[Food anaphylaxis].

Anaphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening reaction, is characterized by acute symptoms affecting various systems and requires immediate medical intervention. While the overall mortality rate is low, anaphylaxis induced by foods and drugs has seen an increase. Common triggers include foods, drugs, and Hymenoptera venom.

Latin American anaphylaxis registry.

Background: Recent data about clinical features, triggers and management of anaphylaxis in Latin America is lacking.

Objective: To provide updated and extended data on anaphylaxis in this region.

Method: An online questionnaire was used, with 67 allergy units involved from 12 Latin-American countries and Spain.

[ARIA 2016 executive summary: Integrated care pathways for predictive medicine throughout the life cycle in Argentina].

The ARIA initiative was started during a World Health Organization workshop in 1999. The initial goals were to propose a new classification for allergic rhinitis, to promote the concept of multi-morbidity in asthma and rhinitis and to develop guidelines with stakeholders for world-wide use. ARIA is now focused on the implementation of emerging technologies for individualized and predictive medicine.

Angioedema associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Purpose Of Review: The review critically assesses the different phenotypes of angioedemas associated with NSAIDs. Angioedemas exacerbated or induced by NSAIDs have high morbidity and, when they affect the larynx, can lead to death by asphyxiation.

Recent Findings: Angioedema can present as a manifestation of a syndrome such as anaphylaxis or it can be a separate entity, which comprises different forms that can be diagnosed based on specific criteria.

Registries as useful tools in characterization of allergic manifestations.

Purpose Of Review: Registries are useful to discover the applicability of data generated from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) into daily practice, and to search for real-life data usually not covered by them.

Recent Findings: In allergy, registry research brought clues to important epidemiological and clinical problems hardly accessible with other methods. The increase in the asthma prevalence in Sweden in contrast with stabilization in Denmark; the association of the prevalence of asthma and environmental factors; the knowledge of existing rhinitis international guidelines, but the poorly complacence of some of their recommendations; the low epinephrine use in anaphylaxis and the difference among European and Latin American elicitors; the predominance of β lactams or NSAIDs as drug hypersensitivity reactions inducers in different regions; the fact that most of the hereditary angioedema patients were receiving long-term prophylaxis with attenuated androgens; all the mentioned are clear examples of relevant and important data provided by current registries.

Drug-Induced Anaphylaxis in Latin American Countries.

Background: Information regarding the clinical features and management of drug-induced anaphylaxis (DIA) in Latin America is lacking.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess implicated medications, demographics, and treatments received for DIA in Latin American patients referred to national specialty centers for evaluation.

Method: A database previously used to compile information on drug-induced allergic reactions in 11 Latin American countries was used to identify and characterize patients presenting specifically with a clinical diagnosis of DIA.

Multinational experience with hypersensitivity drug reactions in Latin America.

Background: Epidemiologic drug allergy data from Latin America are scarce, and there are no studies on specific procedures focusing on this topic in Latin America.

Objective: To assess the clinical characteristics and management of hypersensitivity drug reactions in different Latin American countries.

Methods: An European Network of Drug Allergy questionnaire survey was implemented in 22 allergy units in 11 Latin American countries to report on consecutive patients who presented with a suspected hypersensitivity drug reaction.

[ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma). Achievements in 10 years and future needs in Latin America].

Allergic rhinitis and asthma represent global problems of public health affecting all age groups; asthma and allergic rhinitis frequently coexist in the same patients. In Latin American prevalence of allergic rhinitis, although variable, is very high. Allergic rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) started during a workshop of the World Health Organization performed in 1999 and was published in 2001.

Diagnosis of occupational asthma: an update.

Work-related asthma (WRA) includes patients with sensitizer- and/or irritant-induced asthma in the workplace, as well as patients with preexisting asthma that is worsened by work factors. WRA is underdiagnosed; thus, the diagnosis is critical to prevent disease progression and its potential for morbidity and mortality. The interview is the first diagnostic tool to be used by physicians, and the question, "Does asthma improve away from work?" is of the highest sensitivity.

[Occupational asthma].

Occupational bronchial asthma is a diagnostic, therapeutic and public health problem. The central clue for a proper diagnosis is to consider the problem when evaluating every patient with adult onset asthma. An objective confirmation is mandatory because clinical history often gives rise to many false positive cases.