Allergy/Asthma News

Infants born during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ireland between March and May 2020 experienced higher rates of atopic dermatitis and egg sensitization, but not egg allergy, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Children with asthma and obesity breathe at higher tidal volumes, which may increase the efficiency of particulate matter deposition in the lung, researchers reported in the European Respiratory Journal.

Clinicians should evaluate the psychological needs of patients undergoing OIT for food allergy and recommend support when it is warranted, according to a study published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.

Dental implant failures were more common among patients who reported a penicillin allergy and received other antibiotics than those who used amoxicillin, according to a study published in Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research.

Patients taking dupilumab for atopic dermatitis who developed COVID-19 had lower levels of antibodies and milder symptoms than patients on other treatments, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Among patients with asthma, blood eosinophil variability resulted in better identification of risk for hospital episodes compared with absolute counting values that are currently used to target specific asthma treatments.

None of the patients with a penicillin allergy label who received cefazolin before surgery experienced allergic symptoms related to the antibiotic, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

WHO updated its air quality database to include ground measurements of annual mean concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, as well as measurements of particulate matter with diameters equal to or smaller than 10 m or 2.5 m.

Asthma, history of smoking and chronic sinusitis are risk factors for early COPD in U.S. Hispanic/Latino individuals aged younger than 50 years, researchers reported in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

A new study highlights different patterns of clinic and ED acute care use for asthma among non-Hispanic Black and bilingual Latino children compared with non-Hispanic white children.