Allergy/Asthma

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 — 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.

WASHINGTON — Birth weight influences lung function and airway responsiveness beyond changes in lung size, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — Childhood Opportunity Index 2.0 scores better predicted whether children with asthma in urban areas will experience exacerbations compared with household income or parental education, according to published data.

WASHINGTON — Violence and maltreatment in childhood were linked to greater risk for asthma among patients with positive biomarkers of high Th2 immunity, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy and sufficient exposure to vitamin D at age 12 months were associated with less asthma and recurrent wheeze by age 3 years, according to data presented here.

WASHINGTON — Most families of children with asthma in an urban population reported at least one measure of deprivation, most frequently housing issues, according to data presented at ATS 2023.

Children with asthma who moved from distressed neighborhoods and into low-poverty neighborhoods experienced significant improvements in symptom days and exacerbations, according to a study published in JAMA.

Poor mental and social health among caregivers of preschoolers with wheeze was associated with more symptoms and wheezing among those children, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Epicutaneous immunotherapy was superior to placebo in desensitizing toddlers to peanuts and in increasing the dose of peanuts that trigger allergic symptoms, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.