Faculty of Medicine

International Diploma in Pediatric Allergy

Module I: Respiratory and Ocular Allergy
  • Introduction and presentation of the diploma course
  • Fundamentals of Pediatric Allergy
  • Pediatric asthma
  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Integrated management of respiratory allergic disease
  • Atopic conjunctivitis

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

Module III: Dermatology in Pediatric Allergy
  • Atopic dermatitis
  • Non-drug clinical management
  • Clinical drug management
  • Contact dermatitis
  • Acute Urticaria and Histaminergic Angioedema
  • Chronic Urticaria
  • Hereditary angioedema
  • Anaphylaxis

Module IV: Diagnostic Tests in Allergy
  • Skin and serological tests
  • Provocation tests
  • Molecular diagnostics and functional testing
  • Interpretation of results and clinical correlation

Module V: Desensitization in Pediatric Allergy
  • Desensitization in food allergy
  • Desensitization in drug allergy

Module VI: Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy
  • 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 x Nasal; clinical efficacy
  • IT with food allergens: indications, contraindications, safety and clinical efficacy
  • The future of immunotherapy in pediatric allergy

Module VII: Project Presentations
  • Childhood asthma
  • Allergic Rhinitis
  • Food Allergy
  • Drug Allergy
  • Urticaria
  • Hereditary angioedema
  • Anaphylaxis

Module VIII: International Symposium: Clinical Integration and Updates in Pediatric Allergy
  • Red eye in children: easy diagnosis or common mistake?
  • The dilemma of the snotty-nosed child: Cold, or allergic rhinitis?
  • The child behind the disease: comprehensive management of complex childhood asthma
  • Beyond the contraindication: how to navigate drug allergy with desensitization
  • The storm on the skin: How to escalate therapy in difficult-to-control pediatric urticaria?
  • From papyrus to practice: desensitization with allergen-specific immunotherapy
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