Disease management of atopic dermatitis: an updated practice parameter. Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters.

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Preface................................................................................................................................................................................... S1 II. Executive Summary.............................................................................................................................................................. S2 III. Annotations to Figure 1 ....................................................................................................................................................... S4 IV. Summary Statements ............................................................................................................................................................ S6 V. Definitions............................................................................................................................................................................. S8 VI. Immunopathology ................................................................................................................................................................. S8 VII. Clinical Diagnosis................................................................................................................................................................. S8 VIII. First-line Management and Treatment ................................................................................................................................. S9 IX. Identification and Elimination of Triggering Factors........................................................................................................ S13 X. Microbes.............................................................................................................................................................................. S14 XI. Emotional Stress ................................................................................................................................................................. S15 XII. Patient Education................................................................................................................................................................ S15 XIII. Treatment of the Difficult-to-Manage Patient ................................................................................................................... S15 XIV. Acknowledgments............................................................................................................................................................... S17 XV. References ........................................................................................................................................................................... S17