Medical devices in allergy practice.
World Allergy Organ J
; 13(10): 100466, 2020 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Medical devices provide people with some health benefits in terms of diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and monitoring of disease processes. Different medical specialties use varieties of medical devices more or less specific for them. Allergology is an interdisciplinary field of medical science and teaches that allergic reactions are of systemic nature but can express themselves at the level of different organs across the life cycle of an individual. Subsequently, medical devices used in allergology could be regarded as 1) general, servicing the integral diagnostic and management principles and features of allergology, and 2) organ specific, which are shared by organ specific disciplines like pulmonology, otorhinolaryngology, dermatology, and others. The present position paper of the World Allergy Organization (WAO) is meant to be the first integral document providing structured information on medical devices in allergology used in daily routine but also needed for sophisticated diagnostic purposes and modern disease management. It is supposed to contribute to the transformation of the health care system into integrated care pathways for interrelated comorbidities.
AAP, Asthma Action Plan; ATS, American Thoracic Society; Airway inflammation; Allergic rhinitis; Allergology; Allergy; Allergy diagnosis; Asthma; CE mark, Conformité Européenne mark; CO, Carbon monoxide; DPIs, Dry Powder Inhalers; EAI/AAI, Epinephrine/Adrenaline Auto-Injector; EBC, Exhaled Breath Condensate; EBT, Exhaled Breath Temperature; EDS, Exhalation Delivery Systems; EMA, European Medicines Agency; ERS, European Respiratory Society; ERV, Expiratory Reserve Volume; FDA, Food and Drug Administration; FEF, Forced Expiratory Flows; FEV1, Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second; FOT, Forced Oscillation Technique; FRC, Functional Residual Capacity; FVC, Forced Vital Capacity; FeNO, Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide; GLI, Global Lung Function Initiative; IOS, Impulse Oscillometry; IRV, Inspiratory Reserve Volume; Lung function tests; MDPS, Metered-Dose Pump Sprays; Medical devices; NDDD, Nasal Drug Delivery Device; NO, Nitric oxide; PDMI, Pressurized Metered Dose Inhaler; PEF, Peak Expiratory Flow; PNIF, Peak Nasal Inspiratory Flow; PT, Patch Tests; PhPT, Photopatch tests; Ppb, part per billion; RV, Residual Volume; SPT, Skin Prick Test; Skin tests; TLC, Total Lung Capacity; UV, Ultra Violet; VC, Vital Capacity; VT, Tidal Volume; WAO, World Allergy Organization; WHO, World Health Organization; m-health
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