Return to Contents in this Issue

Reviews

 

Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Angioedema Mediated by Bradykinin. Part I. Classification, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Genetics, Clinical Symptoms, and Diagnosis

 

Spanish Study Group on Bradykinin-Induced Angioedema (SGBA) (Grupo Español de Estudio del Angioedema mediado por Bradicinina: GEAB) T Caballero,1* ML Baeza,2,3# R Cabañas,1# A Campos,4# S Cimbollek,5# C Gómez-Traseira,1# T González Quevedo,5# M Guilarte,6# J Jurado-Palomo,7# JI Larco,1# MC López-Serrano,1# M López-Trascasa,1,8 C Marcos,9# JM Muñoz-
Caro,1 M Pedrosa,1# N Prior,1# M Rubio,2# A Sala-Cunill 6#

*Coordinator of the SGBA/GEAB
#Members of the SGBA/GEAB in alphabetical order
1Servicio de Alergia, Hospital La Paz Health Research Institute (IdiPaz), Madrid, Spain
2Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
3Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER)-U761
4La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain
5Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain
6Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
7Nuestra Señora del Prado General Hospital, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain
8Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER)-U754
9Vigo University Hospital Complex, Vigo, Spain

J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2011; Vol. 21(5): 333-347

 

 Abstract


Background: There are no Spanish guidelines or consensus statement on bradykinin-induced angioedema.

Aim: 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.

Methods: 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-inducedangioedema (hereditary and acquired angioedema due to C1 inhibitor defi ciency, 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.

Results: The pathophysiology, genetics, and clinical symptoms of the different types of angioedema are reviewed. Diagnostic approaches are discussed and the consensus reached is described.

Conclusions: A review of bradykinin-induced angioedema and a consensus on diagnosis are presented.

Key words: Angioedema. C1-inhibitor. Bradykinin. Estrogens. ACE inhibitors