Survey of Pediatric Allergic Rhinitis Clinical Practice

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  • Okafuji Ikuo
    Working Group on Allergic Rhinitis, Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Kondo Yasuto
    Working Group on Allergic Rhinitis, Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Futamura Masaki
    Working Group on Allergic Rhinitis, Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Hasegawa Shunji
    Working Group on Allergic Rhinitis, Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Kameda Makoto
    Working Group on Allergic Rhinitis, Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Ohshima Yusei
    Working Group on Allergic Rhinitis, Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Ebisawa Motohiro
    Working Group on Allergic Rhinitis, Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Yoshihara Shigemi
    Working Group on Allergic Rhinitis, Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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  • 小児アレルギー性鼻炎診療実態調査

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<p>OBJECTIVE</p><p>This study aimed to clarify the actual situation and problems in the treatment of pediatric allergic rhinitis in Japan.</p><p>METHODS</p><p>An online survey was conducted on members of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Japan Society for Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology who had registered their e-mail addresses with the respective societies.</p><p>RESULTS</p><p>Responses were obtained from 803 individuals. Regarding diagnosis, pediatricians placed more emphasis on examination than on local findings, and otolaryngologists placed more emphasis on local findings than on examination. Approximately 50% of pediatricians and otolaryngologists provided nasal care instruction. Pediatricians did not utilize the practical guideline for the management of allergic rhinitis in Japan as much as otolaryngologists, and 20% of the respondents, especially pediatric non-allergists, did not have this guideline. Pediatricians spent more time seeing patients and had more difficulty in distinguishing infectious diseases in infants younger than 5 years than otolaryngologists.</p><p>CONCLUSIONS</p><p>Departmental characteristics had a significant impact on diagnostic procedures. Of the physicians in all departments, <50% provided care instructions for nasal symptoms.</p>

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