Allergic rhinitis represents a global health problem affecting 10% to 20% of the population.
The Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines have been widely
used to treat the approximately 500 million affected patients globally.
To develop explicit, unambiguous, and transparent clinical recommendations systematically
for treatment of allergic rhinitis on the basis of current best evidence.
The authors updated ARIA clinical recommendations in collaboration with Global Allergy
and Asthma European Network following the approach suggested by the Grading of Recommendations
Assessment, Development and Evaluation working group.
This article presents recommendations about the prevention of allergic diseases, the
use of oral and topical medications, allergen specific immunotherapy, and complementary
treatments in patients with allergic rhinitis as well as patients with both allergic
rhinitis and asthma. The guideline panel developed evidence profiles for each recommendation
and considered health benefits and harms, burden, patient preferences, and resource
use, when appropriate, to formulate recommendations for patients, clinicians, and
other health care professionals.
These are the most recent and currently the most systematically and transparently
developed recommendations about the treatment of allergic rhinitis in adults and children.
Patients, clinicians, and policy makers are encouraged to use these recommendations
in their daily practice and to support their decisions.
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