BookGupta, Ruchi S.
Summary: Comprehensive and practical, this book thoroughly addresses the full range of concerns related to food allergies in the pediatric patient. As food allergies in the pediatric population increase in number and severity, Pediatric Food Allergy: A Clinical Guide provides information on new guidelines and potential treatment options, as well as working to improve awareness, diagnosis, management and prevention practices. Written by experts in their respective fields, chapters are divided into five sections. Opening with an introduction and overview of particular concerns and issues specific to food allergy in the pediatric population, sections two and three address diagnosis and management of comorbid conditions in food allergy, along with development of food allergies and current prevention recommendations. Sections four and five cover food allergy management, prognosis, and therapeutic options with a look to future developments, while all sections include a discussion of epidemiology, differential diagnoses of other potential food-related diseases. In Pediatric Food Allergy: A Clinical Guide, pediatricians and allergists alike will find an invaluable resource as they work with this vulnerable patient population.
Contents:
I. Introduction to Pediatric Food Allergy
1. Epidemiology and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Food Allergy
2. Pathophysiology and Symptoms of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis
3. Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Food Allergy
4. Quality of Life in Children with Food Allergy
II. Comorbid Conditions in Food Allergy
5. Food Allergy Comorbidities: Environmental Allergies and Pollen Food Syndrome (PFS)
6. Food Allergy and Asthma
7. Food Allergy Comorbidities: Eczema
8. Food Allergy Comorbidities: Eosinophilic Esophagitis
9. Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome: A Pediatric Gastrointestinal Food Allergy
III. Development of Food Allergies and Current Prevention Recommendations
10. Potential Factors Related to Food Allergy Development
11. The Microbiome in Food Allergy and Eosinophilic Esophagitis
12. Breastfeeding and Food Allergy
13. Prevention of Food Allergy: Early Introduction of Allergenic Foods
IV. Food Allergy Management and Prognosis
14. Clinical Management of Food Allergy
15. Management of Food Allergy in the School Setting: The Clinician's Role
16. Oral Tolerance and Prognosis in Food Allergy
V. Therapies for Food Allergy
17. Oral Immunotherapy (OIT)
18. Epicutaneous Immunotherapy (EPIT)
19. Emerging Food Allergy Therapies.