National practical guidelines for management of cow’s milk protein allergy in infants and children. Brief overview

Abstract

Professional medical communities create clinical recommendations based on principles of «evidencebased medicine» to optimize the provision of medical care to patients with various pathologies. Following these recommendations allows doctors to avoid mistakes in the management of patients and to achieve a positive result of treatment in most of the patients. Early started and properly administered treatment of children with cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA) significantly improves the prognosis of the disease and can interrupt the socalled «allergic march». The purpose of the publication is to introduce the current national clinical guidelines for the provision of medical care to children with CMPA to wide range of pediatricians and physicians of other specialties.