Asthma

SAN DIEGO — A reimagined approach to uncontrolled severe asthma is needed amid poor diagnosis and management trends, according to Samuel Louie, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Davis.

Researchers identified treatment disparities between incarcerated people with asthma and other chronic health conditions compared with the general population, highlighting an opportunity to improve health outcomes in this population.

Individuals with asthma and other chronic illnesses who are incarcerated do not receive the same levels of treatment as individuals outside of the correctional system, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum.

Dysfunctional breathing was a frequent comorbidity among children and adolescents with asthma, with correlations with perceived poorer asthma control, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Wheeze when resting, age, age when diagnosed with asthma and BMI can “reasonably well” predict patients with asthma who are likely to have small airways dysfunction, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.

The Association of PAs in Allergy, Asthma and Immunology will host its 15th Annual CME Conference at The Chateaux Deer Valley in Park City, Utah, from July 28 to July 30.

Popular websites that provide educational information about asthma to patients varied in readability and quality, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

In late October 2022, the FDA declared a shortage of albuterol sulfate inhalation solution 0.5%, and as of early April the shortage is still in effect, according to the administration’s website.

Patients who used a digital-based strategy for evidence-based asthma control experienced modest improvements in medication adherence with lower cost and treatment burdens, according to a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Neighborhood-level socioeconomic deprivation may play a role in the prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis among children with food allergy, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.