Allergy in ENT Practice

Your fundamental roadmap to integrating allergy care into your practice... The foremost guide to diagnosing, testing, and treating all major ENT allergies is back in an updated second edition. Combining practical management strategies with the latest advances, here is the complete "how-to" resource for health professionals who treat ear, nose, and throat allergies. It covers everything from testing methods and pharmacotherapy to food allergies and allergic and non-allergic rhinitis - key information for every practice.

Special features:

• Walks you through basic procedures such as skin and in vitro testing, identifying symptoms, starting immunotherapy, and heading off emergencies
• Every chapter revised and updated, with key advances in immunology and pharmacotherapy, the role of fungi in chronic rhinosinusitis, and more
• Brief capsules of pertinent information for nurses and ancillary personnel - written by a highly experienced otolaryngic nurse
• Recommendations for adding allergy care to an existing ENT practice, finding qualified staff, and interacting with patients

Easy to implement for both the practitioner and ancillary caregiver, and with valuable tips from an experienced otolaryngic nurse, here is the only text to provide a clear, step-by-step approach to the practice of otolaryngic allergy. Hueston C. King, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.O.A., F.A.C.A.A.I. is Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas and University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida. Richard L. Mabry, MD., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.O.A., Sc.F.A.C.A.A.I. is Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, and the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Bruce R. Gordon, M.D., F.A.A.O.A. is Instructor in the Department of Laryngology and Otology at Harvard Medical School. He is also on the Associate Staff of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts. In addition, he is Chief of Otolaryngology at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Bradley F. Marple, M.D., F.A.A.O.A. is Associate Professor and Vice-Chairman in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Cynthia S. Mabry, R.N., B.S.N., C.O.R.L.N., former staff nurse and otolaryngic allergy specialist in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.