Aspirin Desensitization: A "Lifechanger" for Patients with Aspirin and NSAID Allergies; Cardiovascular Disease
Monday, October 10, 2011 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
John R. Cohn, MD, head of the Adult Allergy Section at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University is one of few allergists to perform the desensitization procedure which trains the body to tolerate aspirin, improving some patients with the triad of sinusitis, asthma, and aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD), while allowing others to receive the complete benefits of aspirin for cardiovascular and related disorders.