CHAPTER 11 Intravascular Approaches to the Treatment of Varicose Veins Radiofrequency and Lasers Medical care in the 21st century has evolved into a minimally invasive realm. Procedures once performed under…
CHAPTER 14 Venoactive Drugs Albert-Adrien Ramelet Introduction Venoactive drugs (VAD) are a heterogeneous group of medicinal products, of plant or synthetic origin, which have effects on edema (C3) and on…
8Vial Preparation Based on Quantitative Testing Richard C. Haydon III The objective of immunotherapy is to alter the level of tolerance to allergenic stimulation. This is achieved through the systemic…
2Preparing the Office for Skin Testing Bryan D. Leatherman Preparing an office to perform skin testing utilizing the intradermal dilutional testing (IDT) and modified quantitative testing (MQT) techniques requires time,…
10Prevention and Management of Anaphylaxis Bruce R. Gordon Note: Because emergency treatments often change, do not use this chapter as an inflexible treatment guide. Instead, use multiple reference sources to…
5The Mechanics and Interpretation of IDT Bradley F. Marple and Richard L. Mabry Ideally, skin testing should provide two key pieces of information important to the evaluation and treatment of…
7Blending Methods: Modified Quantitative Testing (MQT) John H. Krouse As previously discussed, intradermal dilutional testing (IDT) can be an effective and sensitive method for the diagnosis of inhalant allergy. It…
9Immunotherapy Based on Quantitative Testing Stephen J. Chadwick Having identified the patient with allergy whose disease merits immunotherapy, it is time to commence that treatment. It is assumed that objective,…
4Whealing Responses to Intradermal Testing: The Basis for Intradermal Dilutional Testing (IDT) Richard L. Mabry Intradermal testing using varying dilutions of antigens has been the cornerstone of skin testing in…
6The Mechanics and Interpretation of Multiple-Prick Testing John H. Krouse Prick testing, also known as epicutaneous testing, is among the earliest forms of skin testing employed for the diagnosis of…
