Step-Care Approach to Diagnosis/Management of Chronic Urticaria

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Updated chronic urticaria (CU) guidelines recommend that clinicians conduct a thorough history and implement appropriate assessment tests to exclude other diseases and causes that should be considered in ...

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Updated chronic urticaria (CU) guidelines recommend that clinicians conduct a thorough history and implement appropriate assessment tests to exclude other diseases and causes that should be considered in the differential diagnosis and, importantly, to distinguish among several subtypes of CU. Delayed and inaccurate diagnoses can lead to unnecessary or inappropriate treatment. This Specialty House Call takes a closer look at the pathophysiology of CU and the various subtypes of CU, in particular chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU). These decisions are put into perspective via a discussion of a 52-year-old woman with CIU who was unresponsive to initial therapies. Clinicians need to appropriately assess patients’ responses to current therapies in a step-care approach and consider alternative treatment options for those who have a suboptimal response.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:Appropriately diagnose and distinguish between acute and chronic urticaria (CU) subtypesImplement appropriate evidence-based recommendations for a stepwise approach to the treatment of patients with CU

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