title: Primary care management of food allergy and food intolerance.
abstract: The incidence of food allergies is steadily increasing. Due to potentially life-threatening complications, it is important that primary care providers recognize and appropriately manage these disorders. This article includes a discussion of the current evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis, screening, and management of food allergies.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Dawn Lee
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Garzon
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kempker
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piel
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019468:Disease Management; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005502:Food / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology