Asthma and Respiratory Disorders News

Patients with asthma who slept less than 6 hours a night experienced poorer asthma control and greater risk for moderate to severe exacerbations, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

A recent study in Annals of Family Medicine confirmed the validity and reliability of a clinical tool in assessing burdens of COPD, type 2 diabetes and asthma.

Pediatric asthma diagnoses decreased by more than 50% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings published in Respiratory Research.

Few epigenome-wide association studies of allergy or asthma measure social factors or consider structural racism in analyzing these disorders, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Patients with asthma and specific eosinophil and IgE levels experienced greater improvements in exacerbations and FEV1 with dupilumab compared with other biologics, according to a study.

SAN ANTONIO — Multiple factors may predict whether pediatric patients will be admitted to the hospital for acute asthma exacerbations, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

SAN ANTONIO — When patients are skeptical about climate change and its impact on their asthma or allergy, communication is still possible, according to a presentation at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Following 6 months of dupilumab treatment, 57% of patients with NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease had higher aspirin tolerance than before treatment, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.

SAN ANTONIO — Patients with asthma in an inner-city population had more favorable COVID-19 outcomes than patients who did not have asthma, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

SAN ANTONIO — Patients with asthma who used a daily self-assessment with their digital inhalers reported better medication adherence, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.