World Congress of Asthma and Covid-19 Pandemic
The WCA 2020 Committee and GAA-INTERASMA Board, after a long monitoring period of Covid-19 pandemic situation & its consequences, has decided to postpone the World Congress of Asthma WCA, originally…
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…
ACAAI: Albuterol Inhalers May Be in Short Supply Because of COVID-19
Brian Park, PharmD The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) announced a growing shortage of albuterol inhalers in certain areas throughout the US during the coronavirus disease 2019…
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…
Shared Decision Making for Better Asthma Control
Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC According to global estimates, asthma affects more than 300 million people of all ages, and one-half of asthma patients have poor disease control despite the…
Lopinavir-Ritonavir Does Not Offer Substantial Benefit in Severe COVID-19
Britt Gambino In patients who were hospitalized with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19), treatment with lopinavir-ritonavir did not provide a substantial benefit beyond standard care, according to the results of a…
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…
Assessing Biologic Therapy in Asthma With/Without CRS in a Real-World Setting
Sheila Jacobs After careful consideration, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology canceled its annual meeting that was to take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 13 to 16,…
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,…