TY - JOUR
T1 - Grass pollen sublingual immunotherapy and paediatric allergic rhinitis: A patient-oriented decision
AU - Miceli Sopo, Stefano
AU - Battista, Andrea
AU - Greco, Monica
AU - Monaco, Serena
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Guidelines and systematic review report that allergen immunotherapy (AIT) is, in general, effective in the treatment of allergic rhinitis. However, experts suggest not generalising the results of different clinical studies: for example, it would not be advisable to translate the results found in an adult population to a paediatric population or the results on the efficacy of AIT against a specific allergen to the AIT against a different allergen. Moreover, according to Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), clinical decisions are individualised and should derive from the "integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values". Taking into account the high specificity of the AIT and EBM principles, we tried to answer the question on how advisable it is to prescribe the AIT for the management of grass allergic rhinitis in children. To do this, we revised the scientific literature in order to solve a specific case scenario.
AB - Guidelines and systematic review report that allergen immunotherapy (AIT) is, in general, effective in the treatment of allergic rhinitis. However, experts suggest not generalising the results of different clinical studies: for example, it would not be advisable to translate the results found in an adult population to a paediatric population or the results on the efficacy of AIT against a specific allergen to the AIT against a different allergen. Moreover, according to Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), clinical decisions are individualised and should derive from the "integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values". Taking into account the high specificity of the AIT and EBM principles, we tried to answer the question on how advisable it is to prescribe the AIT for the management of grass allergic rhinitis in children. To do this, we revised the scientific literature in order to solve a specific case scenario.
KW - Allergic rhinitis
KW - Children
KW - Evidence Based Medicine
KW - Sublingual immunotherapy
KW - Allergic rhinitis
KW - Children
KW - Evidence Based Medicine
KW - Sublingual immunotherapy
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/70198
U2 - 10.1016/j.aller.2015.05.004
DO - 10.1016/j.aller.2015.05.004
M3 - Article
SN - 0301-0546
VL - 2015
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - Allergologia et Immunopathologia
JF - Allergologia et Immunopathologia
ER -