Clinical Pathway for Patients With Acute or Chronic Urticaria: A Consensus Statement of the Andalusian Section of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV)

• Published in: Actas dermo-sifiliográficas (English ed.) Vol. 107; no. 6; pp. 482 - 488
• Main Authors: Ruiz-Villaverde, R, Moreno-Ramírez, D, Galán-Gutierrez, M, de Troya, M, Reyes-Alcázar, V, Alcalde, M, García, E.I, Linares, M, Martínez, L, Pulpillo, Á, Suárez, C, Vélez, A, García-Lora, E, Torres, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Spain Elsevier España, S.L.U 01-07-2016
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Chronic Disease; Clinical pathway; Continuidad asistencial; Continuity of care; Critical Pathways; Dermatology; Humans; Internal Medicine; Paciente; Patients; Proceso asistencial; Urticaria; Urticaria - diagnosis; Urticaria - therapy; Continuity of care; Paciente; Clinical pathway; Urticaria; Continuidad asistencial; Patients; Proceso asistencial
• ISSN: 1578-2190; 2173-5778; 1578-2190
• DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2016.05.001

Abstract Attention has been focused on new ways to understand and manage urticaria ever since the recent addition of novel drugs to the therapeutic arsenal, the updating of clinical practice guidelines, and the publication of pathophysiologic insights. The Andalusian Section of the Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV) has developed a clinical pathway that defines quality-of-care characteristics and makes recommendations on decision-making affecting patients with urticaria. We present a patient-centered approach to care, in which the patient's clinical pathway through the health care system includes links between primary and hospital care to ensure continuity—a key feature of quality.