Guidelines for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of hand eczema

Background Hand eczema is a common inflammatory skin disorder. Health care providers need continuously updated information about the management of hand eczema to ensure best treatment for their patients. Objectives To update the European Society of Contact Dermatitis guideline on the diagnosis, prev...

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Published in:Contact dermatitis Vol. 86; no. 5; pp. 357 - 378
Main Authors: Thyssen, Jacob P., Schuttelaar, Marie L. A., Alfonso, Jose H., Andersen, Klaus E., Angelova‐Fischer, Irena, Arents, Bernd W. M., Bauer, Andrea, Brans, Richard, Cannavo, Alicia, Christoffers, Wianda A., Crépy, Marie‐Noelle, Elsner, Peter, Fartasch, Manigé, Filon, Francesca Larese, Giménez‐Arnau, Ana M., Gonçalo, Margarida, Guzmán‐Perera, Maria G., Hamann, Carsten R., Hoetzenecker, Wolfram, Johansen, Jeanne Duus, John, Swen M., Kunkeler, Amalia C. M., Hadzavdic, Suzana Ljubojevic, Molin, Sonja, Nixon, Rosemary, Oosterhaven, Jart A. F., Rustemeyer, Thomas, Serra‐Baldrich, Esther, Shah, Mili, Simon, Dagmar, Skudlik, Christoph, Spiewak, Radoslaw, Valiukevičienė, Skaidra, Voorberg, Angelique N., Weisshaar, Elke, Agner, Tove
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2022
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Subjects:
allergic contact dermatitis
Contact dermatitis
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact - diagnosis
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact - prevention & control
Diagnosis
Eczema
Eczema - diagnosis
Eczema - prevention & control
guideline
Hand Dermatoses - diagnosis
Hand Dermatoses - prevention & control
hand eczema
Health care
Humans
irritant contact dermatitis
Patch Tests
prevention
Skin diseases
treatment
hand eczema
irritant contact dermatitis
treatment
allergic contact dermatitis
prevention
guideline
ISSN:0105-1873, 1600-0536, 1600-0536
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Summary:Background Hand eczema is a common inflammatory skin disorder. Health care providers need continuously updated information about the management of hand eczema to ensure best treatment for their patients. Objectives To update the European Society of Contact Dermatitis guideline on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment on of hand eczema. Method The Guideline Development Group (GDG) was established on behalf of the ESCD. A call for interest was launched via the ESCD website and via the ESCD members' mailing list. Appraisal of the evidence for therapeutic and preventive interventions was applied and a structured method of developing consensus was used and moderated by an external methodologist. The final guideline was approved by the ESCD executive committee and was in external review on the ESCD webpage for 1 month. Results Consensus was achieved for several statements and management strategies. Conclusion The updated guideline should improve management of hand eczema.
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Jacob P. Thyssen and Marie L. A. Schuttelaar contributed equally to this manuscript.
Correction added on 11 April 2022 after first online publication: The article category has been changed to Guidelines.
No support was given by any medical company for development of this document. All meetings were virtual meetings, therefore there were no costs. All participants in the working group filled in a structured form to declare financial or non‐financial interests. Disclosures are given in the Supporting information. The Guidelines were approved by the executive committee of the ESCD in October 2021.
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ISSN:0105-1873
1600-0536
1600-0536
DOI:10.1111/cod.14035