[Therapeutic effect of vitamin D supplementation in mexican patients with allergic rhinitis].

Objetives: To evaluate the impact of cholecalciferol (D₃) supplementation using clinical and paraclinical variables in patients with RA and vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency.

Methods: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study included patients from 5 to 40 years with a diagnosis of RA and vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency. They were supplemented for 8 weeks with 4000 or 5000 IU, depending on age.

[Pruebas diagnósticas in vivo en alergia inmediata a penicilina: estudio piloto].

Background: The most commonly reported antibiotic allergy is penicillin. The false label of "allergy" to penicillin negatively affects the patient's quality of life and medical care.

Objective: To determine the frequency of allergy to penicillin and amoxicillin by in vivo exposure tests in patients with a history of immediate reaction to this class of medicinal products.

[Diagnóstico de alergia inmediata para penicilina: estudio piloto].

Objectives: To confirm the presence of allergy to penicillin and amoxicillin by in vivo exposure tests in patients with a history of immediate reaction to these drugs. Methods: Observational, cross-sectional, descriptive and prolective study. Patients between 12 and 60 years old with a history of immediate reaction after administration of penicillin and/or amoxicillin were included.

[Vitamin D and respiratory allergy: state of the art].

An increasing number of studies are analyzing the relationship between serum vitamin D levels and the development of sensitization and allergic diseases in genetically predisposed individuals, as well as the impact of vitamin D supplementation. This article reviews the literature on this subject. Clinical trials, meta-analyses and systematic reviews consulted in PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Ovid, Wiley Online Library, Springer, Cochrane and manual resources were included, with the keywords: vitamin D, 25 hydroxyvitamin D, cholecalciferol, asthma, rhinitis, allergy, 25-OH-D, 1,25 hydroxyvitamin D, supplementation.

[The effectiveness and safety of subcutaneous immunotherapy for inhalable allergens in patients with respiratory allergies after one year of treatment].

Background: Allergen-specific immunotherapy is an important therapeutic modality for the management of allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness and safety of allergen-specific subcutaneous immunotherapy in patients with respiratory allergies at the University Hospital of Puebla after twelve months of treatment.

Methods: A longitudinal, sequential, analytic, quasi-experimental, prolective study.

Compromising between European and US allergen immunotherapy schools: Discussions from GUIMIT, the Mexican immunotherapy guidelines.

Background: Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) has a longstanding history and still remains the only disease-changing treatment for allergic rhinitis and asthma. Over the years 2 different schools have developed their strategies: the United States (US) and the European. Allergen extracts available in these regions are adapted to local practice.

[The effectiveness and safety of subcutaneous immunotherapy for inhalable allergens in patients with respiratory allergies].

Background: Specific immunotherapy is a treatment aimed at modifying the course of the allergic disease, with which important immunological and clinical changes are achieved.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness and safety of subcutaneous immunotherapy in patients diagnosed with respiratory allergies in the University Hospital of Puebla, Mexico.

Methods: A longitudinal, analytic, quasi-experimental study.

[GUIMIT 2019, Mexican Guideline on Immunotherapy. Guideline on the diagnosis of IgE-mediated allergic disease and immunotherapy following the ADAPTE approach].

Background: In Mexico, allergen immunotherapy (AIT) and immunotherapy with hymenoptera venom (VIT) is traditionally practiced combining aspects of the European and American school. In addition, both types of extracts (European and American) are commercially available in Mexico. Moreover, for an adequate AIT/VIT a timely diagnosis is crucial.

[Sensitivity and specificity of the modified epicutaneous patch test in the diagnosis of respiratory allergy to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus].

Background: The skin prick test is recognized as the gold standard for the specific diagnosis of allergy.

Objective: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the epicutaneous patch test that has been modified for the diagnosis of respiratory allergy to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus.

Methods: An observational, interpretative, prolective, and transversal study.

[Skin reactivity frequency to aeroallergens in patients with clinical symptoms of allergic disease].

Background: Allergic diseases diagnosis must be based on adequate allergological anamnesis and an immunological sensitization test; the most sensitive and specific is the skin prick test.

Objective: To determine the frequency of skin reactivity to aeroallergens, by age groups, in patients of the Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of the Hospital Universitario de Puebla, in Mexico.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted that included patients aged 2 to 64 years with symptoms suggestive of allergic disease, in which skin prick tests with aeroallergens were performed; the diagnostic criteria were those of international guidelines.

[Correlation between the magnitude of skin prick test reactivity and pollen-specific serum IgE levels in patients with respiratory allergy].

Background: For the etiological diagnosis of allergic respiratory diseases skin tests or specific serum IgE determination are used.

Objective: To determine the correlation between the extent of reactivity to cutaneous prick tests and the levels of pollen specific serum IgE in patients with respiratory allergy.

Patients And Methods: A prolective, descriptive and transversal study was done with patients of both genders, aged 2 to 60 years, who attended for the first time at the service of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of University Hospital of Puebla, Mexico, with presumptive diagnosis of respiratory allergy.

[Prevalence of seropositividad to antibodies IgG and IgM against Helicobacter pylori in the medical residents of the University Hospital of Puebla].

Background: Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, curved, microaerophilic, oxidase, catalase and urease positive bacillus. It lives in the gastric mucosa, and is the main etiological agent of peptic ulcer, and of atrophic and multifocal gastritis. It is associated with extraintestinal, vascular, autoimmune and cutaneous diseases.

[Impact of the integral allergological treatment on quality of life of patients with allergic rhinitis at the University Hospital of Puebla].

Background: In order to determine the impact of allergic rhinitis on the quality of life of the patients, standardized and validated questionnaires have been developed. The quality of life is the perception of the patient of the functional effects of his illness and its therapeutics consequences.

Objective: To determine the modification of index the quality of life on the patients with allergic rhinitis attended at the external consultation of the service of allergy and clinical immunology of the Hospital Universitario de Puebla when they were submitted to integral allergologic treatment.

[Impact of integrated asthma treatment on the patients' quality of life].

Background: Patient's perception about the effect of disease's manifestations on daily activities is called health-related quality of life, and it is used to evaluate the individual response to treatment. At present, there are some questionnaires designed to evaluate it.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of integral treatment dosage on quality of life in asthmatic adults.

[Impact of integral allergic treatment in the quality life of patients with allergic rhinitis].

Background: The quality of life is the perception of a patient about functional effects of his illness and therapy. Recently, appropriate instruments were devised to evaluate the health related with the quality of life, as the standardized and validated questionnaires for rhino-conjunctivitis.

Objective: To determine the impact of integral allergological treatment upon the quality of life of patients with allergic rhinitis that were attended as outpatients at the Service of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of Hospital Universitario de Puebla.