Popov Todor A, Passalacqua Gianni, González-Díaz Sandra N, Plavec Davor, Braido Fulvio, García-Abujeta Jose-Luis, Dubuske Lawrence, Rouadi Philip, Morais-Almeida Mário, Bonini Sergio, Cheng Lei, Ansotegui Ignacio J
University Hospital Sv. Ivan Rilski, Sofia, Bulgaria.
University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
World Allergy Organ J. 2020 Sep 30;13(10):100466. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2020.100466. eCollection 2020 Oct.
Medical devices provide people with some health benefits in terms of diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and monitoring of disease processes. Different medical specialties use varieties of medical devices more or less specific for them. Allergology is an interdisciplinary field of medical science and teaches that allergic reactions are of systemic nature but can express themselves at the level of different organs across the life cycle of an individual. Subsequently, medical devices used in allergology could be regarded as: 1) general, servicing the integral diagnostic and management principles and features of allergology, and 2) organ specific, which are shared by organ specific disciplines like pulmonology, otorhinolaryngology, dermatology, and others. The present position paper of the World Allergy Organization (WAO) is meant to be the first integral document providing structured information on medical devices in allergology used in daily routine but also needed for sophisticated diagnostic purposes and modern disease management. It is supposed to contribute to the transformation of the health care system into integrated care pathways for interrelated comorbidities.
医疗设备在疾病的诊断、预防、治疗和监测方面为人们提供了一些健康益处。不同的医学专科或多或少会使用各种特定于它们的医疗设备。过敏学是医学科学的一个跨学科领域，它表明过敏反应具有全身性，但在个体的整个生命周期中可以在不同器官层面表现出来。因此，过敏学中使用的医疗设备可分为两类：1）通用型，服务于过敏学的整体诊断和管理原则及特点；2）器官特异性型，由肺病学、耳鼻喉科、皮肤科等器官特异性学科共同使用。世界过敏组织（WAO）的这份立场文件旨在成为第一份全面的文件，提供有关日常使用的过敏学医疗设备的结构化信息，这些设备不仅用于日常诊断，也是复杂诊断目的和现代疾病管理所必需的。它旨在推动医疗保健系统向针对相关合并症的综合护理路径转变。
