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Lessons of Drug Allergy Management Through the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11

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Abstract

Purposes of review

In order to introduce the advances and use of the new sub-section addressed to the drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHRs) in the World Health Organizations’ International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11 revision, we here proposed a used case document and discuss the perspective of this new framework.

Recent findings

We expect that the construction of the new section addressed to DHRs in the ICD-11 will allow the collection of more accurate epidemiological data to support quality management of patients with drug allergies, and better facilitate health care planning to implement public health measures to prevent and reduce the morbidity and mortality attributable to DHRs.

Summary

Allergy and hypersensitivity reactions, including DHRs, have never been well classified in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ICD. The ALLERGY in ICD-11 initiative was launched 6 years ago to have a better representation of these disorders in the ongoing 11th revision of the ICD. It has been supported by six major international allergy academies, and collaboration with the WHO has been established and is ongoing so far. This document intends to present advances and use of the new “Drug hypersensitivity” section of the ICD-11.

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Abbreviations

DHR:

drug hypersensitivity reaction

ENT:

ear, nose, throat

ICD:

International Classification of Diseases

NSAIDs:

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

PM:

precision medicine

WHO:

World Health Organization

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Acknowledgements

We are extremely grateful to all the representatives of the ICD-11 Revision Project with whom we have been carrying on fruitful discussions, helping us to refine the classification presented here: Robert Jakob, Linda Best, Nenad Kostanjsek, Robert J G Chalmers, Jeffrey Linzer, Linda Edwards, Ségolène Ayme, Bertrand Bellet, Rodney Franklin, Matthew Helbert, August Colenbrander, Satoshi Kashii, Paulo E. C. Dantas, Christine Graham, Ashley Behrens, Julie Rust, Megan Cumerlato, Tsutomu Suzuki, Mitsuko Kondo, Hajime Takizawa, Nobuoki Kohno, Soichiro Miura, Nan Tajima, and Toshio Ogawa.

Joint Allergy Academies: American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), World Allergy Organization (WAO), American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI), and Latin American Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (SLAAI).

Funding

This research was conducted with support from AstraZeneca, as an unrestricted AstraZeneca ERS-16-11927 grant and from MEDA Pharma through CHRUM administration.

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  1. Hospital Sírio Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil

    Luciana Kase Tanno MD, PhD

  2. University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, and Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Paris 06, UMR-S 1136, IPLESP, Equipe EPAR, 75013, Paris, France

    Luciana Kase Tanno MD, PhD & Pascal Demoly MD, PhD

  3. Division of Allergy, Department of Pulmonology, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, University Hospital of Montpellier, 371, av. du Doyen Gaston Giraud - cedex 5, 34295, Montpellier, France

    Luciana Kase Tanno MD, PhD & Pascal Demoly MD, PhD

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Tanno, L.K., Demoly, P. & on behalf of the Joint Allergy Academies. Lessons of Drug Allergy Management Through the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11. Curr Treat Options Allergy 5, 52–59 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40521-018-0157-5

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