title: Clinical practice guideline: allergic rhinitis executive summary.
abstract: The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) has published a supplement to this issue featuring the new Clinical Practice Guideline: Allergic Rhinitis. To assist in implementing the guideline recommendations, this article summarizes the rationale, purpose, and key action statements. The 14 recommendations developed address the evaluation of patients with allergic rhinitis, including performing and interpretation of diagnostic testing and assessment and documentation of chronic conditions and comorbidities. It will then focus on the recommendations to guide the evaluation and treatment of patients with allergic rhinitis, to determine the most appropriate interventions to improve symptoms and quality of life for patients with allergic rhinitis.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA mseidma1@hfhs.org.
authors: Michael D
authors: MD
authors: Seidman
authors: Department of Surgery Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
authors: Richard K
authors: RK
authors: Gurgel
authors: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors: Sandra Y
authors: SY
authors: Lin
authors: Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors: Seth R
authors: SR
authors: Schwartz
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors: Fuad M
authors: FM
authors: Baroody
authors: Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: Bonner
authors: Otolaryngology-Private Practice, Muscatine, Iowa, USA.
authors: Douglas E
authors: DE
authors: Dawson
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors: Mark S
authors: MS
authors: Dykewicz
authors: Pomona Pediatrics, Pomona, New York, USA.
authors: Jesse M
authors: JM
authors: Hackell
authors: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
authors: Joseph K
authors: JK
authors: Han
authors: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
authors: Stacey L
authors: SL
authors: Ishman
authors: Wayne State University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors: Helene J
authors: HJ
authors: Krouse
authors: Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
authors: Sonya
authors: S
authors: Malekzadeh
authors: Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA.
authors: James Whit W
authors: JW
authors: Mims
authors: Morehouse School of Medicine, East Point, Georgia, USA.
authors: Folashade S
authors: FS
authors: Omole
authors: Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM), Annandale, Virginia, USA.
authors: William D
authors: WD
authors: Reddy
authors: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, and Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Florida, USA.
authors: Dana V
authors: DV
authors: Wallace
authors: Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
authors: Sandra A
authors: SA
authors: Walsh
authors: Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
authors: Barbara E
authors: BE
authors: Warren
authors: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
authors: Meghan N
authors: MN
authors: Wilson
authors: Department of Research and Quality, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
authors: Lorraine C
authors: LC
authors: Nnacheta
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D065631:Rhinitis, Allergic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: allergic rhinitis; allergies; nasal congestion; rhinitis; runny nose