The authors have updated and expanded their widely acclaimed book with new chapters on antihistamines, on antileukotrienes, and on the common problem of treating the child who experiences recurrent respiratory tract infection. Written by distinguished clinicians, this concise and easy-to-read guide is designed to help primary care physicians, pediatricians, internists, and other specialists with the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of their allergic patients. "Summary Boxes", "Clinical Pearl Boxes", and numerous treatment algorithms help time-pressured physicians to quickly grasp therapeutic situations and determine the best and most effective treatment options. Comprehensive and highly practical, this new 3rd edition of "Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment" offers physicians a completely up-to-date, user friendly approach to optimal diagnosis and treatment of their allergic patients - a gold standard reference of special value in every practice.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents; Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment, Third Edition; Edited by: Phil Lieberman, MD; John A. Anderson, MD; 1. Allergic Disease: Pathophysiology and Immunopathology; Mark H. Moss, MD, Randy J. Horwitz, MD, PhD, Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., MD; 2. Approach to the Allergic Patient; Bruce Wolf, MD; 3. Diagnostic Tests in Allergy; Dennis R. Ownby, MD; 4. Environmental Allergens; Scott H. Sicherer, MD, Peyton A. Eggleston, MD; 5. Anaphylaxis; Lori Kagy, MD, Michael S. Blaiss, MD; 6. Insect Sting Allergy; Robert E. Reisman, MD; 7. Evaluation and Treatment of the Children with Asthma; Gail G. Shapiro, MD, Mary Lasley, MD, C. Warren Bierman, MD, Frank Virant, MD; 8. Asthma, Diagnosis and Management (Asthma in Adults); Michael A. Kaliner, MD, Huamin Henry Li, MD, PhD; 9. Rhinitis; Dennis K. Ledford, MD; 10. Sinusitis and Otitis Media; Jonathan Corren, MD, Gary Rachelefsky, MD; 11. Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Disease of the Eye; Leonard Bielory, MD; 12. Urticaria and Angioedema; Albert F. Finn, Jr., MD; 13. Atopic Dermatitis; Stacie M. Jones, MD, Wesley Burks, MD, Ariana Buchanan, MD; 14. Contact Dermatitis and Other Contact Reactions; Jere D. Guin, MD; 15. Food Allergy and Intolerance; John A. Anderson, MD; 16. Allergic and Allergic-Like Reactions to Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents; John A. Anderson, MD. 17. Antihistamines; Phil Lieberman, MD, Vivian P. Hernandez-Trujillo, MD; 18. Beta-Adrenergic Agonists; Clifton T. Furukawa, MD, Matthew Lodewick, MD; 19. Theophylline; Elliot F. Ellis, MD; 20. The use of Antileukotriene Agents in the Management of Asthma; Sheldon Spector, MD; 21. Cromolyn and Nedocromil: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Therapy for Asthma and Other Allergic Diseases; Stephen F. Kemp, MD and John A. Anderson, MD; 22. Anticholinergic Agents in Respiratory Disease; Juan L. Rodriguez, MD; 23. Glucocorticoid Therapy in Asthma; Joseph D. Spahn, MD, Ronina Covar, MD; 24. Anti-IgE Therapy; Robert O. Lanier, MD; 25. Environmental Control of Respiratory Irritants and Allergens; Edward M/ Zoratti, MD, Steven Morman, MD; 26. Allergen Immunotherapy; Roger W. Fox, MD, Richard F. Lockey, MD; 27. Controversies in Allergy and Allergy-Like Diseases; Abba I. Terr, MD; 28. The Patient with too many Infections: Diagnostic Approach; Mary E. Paul, MD and William T. Shearer, MD, PhD.