Environmental Exposure

The Healio Editors compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in March.

Consumption of a higher-quality diet was associated with lower odds of wheezing among adolescents with substantial environmental tobacco smoke exposure, according to data published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Home dust allergen exposures are common in patients with COPD and exposure is associated with adverse outcomes in those who also have allergen sensitization, researchers reported in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Former smokers with COPD may be more susceptible to inflammatory responses to short-term exposure to moderate concentrations of diesel exhaust than former smokers without COPD or healthy never smokers, researchers reported.

PHOENIX — Certain phenotypes are associated with difficult-to-control asthma in urban children, which may be characterized by specific early-life factors and patterns of nasal epithelial cell gene expression, according to a speaker here.

Poor indoor air quality and housing conditions were associated with respiratory issues in young First Nations children living in Northern Ontario, researchers reported in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

The Healio Editors compiled the most-read asthma news published in 2021.

In a new study, higher exposure to traffic-related air pollution and greater living distance from green and blue spaces were associated with poor health-related quality of life for patients with COPD.

Portable air cleaners improved respiratory outcomes among former smokers with COPD, with the greatest benefit found in those with greater adherence and those who spent more time indoors, according to results of the CLEAN AIR STUDY.

Researchers reported nine air pollutants and meteorological factors are associated with an increase in the incidence of COPD exacerbations, for a lag time of up to 10 days.