Guidelines of care for the management of atopic dermatitis: Section 4. Prevention of disease flares and use of adjunctive therapies and approaches. - PubMed - NCBI

Guidelines of care for the management of atopic dermatitis: Section 4. Prevention of disease flares and use of adjunctive therapies and approaches. - PubMed - NCBI

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014 Dec;71(6):1218-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.08.038. Epub 2014 Sep 26.

Guidelines of care for the management of atopic dermatitis: Section 4. Prevention of disease flares and use of adjunctive therapies and approaches.

Sidbury R1, Tom WL2, Bergman JN3, Cooper KD4, Silverman RA5, Berger TG6, Chamlin SL7, Cohen DE8, Cordoro KM6, Davis DM9, Feldman SR10, Hanifin JM11, Krol A11, Margolis DJ12, Paller AS7, Schwarzenberger K13, Simpson EL11, Williams HC14, Elmets CA15, Block J16, Harrod CG17, Smith Begolka W18,Eichenfield LF2.

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Abstract

Atopic dermatitis is a common, chronic inflammatory dermatosis that can affect all age groups. This evidence-based guideline addresses important clinical questions that arise in its management. In this final section, treatments for flare prevention and adjunctive and complementary therapies and approaches are reviewed. Suggestions on use are given based on available evidence.

Copyright © 2014 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

KEYWORDS:

aeroallergens; allergy testing; atopic dermatitis; calcineurin inhibitors; complementary therapy; corticosteroids; diet; education; flare; food allergy; topicals

PMID:

 

25264237

 

[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 

PMCID:

 

PMC4430554

 [Available on 2015-12-01]

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Guideline Title

Guidelines of care for the management of atopic dermatitis. Section 4. Prevention of disease flares and use of adjunctive therapies and approaches.

Bibliographic Source(s)

Sidbury R, Tom WL, Bergman JN, Cooper KD, Silverman RA, Berger TG, Chamlin SL, Cohen DE, Cordoro KM, Davis DM, Feldman SR, Hanifin JM, Krol A, Margolis DJ, Paller AS, Schwarzenberger K, Simpson EL, Williams HC, Elmets CA, Block J, Harrod CG, Smith Begolka W, Eichenfield LF. Guidelines of care for the management of atopic dermatitis: Section 4. Prevention of disease flares and use of adjunctive therapies and approaches. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014 Dec;71(6):1218-33. [157 references] PubMed

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Hanifin JM, Cooper KD, Ho VC, Kang S, Krafchik BR, Margolis DJ, Schachner LA, Sidbury R, Whitmore SE, Sieck CK, Van Voorhees AS. Guidelines of care for atopic dermatitis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 Mar;50(3):391-404. [212 references]

This guideline meets NGC's 2013 (revised) inclusion criteria.