For a complete list of the outstanding pediatric FOAM courses from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, please see CHOP Open-access Medical Education.
Here is a link to the outstanding Allergic And Non-allergic Rhinitis in Children from Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia.
There are 52 slides which you can quickly review. The slides and accompanying lecture are a great basic review of the diagnosis and management of rhinititis.
And then please see Additional Resources below.
Resources (1) and (2) below are clinical algorithms to help primary care clinicians effectively manage rhinitis
Resource (3) has information on how to use general Quality Of Life Questionnaires such as the Medical Outcomes Survey Short Form 36 (SF-36) and the disease specific questionaires such as adult Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (12) and the Paediatric Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (9).
The above quality of life questionnaires can be used to help patients characterize how they are doing with their rhinitis treatment plan [Better, worse, the same, or can’t really say (can’t really tell)].
Additional Resources:
(1) MACVIA clinical decision algorithm in adolescents and adults with allergic rhinitis [PubMed Abstract] [Full Text HTML] [Full Text PDF]. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Aug;138(2):367-374.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.03.025. Epub 2016 Apr 23.
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(2) An algorithm recommendation for the pharmacological management of allergic rhinitis in the UK: a consensus statement from an expert panel [PubMed Abstract] [Full Text HTML] [Full Text PDF]. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2017 Jan 23;27(1):3. doi: 10.1038/s41533-016-0001-y.
(3) Rhinitis Quality of Life in Clinical Practice [Full Text PDF]
ELIZABETH F. JUNIPER MCSP, MSC.
DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS,
MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, HAMILTON, ONTARIO CANADA
(4) Montelukast in the management of allergic rhinitis [PubMed Abstract] [Full Text HTML] [Full Text PDF]. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2007 Jun;3(2):327-32.
