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. 2022 May;86(5):357-378.
doi: 10.1111/cod.14035. Epub 2022 Mar 3.

Guidelines for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of hand eczema

Jacob P Thyssen  1 , Marie L A Schuttelaar  2 , Jose H Alfonso  3   4 , Klaus E Andersen  5 , Irena Angelova-Fischer  6 , Bernd W M Arents  7 , Andrea Bauer  8 , Richard Brans  9   10 , Alicia Cannavo  11 , Wianda A Christoffers  12 , Marie-Noelle Crépy  13   14 , Peter Elsner  15 , Manigé Fartasch  16 , Francesca Larese Filon  17 , Ana M Giménez-Arnau  18 , Margarida Gonçalo  19 , Maria G Guzmán-Perera  20 , Carsten R Hamann  21 , Wolfram Hoetzenecker  22 , Jeanne Duus Johansen  23 , Swen M John  9   10 , Amalia C M Kunkeler  24 , Suzana Ljubojevic Hadzavdic  25 , Sonja Molin  26 , Rosemary Nixon  27 , Jart A F Oosterhaven  2 , Thomas Rustemeyer  28 , Esther Serra-Baldrich  29 , Mili Shah  30 , Dagmar Simon  31 , Christoph Skudlik  9   10 , Radoslaw Spiewak  32 , Skaidra Valiukevičienė  33 , Angelique N Voorberg  2 , Elke Weisshaar  34 , Tove Agner  1
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Guidelines for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of hand eczema

Jacob P Thyssen et al. Contact Dermatitis. 2022 May.
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Abstract

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.

Keywords: allergic contact dermatitis; guideline; hand eczema; irritant contact dermatitis; prevention; treatment.

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