1-11 Speaking the Same Language: Grading System for Subcutaneous Immunotherapy Systemic Reaction

Friday, 13 December 2013: 11:15 - 11:35
Great Lakes Grand Ballroom West (Westin - Michigan Avenue)

Linda Cox, MD , Allergy & Asthma Center, Ft, Lauderdale, FL

Learning Objectives:
Characterize sublingual and subcutaneous immunotherapy adverse reactions: types and incidence per published studies, post marketing surveillance and surveys.

Define risk factors for immunotherapy adverse reaction.

Apply the WAO Grading Systems for subcutaneous immunotherapy / sublingual immunotherapy systemic reactions and sublingual immunotherapy local reactions

Identify a common language through the New WAO initiatives on Allergen Immunotherapy Adverse Reactions of Subcutaneous Immunotherapy or Sublingual Immunotherapy to be used across the world to indicate those effects.