Allergy/Asthma News

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.

As demand for allergy and asthma care grows, physician assistants now have a greater role in providing that treatment. The Association of PAs in Allergy, Asthma & Immunology aims to support these professionals with its upcoming conference.

A law moving through California’s legislature would require schools to store epinephrine autoinjectors in accessible locations and broadly share where those are, enabling prompt responses when children have anaphylactic reactions.

Recent data show that adherence to subcutaneous immunotherapy is low, even when there were no out-of-pocket costs to patients.

This week, Healio provided live coverage of the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, an annual collaboration between the AAP, Academic Pediatrics Association, American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research.

WASHINGTON — Study findings suggest that most children who visit the ED with anaphylaxis can safely be discharged after 2 hours of observation or less, researchers reported at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — A reimagined approach to uncontrolled severe asthma is needed amid poor diagnosis and management trends, according to Samuel Louie, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Davis.

WASHINGTON — Reminders included in electronic health records improved the use of preventive medication and reduced health care utilization for asthma, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

Researchers identified treatment disparities between incarcerated people with asthma and other chronic health conditions compared with the general population, highlighting an opportunity to improve health outcomes in this population.

Wheeze when resting, age, age when diagnosed with asthma and BMI can “reasonably well” predict patients with asthma who are likely to have small airways dysfunction, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.