Asthma and Respiratory Disorders News

HONOLULU — Patients who identified as sexual and gender minorities experienced greater risks for asthma severity than patients who identified as heterosexual, according to an abstract presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — Patients with both eosinophilic esophagitis and asthma present to the hospital at an earlier age than those patients who only have EoE, according to an abstract presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Multiple risk factors were associated with NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease, which itself is associated with uncontrolled or severe asthma, according to a study published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.

Adults with moderate to severe uncontrolled asthma experienced reductions in mucus plug scores with tezepelumab, according to a study published in NEJM Evidence.

Vaping increased the risk for asthma among adolescents in Texas and across the United States who had never smoked conventional tobacco products, according to a study published in Preventive Medicine.

Members of the Congressional Asthma and Allergy Caucus have reintroduced the Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma Act, which would expand federal, state and local efforts to improve asthma care, according to a press release.

Many patients with moderate to severe asthma failed to use inhaled corticosteroids in addition to a short-acting beta 2 agonist as a rescue to prevent exacerbations, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

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Exposure to intranasal corticosteroids did not have any adverse impact on COVID-19 mortality among a general population or among patients with asthma or COPD, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Black children were more likely to require EMS and receive bronchodilator treatment for an asthma episode than white children, but were less likely to receive EMS transport, according to a study published in Prehospital Emergency Care.