Aetna considers specific allergy testing medically necessary for members with clinically significant allergic history of symptoms whenallof the following criteria are met: Symptoms are not adequately controlled by empiric conservative therapy;and Testing must correlate specifically to the member's history, ri...
Although efforts to improve the classification of hypersensitivity/allergic diseases have been made, they have not been considered a top-level category in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 and still are not in the ICD-11 beta phase linearization. ICD-10 is the most used classi...
Anaphylaxis occurred in 46,5%. Fifteen% had grade 2, 22% had grade 3, and 4 had grade 4 anaphylactic reactions. According to systematical assessment, cutaneous symptoms were observed in 93%, respiratory in 38%, cardiovascular in 29,5%, neurologic in 25%, and gastrointestinal in 11%. ...
Research data emerging over the last decades further indicate that anti-ulcer drugs may directly promote allergic symptoms. The reported underlying mechanisms include immune bias of adaptive cellular responses to oral antigens (Fig.1a), but also innate and adjuvant effects of the drugs themselves (Fi...
10. Logue MB, Thomas AM, Barbee JG, et al. Generalized anxiety disorder patients seek evaluation for cardiological symptoms at the same frequency as patients with panic disorder. J Psychiatr Res. 1993;27(1):55-59. doi:10.1016/0022-3956(93)90049-8 PubMedGoogle Scholar...
Case reports of two diabetic patients with asthma found improvement in respiratory symptoms after initiation of pioglitazone [32]. In one of the patients, spirometry was measured before and after starting TZDs, and there was a significant improvement in both FVC and FEV1. A placebo controlled ...
Planned enrolment is approximately 700 CSU/CIU patients (approximately 100 patients from an average of 10 centers in each participating country) who are at least 18 years of age, are symptomatic despite current treatment, and have symptoms that have persisted for at least 12 months. Inclusion and...
The causes of death were coded according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Hospitalization data since 1 January 1995 were obtained using probabilistic matching based on date of birth, gender, and postal code. The probabilistic matching method was used because of privacy ...