ALLERGIC AND HYPERSENSITIVITY CONDITIONS IN NON-SPECIALIST CARE:
FLOW-DIAGRAMS TO SUPPORT CLINICAL PRACTICE
Abstract
Most patients presenting with allergies are first seen by primary care
health professionals. The perceived knowledge gaps and educational needs
were recently assessed in response to which the LOGOGRAM Task Force was
established with the remit of constructing pragmatic flow-diagrams for
common allergic conditions in line with an earlier EAACI proposal to
develop simplified pathways for the diagnosis and management of allergic
diseases in primary care. To address the lack of accessible and
pragmatic guidance, we designed flow-diagrams for five major clinical
allergy conditions: asthma, anaphylaxis, food allergy, drug allergy and
urticaria. Existing established allergy guidelines were collected and
iteratively distilled to produce five pragmatic and accessible tools to
aid diagnosis and management of these common allergic problems.
Ultimately, they should now be validated prospectively in primary care
settings.