Wet Wrap Therapy in Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis.

Immunol Allergy Clin North Am

Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80206, USA.

Published: February 2017

National and international guidelines address stepwise atopic dermatitis (AD) management. Wet wrap therapy (WWT) is important as an acute therapeutic intervention for treatment of moderate to severe AD. Using clothing instead of bandages makes this intervention simpler, less time intensive, and less expensive. Education of patients and caregivers is critical to success; methodology must be standardized. Future studies must carefully describe all procedure components. Incorporation of validated outcomes tools would help with interpretation. WWT should be considered as a potential treatment option ahead of systemic immunosuppressive therapies for patients failing conventional therapy.

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