Wikipedia:Choosing Wisely/American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

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References

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  • Consumer Reports; American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (July 2012), "Allergy tests - When you need them—and when you don't" (PDF), Choosing Wisely: an initiative of the ABIM Foundation, Consumer Reports, retrieved August 14, 2012{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Consumer Reports; American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (July 2012), "Treating sinusitis: Don't rush to antibiotics" (PDF), Choosing Wisely: an initiative of the ABIM Foundation, Consumer Reports, retrieved August 14, 2012{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, "Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question", Choosing Wisely: an initiative of the ABIM Foundation, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, retrieved January 24, 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link), which cites

    • Cox, L.; Williams, B.; Sicherer, S.; Oppenheimer, J.; Sher, L.; Hamilton, R.; Golden, D. (2008). "Pearls and pitfalls of allergy diagnostic testing: Report from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology/American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Specific IgE Test Task Force". Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology. 101 (6): 580–592. doi:10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60220-7. PMID 19119701.
  • Bernstein, I. L.; Li, J. T.; Bernstein, D. I.; Hamilton, R.; Spector, S. L.; Tan, R.; Sicherer, S.; Golden, D. B.; Khan, D. A.; Nicklas, R. A.; Portnoy, J. M.; Blessing-Moore, J.; Cox, L.; Lang, D. M.; Oppenheimer, J.; Randolph, C. C.; Schuller, D. E.; Tilles, S. A.; Wallace, D. V.; Levetin, E.; Weber, R. (2008). "Allergy diagnostic testing: An updated practice parameter". Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology. 100 (3 Suppl 3): S1–148. doi:10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60305-5. PMID 18431959.
  • Ahovuo-Saloranta, A.; Rautakorpi, U. M.; Borisenko, O. V.; Liira, H.; Williams Jr, J. W.; Mäkelä, M. (2014). Ahovuo-Saloranta, Anneli (ed.). "Antibiotics for acute maxillary sinusitis". The Cochrane Library. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD000243.pub3.
  • American College of Radiology (2009). "ACR Appropriateness Criteria for Sinonasal Disease". Retrieved 22 August 2012.[dead link]
  • Wanderer, AA; Bernstein, IL; Goodman, DL (2000). "The Diagnosis and Management of Urticaria: a Practice Parameter". Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol (85): 521–44.
  • Tarbox, J. A.; Gutta, R. C.; Radojicic, C.; Lang, D. M. (2011). "Utility of routine laboratory testing in management of chronic urticaria/angioedema". Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 107 (3): 239–243. doi:10.1016/j.anai.2011.06.008. PMID 21875543.
  • Kozel, M. M. A.; Bossuyt, P. M. M.; Mekkes, J. R.; Bos, J. D. (2003). "Laboratory tests and identified diagnoses in patients with physical and chronic urticaria and angioedema: A systematic review". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 48 (3): 409–416. doi:10.1067/mjd.2003.142. PMID 12637921.
  • Primary Immunodeficiency Committee Of The American Academy Of Allergy; Orange, J.; Hossny, E.; Weiler, C.; Ballow, M.; Berger, M.; Bonilla, F.; Buckley, R.; Chinen, J.; El-Gamal, Y.; Mazer, B.; Nelson Jr, R. P.; Patel, D. D.; Secord, E.; Sorensen, R. U.; Wasserman, R. L.; Cunningham-Rundles, C. (2006). "Use of intravenous immunoglobulin in human disease: A review of evidence by members of the Primary Immunodeficiency Committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology". Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 117 (4): S525–S553. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2006.01.015. PMID 16580469.
  • Mark Ballow (2008). "85". In Robert R. Rich (ed.). Clinical immunology : principles and practice (3rd ed.). St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby/Elsevier. p. 1265-1280. ISBN 978-0323044042.
  • Bonilla, F. A.; Bernstein, I. L.; Khan, D. A.; Ballas, Z. K.; Chinen, J.; Frank, M. M.; Kobrynski, L. J.; Levinson, A. I.; Mazer, B.; Nelson Jr, R. P.; Orange, J. S.; Routes, J. M.; Shearer, W. T.; Sorensen, R. U. (2005). "Practice parameter for the diagnosis and management of primary immunodeficiency". Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology. 94 (5 Suppl 1): S1–63. PMID 15945566.
  • Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (PDF) (NIH Publication Number 08-5846 ed.). National Institutes of Health. 2007.
  • Li, J. T.; Oppenheimer, J.; Bernstein, I. L.; Nicklas, R. A.; Khan, D. A.; Blessing-Moore, J.; Lang, D. M.; Portnoy, J. M.; Schuller, D. E.; Spector, S. L.; Tilles, S. A.; Wallace, D. V. (2005). "Attaining optimal asthma control: A practice parameter". Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 116 (5): S3–11. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2005.08.017. PMID 16334921.
  • Bateman, E. D.; Hurd, S. S.; Barnes, P. J.; Bousquet, J.; Drazen, J. M.; Fitzgerald, M.; Gibson, P.; Ohta, K.; O'Byrne, P.; Pedersen, S. E.; Pizzichini, E.; Sullivan, S. D.; Wenzel, S. E.; Zar, H. J. (2008). "Global strategy for asthma management and prevention: GINA executive summary". European Respiratory Journal. 31 (1): 143–178. doi:10.1183/09031936.00138707. PMID 18166595.
  • Banks, James R.; Arnold (August 1, 2002). "Fev1 is Associated with Risk of Asthma Attacks in a Pediatric Population". Pediatrics. 110 (supplement 2): 452.
  • Magadle, R.; Berar-Yanay, N.; Weiner, P. (2002). "The Risk of Hospitalization and Near-Fatal and Fatal Asthma in Relation to the Perception of Dyspnea". Chest. 121 (2): 329–333. doi:10.1378/chest.121.2.329. PMID 11834639.
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