Asthma

PARK CITY, Utah — As asthma and allergy treatment evolves, physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners will work together to ensure effective care, according to Andrew Liu, MD, FAAAAI, of Children’s Hospital Colorado.

In this video, Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH, spoke about case presentations and panel discussion on asthma relievers from the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Girls who began hormonal contraceptive treatment before age 18 years experienced greater risk for developing asthma than girls who did not, according to a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Patients with both asthma and obesity had significantly worse small airway dysfunction as defined by oscillometry compared with patients who did not have obesity, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Disparities in mortality due to asthma in the United States vary based on whether they occurred in a hospital, ethnicity or race, and age of the patient, according to a letter published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

WASHINGTON — Children living in a household that reportedly ran out of food faced heightened odds for asthma and signs of wheezing with exercise, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Patients experienced differences in rates of ventilation, intubation, cardiac arrest and mortality after hospitalization for asthma based on race, according to a letter published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

As smoke from wildfires in Canada continues to impact the East Coast, the American Lung Association advises patients and physicians to take steps to prevent asthma exacerbations and other respiratory complications.

Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey has signed legislation that will cap monthly out-of-pocket prescription costs for epinephrine autoinjectors at $25 and asthma inhalers at $50 in all state-regulated and public employee health insurance plans.

Persistent rhinitis and the presence of both rhinitis and asthma were associated with IgE sensitization and total IgE levels, according to a study published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.