TY - JOUR
T1 - Pearls and pitfalls of allergy diagnostic testing
T2 - Report from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology/American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Specific IgE Test Task Force
AU - Cox, Linda
AU - Williams, Brock
AU - Sicherer, Scott
AU - Oppenheimer, John
AU - Sher, Larry
AU - Hamilton, Robert
AU - Golden, David
N1 - Funding Information:
The members of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology/American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Specific IgE Task Force who contributed to the document: Linda Cox, MD (chair), Robert Hamilton, PhD, David Golden, MD, John Oppenheimer, Larry Sher, MD, Scott Sicherer, MD, and Brock Williams, PhD. Other members of the Task Force who assisted in review and revision were Don Aaronson, MD, JD, MPH, David Weldon, MD, Warner Carr, MD, David Bernstein, MD, Jay Portnoy, MD, and Richard Gower, MD. Invited reviewers were Rebecca Burke, Robert Wood, MD, Tao Le, MD, MHS, Hugh Sampson, MD, and Paul Greenberger, MD. The Task Force thanks Robert Krawisz for his administrative assistance and Michelle Schwartz for assistance with photography. The Task Force gratefully acknowledges the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Board of Directors and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Board of Regents for their review and support of this document.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - The intended purpose of this monograph is to provide a general overview of allergy diagnostics for health care professionals who care for patients with allergic disease. For a more comprehensive review of allergy diagnostic testing, readers can refer to the Allergy Diagnostic Practice Parameters. A key message is that a positive allergy test result (skin or blood) indicates only the presence of allergen specific IgE (called sensitization). It does not necessarily mean clinical allergy (ie, allergic symptoms with exposure). It is important for this reason that the allergy evaluation be based on the patient's history and directed by a health care professional with sufficient understanding of allergy diagnostic testing to use the information obtained from his/her evaluation of the patient to determine (1) what allergy diagnostic tests to order, (2) how to interpret the allergy diagnostic test results, and (3) how to use the information obtained from the allergy evaluation to develop an appropriate therapeutic treatment plan.
AB - The intended purpose of this monograph is to provide a general overview of allergy diagnostics for health care professionals who care for patients with allergic disease. For a more comprehensive review of allergy diagnostic testing, readers can refer to the Allergy Diagnostic Practice Parameters. A key message is that a positive allergy test result (skin or blood) indicates only the presence of allergen specific IgE (called sensitization). It does not necessarily mean clinical allergy (ie, allergic symptoms with exposure). It is important for this reason that the allergy evaluation be based on the patient's history and directed by a health care professional with sufficient understanding of allergy diagnostic testing to use the information obtained from his/her evaluation of the patient to determine (1) what allergy diagnostic tests to order, (2) how to interpret the allergy diagnostic test results, and (3) how to use the information obtained from the allergy evaluation to develop an appropriate therapeutic treatment plan.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60220-7
DO - 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60220-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 19119701
AN - SCOPUS:57449098864
SN - 1081-1206
VL - 101
SP - 580
EP - 592
JO - Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
JF - Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
IS - 6
ER -