Asthma and Respiratory Disorders News

WASHINGTON — By screening for unmet social needs and working with community linkage programs, providers can mitigate disparities in asthma care, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Patients, physicians and the symptom-based Asthma Control Test overestimate asthma control, but the Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire does not, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

WASHINGTON — A debate at the American Thoracic Society International Conference changed some minds about whether providers could or should combine and overlap biologic treatments to treat severe asthma.

Accessia Health and MedicoCX have teamed up to raise up to $1 million to improve access to care for patients with asthma and allergies, particularly those in medical treatment deserts.

WASHINGTON — Providers can measure mucus plugs directly with computer tomography and indirectly with MRI imaging, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — Oscillometry was a successful objective measure of lung function among children presenting to the ED with acute asthma, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — Solar and geomagnetic activity may improve symptoms and lung function among urban children with asthma, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — Airways plugged with mucus experience more remodeling than airways that have not been plugged with mucus among patients with asthma, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — More patients with asthma and insomnia had obstructive sleep apnea, depression and worse exacerbations than patients without insomnia, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — Children with asthma did not see any significant differences in lung function or symptom control up to 18 months after acute COVID-19, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.