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Italian S3-Guideline on the treatment of atopic eczema Part 2: non-systemic treatments and treatment recommendations for special AE patient populations, adapted from EuroGuiDerm by the Italian Society of Dermatology and STD (SIDEMAST), the Italian …

Italian journal of dermatology and venereology

Authors: Giuseppe Argenziano, Francesco Cusano, Monica Corazza, Salvatore Amato, Paolo Amerio, Luigi Naldi, Cataldo Patruno, Paolo D Pigatto, Pietro Quaglino, Paolo Gisondi, Andrea Chiricozzi, Francesco Tonon, Luca Stingeni, Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton, Andreas Wollenberg, Maria Kinberger, Bernd W Arents, Nora Aszodi, Gabriela L Avila Valle, Sebastien Barbarot, Thomas Bieber, Helen A Brough, Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton, Stéphanie Christen-Zäch, Mette Deleuran, Martin Dittmann, Corinna Dressler, Antjie H Fink-Wagner, Nicole Fosse, Krisztián Gáspár, Louise A Gerbens, Uwe Gieler, Giampiero Girolomoni, Stamatios Gregoriou, Charlotte G Mortz, Alexander Nast, Uffe Nygaard, Magali Redding, Eva M Rehbinder, Johannes Ring, Mariateresa Rossi, Esther Serra-Baldrich, Dagmar Simon, Zsuzsanna Z Szalai, Jacek C Szepietowski, Antonio Torrelo, Thomas Werfel, Carsten Flohr

SIDeMaST (Società Italiana di Dermatologia Medica, Chirurgica, Estetica e delle Malattie Sessualmente Trasmesse) contributed to the development of the present guideline on the systemic treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis. With the permission of EuroGuiDerm, SIDeMaST adapted the guideline to the Italian healthcare context to supply a reliable and affordable tool to Italian physicians who take care of patients affected by atopic dermatitis. The evidence- and consensus-based guideline on atopic eczema was developed in accordance with the EuroGuiDerm Guideline and Consensus Statement Development Manual. Four consensus conferences were held between December 2020 and July 2021. Twenty-nine experts (including clinicians and patient representatives) from 12 European countries participated. This second part of the guideline includes recommendations and detailed information on basic therapy with emollients and moisturizers, topical anti-inflammatory treatment, antimicrobial and antipruritic treatment and UV phototherapy. Furthermore, this part of the guideline covers techniques for avoiding provocation factors, as well as dietary interventions, immunotherapy, complementary medicine and educational interventions for patients with atopic eczema and deals with occupational and psychodermatological aspects of the disease. It also contains guidance on treatment for pediatric and adolescent patients and pregnant or breastfeeding women, as well as considerations for patients who want to have a child. A chapter on the patient perspective is also provided. The first part of the guideline, published separately, contains recommendations and guidance on systemic treatment with conventional immunosuppressive drugs, biologics and janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors, as well as information on the scope and purpose of the guideline, and a section on guideline methodology.

PMID: 38727634

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