Handbook of Urticaria: An Initiative of GA2LEN Urticaria Centers of Reference and Excellence (UCARE)

Urticaria, commonly known as ‘hives’, is a skin rash which can have allergic and non-allergic causes.

This handbook is an initiative of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) Urticaria Centers of Reference and Excellence (UCARE).

Divided into 22 sections, the text begins with an overview of urticaria, its classification, and aetiopathogenesis.

The next chapters describe different types of urticaria, diagnostic measures, and therapeutic management.

The final sections examine urticaria in children, in the elderly, in pregnancy and lactation, and in kidney, liver and cardiac disease. A separate chapter covers patient education material.

Authored by renowned worldwide experts, the text is further enhanced by clinical images, tables and figures to assist learning.

Contents
Chapter 1 Urticaria: Introduction and Classification 1
Jonathan A Bernstein, Michael P Makris, Germán Darío Ramón
Chapter 2 Etiopathogenesis 3
Leonor Esteves Caldeira, Célia Costa, Mona Al-Ahmad,
Jorge Sanchez, Ricardo Cardona
Chapter 3 Acute Urticaria 9
Kanokvalai Kulthanan, Angèle Soria, Iris Medina
Chapter 4 Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria 13
Kiran V Godse, Abhishek De
Chapter 5 Chronic Inducible Urticaria 24
Pelin Kuteyla CAN, Daria Fomina, Emek Kocatürk
Chapter 6 Angioedema 33
Niall Conlon, I Boccon-Gibod, L Bouillet
Chapter 7 Urticaria and Comorbidities 38
Maia Gotua, Rosana Câmara Agondi, Ivan Cherrez Ojeda
Chapter 8 Role of Infections in Urticaria 44
Michael Rudenko
Chapter 9 Differential Diagnosis 48
Mojca Bizjak, Krzysztof Rutkowski, Margarida Gonçalo
Chapter 10 Diagnostic Approach 55
Maryam Al-Nesf, Riccardo Asero, L Karla Arruda
Chapter 11 Patient-reported Outcome Measures 60
Alicja Kasperska-Zajac, Solange Oliveira Rodrigues Valle,
Sergio Duarte Dortas Junior, Agnieszka Sikora, Magdalena Zając,
Maria Luiza Oliva Alonso
Chapter 12 Antihistamines 65
Anant Patil, Gordon Sussman, Nidhi Sharma
Chapter 13 Cyclosporine A 70
Aslı Gelincik, Semra Demir, Silvia Ferrucci
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Chapter 14 Omalizumab 72
Nasser Mohammad Porras, Luis Felipe Ensina,
Ana Maria Giménez-Arnau
Chapter 15 Other Therapeutic Options 79
Jesper Grønlund Holm, Paulo Ricardo Criado,
Roberta F J Criado, Simon Francis Thomsen
Chapter 16 Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Urticaria 84
Ismahaan Abdisalaam, Tessa Niemeyer-van der Kolk,
Désirée Larenas-Linnemann, Martijn van Doorn
Chapter 17 Urticaria in Children 88
Connor Prosty, Sofianne Gabrielli, Michelle Le,
Elena Netchiporouk, Moshe Ben-Shoshan
Chapter 18 What is New in Urticaria? Pathophysiology 94
M Sendhil Kumaran, Vignesh Narayan
What is New in Urticaria? Diagnosis and Treatment 98
Guillet Carole, Leu Noemi, Schmid-Grendelmeier Peter
Chapter 19 Patient Education Material 103
Hermenio Lima, Iman Hamed Nasr, Naoko Inomata
Chapter 20 Urticaria in Elderly 110
Hassan Mobayed, Nasseer Masoodi, Maryam Al-Nesf
Chapter 21 Urticaria in Pregnancy and Lactation 114
Emek Kocatürk
Chapter 22 Urticaria in Kidney Disease, Liver Disease,
and Cardiac Disease 120
Carla Ritchie
Index 123
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Author information

Kiran V Godse MD PhD FRCP
Department of Dermatology, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Abhishek De MD FAGE MRCP SCE
Department of Dermatology, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Anant Patil MD
Department of Pharmacology, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India