Consensus statement on the diagnosis, management, and treatment of angioedema mediated by bradykinin. Part I. Classification, epidemiology, pathophysiology, genetics, clinical symptoms, and diagnosis
Caballero, T.; Baeza, M.L.; Cabañas, R.; Campos, A.; Cimbollek, S.; Gómez-Traseira, C.; González-Quevedo, T.; Guilarte, M.; Jurado-Palomo, G.J.; Larco, J.I.; López-Serrano, M.C.; López-Trascasa, M.; Marcos, C.; Muñoz-Caro, J.M.; Pedrosa, M.; Prior, N.; Rubio, M.; Sala-Cunill, A.
Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology 21(5): 333-47; Quiz Follow 347
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1018-9068 PMID: 21905496 Document Number: 651347
There are no Spanish guidelines or consensus statement on bradykinin-induced angioedema. To review the pathophysiology, genetics, and clinical symptoms of the different types of bradykinin-induced angioedema and to draft a consensus statement in light of currently available scientific evidence and the experience of experts. This statement will serve as a guideline to health professionals. The consensus was led by the Spanish Study Group on Bradykinin-Induced Angioedema (SGBA), a working group of the Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology. A review was conducted of scientific papers on different types of bradykinin-induced angioedema (hereditary and acquired angioedema due to C1 inhibitor deficiency, hereditary angioedema related to estrogens, angioedema induced by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors). Several discussion meetings of the SGBA were held in Madrid to reach the consensus. The pathophysiology, genetics, and clinical symptoms of the different types of angioedema are reviewed. Diagnostic approaches are discussed and the consensus reached is described. A review of bradykinin-induced angioedema and a consensus on diagnosis are presented.