COVID-19
“People with asthma should continue to use their inhaled asthma controller medications during the COVID-19 pandemic.Some sources have suggested that “corticosteroids” should be avoided during the COVID-19 epidemic. This advice…
FDA Strengthens Warning About Risk of Neuropsychiatric Events With Montelukast
Diana Ernst, RPh The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring the addition of a Boxed Warning to the prescribing information for montelukast, following a review of study data and case reports…
Risk of wheezing and asthma exacerbation in children treated with paracetamol versus ibuprofen: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Research article – Open Access Mohamed Sherbash, Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Joanne Daghfal Nader & Lukman Thalib BMC Pulmonary Medicine volume 20, Article number: 72 (2020) Abstract Background Paracetamol and ibuprofen are the most commonly used medications for fever and pain…
Clinical and lung function outcomes in a cohort of children with severe asthma
BMC Pulmonary Medicine Research article – Open Access Patricia de Gouveia Belinelo, Aleisha Nielsen, Bernadette Goddard, Lauren Platt, Carla Rebeca Da Silva Sena, Paul D. Robinson, Bruce Whitehead, Jodi Hilton, Tanya Gulliver, Laurence Roddick, Kasey Pearce, Vanessa E. Murphy, Peter G. Gibson, Adam…
Atopy Modifies the Association Between Inhaled Corticosteroid Use and Lung Function Decline in Patients with Asthma
Alessandro Marcon, PhDa,∗,Correspondence information about the author PhD Alessandro MarconEmail the author PhD Alessandro Marcon, Pierpaolo Marchetti, PhDa, Josep M. Antó, PhDb,c,d, Lucia Cazzoletti, MSca, Isa Cerveri, MDe, Angelo Corsico, MD, PhDe, Diogenes Seraphim Ferreira, MD,…
Caspase-11 promotes allergic airway inflammation
Article – Open Access Zbigniew Zasłona, Ewelina Flis, Mieszko M. Wilk, Richard G. Carroll, Eva M. Palsson-McDermott, Mark M. Hughes, Ciana Diskin, Kathy Banahan, Dylan G. Ryan, Alexander Hooftman, Alicja Misiak, Jay Kearney, Gunter Lochnit, Wilhelm Bertrams, Timm Greulich, Bernd Schmeck, Oliver J. McElvaney, Kingston H. G.…
Treatment patterns among non-active users of maintenance asthma medication in the United Kingdom: a retrospective cohort study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink
Daniel C. Gibbons , MBBS, MPH, PhD, DFPH, FRSPH, Bhumika Aggarwal , MBBS, MSc, MBA, Jolyon Fairburn-Beech , MSc, David Hinds , MHS, Monica Fletcher , OBE, MSc, DipN, DipHV ,Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich , BPharm, PhD & show…
Asthma is associated with frailty among community-dwelling adults: the GAZEL cohort
Benjamin Landré 1, Rachel Nadif 2, Marcel Goldberg 3,4, Julie Gourmelen 3, Marie Zins 3,4, Joël Ankri 1,5 and Marie Herr 1,5 BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2020;7:e000526. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000526 Abstract Introduction Early management of chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) and frailty have…
Barriers to and competency with the use of metered dose inhaler and its impact on disease control among adult asthmatic patients in Ethiopia
Research article – Open Access Tadesse Melaku Abegaz, Efrata Ashuro Shegena, Natnael Fentie Gessie, Eyob Alemayehu Gebreyohanns & Mohammed Assen Seid BMC Pulmonary Medicine volume 20, Article number: 48 (2020) Abstract Background Asthma is one of the chronic diseases which…
Association of use of cleaning products with respiratory health in a Canadian birth cohort
Abstract BACKGROUND: Comprehensive longitudinal studies are important for understanding the complex risk factors, pathways, exposures and interactions that lead to the development and persistence of asthma. We aimed to examine associations…