Allergy and Immunology : 2016 Update

- Develop an asthma action plan and manage patients using recommendations based from the NHLBI guidelines.
- Determine whether a patient has food allergy, perform and interpret appropriate allergy tests, and provide a management plan for patients with food allergy.
- Diagnose a patient with drug allergy, develop a differential diagnosis and provide an appropriate management plan.
- Develop a differential diagnosis, perform appropriate testing and provide a management plan for patients who have acute and chronic hives.
- Give allergy shots safely in a private office and manage reactions that might occur.
- Diagnose and manage patients who have persistent rhinitis due both to allergies and to the common cold.
- Provide appropriate testing and counseling to patients with suspected environmentally-induced illness including toxic mold exposure.
- Recognize the severity of anaphylaxis and the causes.
- Develop a treatment plan for angioedema based on the pathophysiology; histamine or bradykinin.
- Manage atopic dermatitis, based upon better knowledge of a complex chronic skin disorder.
- Appreciate the signs and symptoms of acute and chronic sinusitis with an emphasis on diagnosis and treatment.
- Care for patients with sinus headaches with a better understanding of the associated anatomy and neurology.
- Diagnose a patient with vocal cord dysfunction by combining an appropriate history, pulmonary function tests, and/or rhinolaryngoscopy.
- Diagnose and manage the patient with immunodeficiency.