Wheezing

Patients with severe depression faced increased odds for cough, wheezing, exertional dyspnea, asthma and COPD vs. individuals without depression, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

This year’s asthma research covered a broad variety of topics, such as the effect of the family dog’s fur on long-term outcomes, asthma care in prison, fast food restaurants and the Canadian wildfires.

Innovation in asthma and allergy care continued in 2023. Healio’s most popular stories this year covered breakthroughs in immunotherapy treatments for food allergy and revised looks at common treatments for congestion and allergy.

The 2023 European Respiratory Society International Congress featured lectures and groundbreaking research on a wide variety of respiratory diseases/conditions.

With advancements in artificial intelligence and patient-monitoring technology, properly diagnosing individuals who report wheezing, snoring, coughing or crackles is expected to get easier, according to a review published in CHEST.

Children attending daycare centers with a dust microbiota profile of Streptococcus and Lactococcus faced an increased likelihood for wheezing, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

The likelihood for nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux, wheeze and cough declined with use of positive airway pressure for 2 years in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, according to results published in ERJ Open Research.

A recent study showed that vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy has a protective effect on the respiratory health of children — specifically, it reduced wheezing.

Adolescent e-cigarette users had greater risk for bronchitic symptoms and shortness of breath even with consideration of simultaneous cigarette and cannabis use and secondhand exposure, according to results published in Thorax.

Lower vitamin K levels appeared associated with declines in lung function measures and greater risk for self-reported COPD, asthma and wheezing, according to study results published in ERJ Open Research.