Clinical immunology and allergy

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    • ROYAL COLLEGE OBJECTIVES: CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND ALLERGY
    1. Symptoms and signs
      • Anaphylaxis
      • Angioedema
      • Urticaria
      • Prolonged fever
      • Recurrent infections
      • Failure to thrive
    2. Conditions
      • Hypersensitivity Reactions, including to
          • drugs and biologics
          • infectious pathogens
          • vaccines
          • food
          • insect stings and bites
      • anaphylaxis and non-ige mediated anaphylaxis
      • acute and chronic urticaria and angioedemia
      • allergic rhinosinusitis
      • autoimmunity disorders
      • immunodeficiency syndromes
    3. Management of the immunocompromised patient
    USEFUL WEBSITES
    1. Jeffrey Modell Foundation: http://www.info4pi.org/. Website dedicated to education regarding Primary Immunodeficiencies. Includes educational resources for physicians and for patients.
    2. Canadian Pediatric Society, position statement and practice points: https://www.cps.ca/en/documents/tag/allergy Includes all recently written statements and practice points from the Section of Allergy
    LECTURE NOTES AND REVIEW ARTICLES

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    Last updated 17 October 2022.