TY - JOUR
TI - Allergen immunotherapy for insect venom allergy: protocol for a
systematic review
AU - Dhami, Sangeeta
AU - Nurmatov, Ulugbek
AU - Varga, Eva-Maria
AU - Sturm,
AU - Gunter
AU - Muraro, Antonella
AU - Akdis, Cezmi A.
AU - Antolin-Amerigo,
AU - Dario
AU - Bilo, M. Beatrice
AU - Bokanovic, Danijela
AU - Calderon, Moises
AU - A.
AU - Cichocka-Jarosz, Ewa
AU - Oude Elberink, Joanna N. G.
AU - Gawlik,
AU - Radoslaw
AU - Jakob, Thilo
AU - Kosnik, Mitja
AU - Lange, Joanna and
AU - Mingomataj, Ervin
AU - Mitsias, Dimitris I.
AU - Mosbech, Holger and
AU - Pfaar, Oliver
AU - Pitsios, Constantinos
AU - Pravettoni, Valerio and
AU - Roberts, Graham
AU - Rueeff, Franziska
AU - Sin, Betul Ayse
AU - Sheikh,
AU - Aziz
JO - Clinical and Translational Allergy
PY - 2016
VL - 6
TODO - null
SP - null
PB - BMC
SN - null
TODO - 10.1186/s13601-016-0095-x
TODO - Allergy; Insect sting; Hymenoptera venom allergy; Insect venom allergy;
Allergen immunotherapy; Systemic sting reaction
TODO - Background: The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
(EAACI) is in the process of developing the EAACI Guidelines for
Allergen Immunotherapy (AIT) for the Management of Insect Venom Allergy.
We seek to critically assess the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and
safety of AIT in the management of insect venom allergy.
Methods: We will undertake a systematic review, which will involve
searching international biomedical databases for published, in progress
and unpublished evidence. Studies will be independently screened against
pre-defined eligibility criteria and critically appraised using
established instruments. Data will be descriptively and, if possible and
appropriate, quantitatively synthesised.
Discussion: The findings from this review will be used to inform the
development of recomendations for EAACI's Guidelines on AIT.
ER -