Bryant Moeller Good adherence to treatment for severe asthma was reported by 35% of patients, either via self-report or direct measurements, but the agreement between the 2 methods was poor,…
Kerry Leupold, DO The Respiratory Symptoms Questionnaire (RSQ), a simple 4-item tool designed to assess symptoms and severity of respiratory symptoms independent of diagnosis, is a valid and useful tool…
Clinicians are encouraged to team with school employees, asthma educators and patient advocates to improve the health and well-being of patients with asthma, panelists said. The speakers described three different…
CONFERENCE COVERAGE Publish date: March 8, 2021By Jeff Craven MDedge News FROM AAAAI 2021 The development and worsening of overlapping asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be affected by pollutants found…
Research Open Access Doriane Calmes, Pascale Huynen, Virginie Paulus, Monique Henket, Françoise Guissard, Catherine Moermans, Renaud Louis & Florence Schleich Respiratory Research volume 22, Article number: 76 (2021) Abstract Background Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae have been implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma and are responsible…
Brandon May The following article is a part of conference coverage from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Virtual Annual Meeting, being held virtually from February 26 to March…
Research – Open Access Kimia Shahangian, David A. Ngan, H. H. Rachel Chen, Yeni Oh, Anthony Tam, Jing Wen, Chung Cheung, Darryl A. Knight, Delbert R. Dorscheid, Tillie L. Hackett, Michael R. Hughes, Kelly M. McNagny, Jeremy A. Hirota, Masahiro Niikura, S. F. Paul…
Research – Open Access Tsutomu Saito, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Tadahisa Numakura, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Akira Koarai, Naoya Fujino, Koji Murakami, Shun Yamanaka, Yusaku Sasaki, Yorihiko Kyogoku, Koji Itakura, Hirohito Sano, Katsuya Takita, Rie Tanaka, Tsutomu Tamada, Masakazu Ichinose & Hisatoshi Sugiura Respiratory Research volume 22, Article number: 63 (2021) Abstract Background The airway epithelial…
Abstract Influenza virus has a high mutation rate, such that within one host different viral variants can emerge. Evidence suggests that influenza virus variants are more prevalent in pregnant and/or…
After 10 or more years of follow-up in the BT10+ study, bronchial thermoplasty for uncontrolled asthma demonstrated sustained efficacy and an acceptable safety profile, researchers reported in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.…