Pediatric Asthma

SAN FRANCISCO — “It’s been a fantastic ride. I’ve enjoyed every moment of it,” Refiloe Masekela, MD, PhD, chair of the Pan African Thoracic Society, told Healio at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN FRANCISCO — Children with asthma experienced fewer exacerbations and better control with dupilumab regardless of the duration of their disease, according to a poster at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

In this video, Andrea Pappalardo, MD, discusses the developments in targeted therapies and technologies for pediatric asthma.

In this video, Andrea Pappalardo, MD, discusses quality of life and asthma control for pediatric patients.

In this video, Andrea Pappalardo, MD, discusses the monitoring of pediatric patients with asthma.

In this video, Andrea Pappalardo, MD, discusses treatment options and combinations in pediatric asthma.

Among children born in France, 83.1% had been prescribed a respiratory medication during the ages of 0 through 10 years, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

SAN DIEGO — Among inner-city children with asthma, daily inhaler adherence was “overestimated” by parents when compared with adherence captured via an electronic monitoring device, according to a presentation here.

SAN DIEGO — A program that supplies schools with stock inhalers was well received by school health personnel/nurses in Illinois, according to two posters presented here.

SAN DIEGO — Following use of race-neutral lung function equations, African American and Latino pediatric patients with asthma had reductions in FEV1 and FVC while white patients with asthma had increases, according to a presentation here.