Asthma News

HONOLULU — Cladosporium was more abundant in the lungs of patients with poor asthma control compared with patients who had better control, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — Cannabis use may increase mortality and morbidity in patients with acute asthma exacerbations, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — Tezepelumab improved outcomes among patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma regardless of BMI, according to an abstract presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Clinically significant respiratory disease was significantly associated with childhood wheeze in a low-resource, nonindustrialized setting, according to a study published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.

The most burdensome adverse events that patients with asthma reported when using inhaled and oral corticosteroids did not always cause them to stop therapy, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

HONOLULU — Children with uncontrolled moderate to severe asthma experienced fewer severe exacerbations requiring systemic corticosteroids when treated with dupilumab, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — Analyzing real-world digital inhaler data using expert-consensus thresholds on reliever medication use helped find medication overuse and may predict exacerbations, according to an abstract presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — Patients who identified as sexual and gender minorities experienced greater risks for asthma severity than patients who identified as heterosexual, according to an abstract presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

HONOLULU — Patients with both eosinophilic esophagitis and asthma present to the hospital at an earlier age than those patients who only have EoE, according to an abstract presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Multiple risk factors were associated with NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease, which itself is associated with uncontrolled or severe asthma, according to a study published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.