Abstract
Objective: We sought to provide a targeted update of the ARIA guidelines.
Methods: The ARIA guideline panel identified new clinical questions and selected questions requiring an update. We performed systematic reviews of health effects and the evidence about patients' values and preferences and resource requirements (up to June 2016). We followed the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) evidence-to-decision frameworks to develop recommendations.
Results: The 2016 revision of the ARIA guidelines provides both updated and new recommendations about the pharmacologic treatment of AR. Specifically, it addresses the relative merits of using oral H1-antihistamines, intranasal H1-antihistamines, intranasal corticosteroids, and leukotriene receptor antagonists either alone or in combination. The ARIA guideline panel provides specific recommendations for the choice of treatment and the rationale for the choice and discusses specific considerations that clinicians and patients might want to review to choose the management most appropriate for an individual patient.
Conclusions: Appropriate treatment of AR might improve patients' quality of life and school and work productivity. ARIA recommendations support patients, their caregivers, and health care providers in choosing the optimal treatment.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 950-958 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology |
Volume | 140 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Allergic rhinitis
- practice guideline