Manual of Allergy and Immunology

重量：0.55kg 　頁數：504    裝訂：平裝 　開數：20.3*12.7 　印刷：黑白

Description

The fifth edition of the Manual of Allergy and Immunology is designed to serve health care professionals in the diagnosis and management of allergic and other immunological disorders. The manual presents the basic and essential material and provides specific information to assist in clinical decision-making and treatment planning.

The specialist will find this manual a convenient reference handbook, while the generalist will be able to use the Manual as a helpful guide in formulating a diagnostic and therapeutic approach to patients suspected of having an allergic or immunologic disorder. Students, house officers, and other health care professionals will find the Manual a useful guide to the clinical practice of allergy and immunology.
New for this edition:
*Additional tables provide extensive data for basic and clinical understanding

*Increased use of algorithms to help provide quick diagnosis

*References include both published literature and authoritative Internet resources for more extensive discussion of each subject

*Therapeutic recommendations are consistent with current evidence-based guidelines to provide the latest information

*Uses the familiar Lippincott Manual outline format to organize information and save time in looking up information

Contents
Contributors
Preface
 1. Introduction to the Immune System
 2. Immediate Hypersensitivity: Approach to Diagnosis
 3. Aeroallergens and Environmental Factors
 4. Rhinitis
 5. Sinusitis, Nasal Polyps, and Otitis Media
 6. Immunotherapy for Inhalant Allergens
 7. Allergic and Immunologic Disorders of the Eye
 8. Asthma Diagnosis
 9. Asthma Treatment
10.Immunologic Diseases of the Lung
11.Atopic Dermatitis and Contact Dermatitis
12.Urticaria and Angioedema
13.Anaphylaxis
14.Insect Allergy
15.Drug Allergy
16.Allergic and Nonallergic Reactions to Food
17.Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases
18.Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
19.Approach to the Patient with Recurrent Infections
20.Diagnostic Immunology
21.Adverse Responses to Vaccines
22.Complementary Medicine in Allergy and Immunology
23.Building-related Illness
Appendix I. Skin Testing Methods
Appendix II. Levels of Immunoglobulins in Sera of Normal Subjects by Age
Appendix III. Levels of Immunoglobulin E (IgE) in Sera of Normal Subjects by Age
Appendix IV. Important Pollen and Fungal Spores in North America
Appendix V. Educational Resources for Food Allergy
Appendix VI. Drug Allergy Procedures
Index