Management of allergic rhinitis in general practitioners

|    |  Full Text       |      Asia Pac Allergy. 2012 Oct;2(4):233-236. Published online 2012 October 31.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5415/apallergy.2012.2.4.233  Copyright © 2012. Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology. Management of allergic rhinitis in general practitioners De Yun Wang Department of Otolaryngology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore.  Correspondence: De Yun Wang. Department of Otolaryngology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, NUHS Tower Block, Level 7, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228, Singapore. Tel: +65-67725373, Fax: +65-67753820, Email: entwdy@nus.edu.sg  Received August 21, 2012; Accepted August 23, 2012. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.  This article has been cited by 1 article in   Abstract For patients suffering from allergic rhinitis (AR), general practitioners (GPs) are often their first source of medical advice. It is one of the top-ten reasons for a visit to the primary care clinics and AR was estimated to be 10-40% of the total patient visits in about 50% of the primary care clinics. The standard of management for AR among GPs is thus a key outcome assessment of AR management and implementation of international guidelines in general healthcare practice. Keywords: Allergic rhinitis, General practitioners, Primary care clinics, Diagnosis, Effective treatment.