DRUG ALLERGY AND PROTOCOLS
FOR MANAGEMENT OF DRUG ALLERGIES, 3rd  edition

Edited by: Leslie C. Grammer, M.D., and Paul A. Greenberger, M.D. with 12 additional contributing authors.

THIRD EDITION, 2003 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.	OVERVIEW OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS

A.	CLASSIFICATION OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
B.	CLINICAL CRITERIA OF ALLERGIC DRUG REACTIONS
C.	PREVENTION OF ALLERGIC DRUG REACTIONS
D.	THERAPEUTIC GUIDELINES
E.	A. B. KAY’S SUGGESTED CLASSIFICATION OF IMMUNOLOGIC REACTIONS

II.	GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTION OF ALLERGIC DRUG REACTIONS

A.	PRINCIPLES OF INFORMED CONSENT IN DRUG ALLERGY TESTING OR TREATMENT REGIMENS
B.	GENERAL PRECAUTIONS FOR PATIENT AND PHYSICIAN SAFETY IN USE OF SKIN TESTING, TEST DOSING, AND DESENSITIZATION PROCEDURES
C.	PROBLEMS IN THE PROCESS OF SKIN TESTING, TEST DOSING, AND DESENSITIZATION
D.	PRINCIPLES OF SKIN TESTING FOR DRUG REACTIONS
E.	PRINCIPLES OF IN-VITRO TESTING FOR ALLERGIC DRUG REACTIONS
F.	PRINCIPLES OF TEST DOSING
G.	PRINCIPLES OF DESENSITIZATION
H.	MEDICAL/LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
I.	PRINCIPLES OF USE OF PROPHYLACTIC THERAPY

III.	INDIVIDUAL DRUGS OR PROBLEMS:  SUMMARY OF USEFUL TECHNIQUES

A.	IGE MEDIATED REACTIONS, PRESUMPTIVE OR PROVEN

1.	PENICILLIN AND OTHER BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS
2.	CEPHALOSPORINS
3.	INSULIN ALLERGY
4.	HETEROLOGOUS SERA
5.	VACCINES
		a. MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA (MMR) VACCINE IN EGG-ALLERGIC CHILDREN
		b. PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATED TO DIPTHERIA PROTEIN, 7-VALENT (PREVNAR)
		c. PNEUMOCOCCAL 23 SEROTYPE (PNEUMOVAX)
		d. TETANUS TOXOID – TETANUS/DIPTHERIA (TD)
		e. LYMERIX (LYME DISEASE VACCINE)
		f. OTHER (INFLUENZA, YELLOW FEVER, VARICELLA)
6.	LATEX

B.	DRUGS RESULTING IN PROBABLE OR POSSIBLE IMMUNOLOGICALLY MEDIATED REACTIONS

1.	ANTICONVULSANTS
2.	SULFONAMIDES
3.	ORAL ANTIBIOTICS OTHER THAN PENICILLIN
4.	FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS
5.	MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
6.	MUSCLE RELAXANTS
7.	CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS/INTERLEUKIN-2
8.	PROTAMINE SULFATE
9.	BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS/PLASMAPHERESIS
10.	VANCOMYCIN
11.	TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR AND UROKINASE

C.	NON-IGE MEDIATED REACTIONS

1.	OPIATES
2.	RADIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST MEDIA
3.	ASPIRIN (ASA), NON-SELECTIVE AND SELECTIVE NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS)
4.	ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS AND ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS

D.	SPECIAL TOPICS

1.	LOCAL ANESTHETICS
2.	HEPARIN
3.	ETA ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS IN ASTHMA
4.	EM/SJS/TEN

IV.	EMERGENCY THERAPY OF ALLERGIC DRUG REACTIONS

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
A.	TREATMENT

3^RD EDITION OF DRUG ALLERGY AND PROTOCOLS
FOR MANAGEMENT OF DRUG ALLERGIES
Edited by: Leslie C. Grammer, M.D., and Paul A. Greenberger, M.D. with 12 additional contributing authors.

52 pages
NEW BOOK 2003