GINA: INTERIM GUIDANCE ABOUT COVID-19 & ASTHMA UPDATED 30 MARCH 2021
GINA has updated its interim guidance about COVID-19 and asthma, including new advice about COVID-19 vaccines. DOWNLOAD SLIDES
Exploring Autoimmunity in Asthma: A Clinical Overview Plus Q&A
Britt Gambino This feature is part of the Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month series. What’s Asthma Got to Do With Autoimmunity? Although asthma and autoimmune disease are thought to have mutually…
The Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Children With Asthma
Bryant Moeller Children with asthma had improved outcomes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, most likely because of lower exposure to triggers, according to the results of a…
Machine Learning Models Can Predict Persistence of Early Childhood Asthma
Sheila Jacobs Machine learning modules can be trained with the use of electronic health record (EHR) data to differentiate between transient and persistent cases of early childhood asthma, according the…
Comparing Methods of Detecting Treatment Adherence in Severe Asthma
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,…
Respiratory Symptoms Questionnaire Validated Tool for Asthma and/or COPD
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…
Interdisciplinary approaches help reduce asthma burden
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…
Asthma-COPD overlap linked to occupational pollutants
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…
Chronic infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae in asthma: a type-2 low infection related phenotype
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…
Benralizumab May Reduce or Eliminate Oral Corticosteroid Use in Severe Asthma
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…