNC FAI Bioinformatics, UNC School of Medicine, USA
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