Allergy/Asthma News

Wearing a mask does not affect oxygen saturation in patients with or without asthma, according to research presented at this year’s virtual American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting.

Maternal antibiotic use in the second and third trimester of pregnancy was associated with an increased risk for developing childhood asthma, according to research published in Archives of Diseases in Children.

A new study highlights age-specific differences in adherence to asthma and COPD medications, with the lowest adherence in young adults and the highest adherence in children and older adults.

High anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic is a potential risk factor for clinical worsening of severe asthma and decline in quality of life, researchers reported.

Now is a time of transition in our nation. As physicians, regardless of our background or upbringing, we hold positions of power and privilege in society. We must use our power to give voice to our patients and communities.

Patients’ response to anti-CTLA-4 or anti-PD-1 checkpoint therapy for advanced melanoma, and their incidence of immune-related adverse events of grade 3 or higher, were similar regardless of preexisting autoimmune disease, according to data.

After 10 or more years of follow-up in the BT10+ study, bronchial thermoplasty for uncontrolled asthma demonstrated sustained efficacy and an acceptable safety profile, researchers reported in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Eosinophilia may be an important predictive factor for COVID-19-associated hospital admission and decreased mortality in patients with asthma, according to data published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

A survey revealed that many patients with allergy and asthma who use cannabis — including those with uncontrolled asthma — smoke or vape cannabis rather than use edibles or tinctures.

Anaphylaxis is often underdiagnosed and undertreated in children, but researchers at a busy tertiary care pediatric ED in Canada said they identified factors that predicted whether patients received epinephrine.