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In this exclusive video, Anita Afzali, MD, from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, discusses data she presented for Digestive Disease Week from a survey that assessed patient and provider perspectives on the management of inflammatory bowel disease.

An analysis of sputum samples from patients with asthma suggests that certain subgroups, such as men, African Americans and those with diabetes, have higher expression of two genes that may make them more susceptible to more severe COVID-19 disease, researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

A retrospective analysis showed that patients with recalcitrant morphea benefited from mycophenolate therapy, with tolerable adverse events.

When compared with placebo or no intervention, antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids were associated with less treatment failure in adults with COPD exacerbations, according to a meta-analysis published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The use of biologic therapy to treat psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis has increased over time along with the use of systemic corticosteroids, according to a letter published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Children born via early term scheduled cesarean section to women with any type of diabetes may be at greater risk for neonatal hypoglycemia if their mother is treated with corticosteroids, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Among patients with COPD at low risk for exacerbations, prescription of inhaled corticosteroids was associated with patient complexity, study results published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society suggest.

The International Severe Asthma Registry evaluated patients with asthma worldwide to describe demographic and clinical characteristics of these patients and the severity of the disease, according to a registry study published in CHEST.

Common medications to treat acne and other inflammatory dermatoses strongly associated with drug-induced intracranial hypertension include vitamin A derivatives, tetracycline-class antibiotics, recombinant growth hormone and lithium, according to a literature review to help guide dermatologists in a diagnostic and drug-causality algorithm.

NEW ORLEANS — In a post hoc analysis of pooled data from four phase 3 studies, combination therapy with tiotropium plus olodaterol resulted in greater improvements in lung function and symptoms than with tiotropium alone in patients with COPD who were not using inhaled corticosteroids.