International Diploma in Pediatric Allergy

Introduction and presentation of the diploma course: Presentation of the professors. Formation of the working groups and designation of tutors for the preparation of the manuals to be presented at the end of the diploma course.

• Fundamentals of Pediatric Allergy:
  • Pathophysiology of the allergic response in pediatrics
  • Epidemiology and risk factors in childhood allergy
• Pediatric asthma:
  • Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and risk factors
  • Diagnosis and functional tests
• Allergic rhinitis:
  • Epidemiology, pathophysiology
  • Classification, diagnosis
  • Rhinosinusitis
  • Integrated management of respiratory allergic disease
• Atopic conjunctivitis:
  • Epidemiology and pathophysiology
  • Diagnosis and classification
  • Clinical treatment

• Food allergy:
  • Pathophysiological mechanisms
  • Clinical presentations
  • Clinical and Molecular Diagnostics
• Drug allergy:
  • Pathophysiological mechanisms
  • Clinical and differential diagnosis

• Atopic dermatitis:
  • Dermal structure and cutaneous immune response
  • Pathophysiology of Atopic Dermatitis
  • Non-drug clinical management
  • Clinical drug management
• Contact dermatitis:
  • Pathophysiology and types
  • Diagnosis and treatment
• Acute Urticaria and Histaminergic Angioedema:
  • Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
  • Diagnosis: allergic x non-allergic urticaria
  • Emergency management via outpatient setting
• Hereditary angioedema:
  • Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Classification
  • Diagnosis and differential diagnosis
  • Emergency and prophylactic treatment
• Anaphylaxis:
  • Pathophysiology and national reality
  • Clinical diagnosis x differential diagnosis
  • Emergency Management
  • Use of self-injectable epinephrine devices

• Skin and serological tests
• Controlled provocation tests
• Molecular diagnostics and functional testing
• Interpretation of results and clinical correlation

• Desensitization in food allergy
• Desensitization in drug allergy

• Global epidemiology and the situation in Peru regarding allergen-specific IT
• Immune mechanism involved in the response to specific IT
• IT with aeroallergens: indications and contraindications
• IT with aeroallergens: SLIT x SCIT; clinical efficacy
• IT with food allergens: indications, contraindications, safety and clinical efficacy.
• The future of immunotherapy in pediatric allergy

• Group 1: Childhood Asthma
• Group 2: Allergic Rhinitis
• Group 3: Food Allergy
• Group 4: Drug Allergy
• Group 5: Urticaria
• Group 6: Hereditary Angioedema
• Group 7: Anaphylaxis

International Symposium: Clinical Integration and Updates in Pediatric Allergy