Management of Allergic and Nonallergic Rhinitis. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 54.

摘要

This report synthesizes the available evidence on diagnosing allergic and nonallergic rhinitis, whether differentiating allergic from nonallergic rhinitis is important, the efficacy of treatments in nonallergic and allergic rhinitis, and how treatment of allergic rhinitis affects the development of asthma or acute rhinosinusitis. The authors found that the minimum level of testing necessary to confirm or exclude a diagnosis of allergic rhinitis has not been established in the literature. They also concluded that, beyond skin testing and diagnosis by exclusion, there is no literature on differentiating allergic from nonallergic rhinitis.