Asthma

WASHINGTON — Allergic status did not impact annualized asthma exacerbation rate reductions seen with mepolizumab, benralizumab and tezepelumab in patients with moderate to severe, uncontrolled asthma, according to study results.

WASHINGTON — Asthma was the most common comorbidity associated with chronic cough in the findings of a poster presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

WASHINGTON —Tertiary care center providers generally reported similar asthma inhaler practices despite being from different disciplines, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

A high risk for asthma in children was linked to increased levels of fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide exposure in the first 3 years of life, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

Between dupilumab, benralizumab and mepolizumab, patients with difficult-to-control asthma had the lowest rate of exacerbations in the first year of dupilumab, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

WASHINGTON — Among children with asthma, poor disease control was linked to receipt of food stamps and trouble affording medication, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

In this video, Priya J. Bansal, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, introduces Healio’s Women in Allergy and the video corner, where she will share regular pearls, advice and updates.

Jennifer Namazy, MD, FAAAAI, credits many of her achievements to the mentors she had in her early career. Now as a professor of clinical medicine at Scripps Clinic Medical Group, she gets to be a mentor to a new generation of allergists.

WASHINGTON — Individuals who died due to asthma had high levels of total IgE and perennial aeroallergen-specific IgE, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.