Multidimensional Evaluations Determine Asthma–Comorbidity Link Strength
A study reveals strong asthma links to comorbidities (rhinitis, bronchiectasis, COPD) and emphasizes need for personalized, multidimensional management....
A study reveals strong asthma links to comorbidities (rhinitis, bronchiectasis, COPD) and emphasizes need for personalized, multidimensional management....
Global asthma study finds clear links to pollutants, inconclusive dwelling results, mixed occupancy findings, proposing housing typology for targeted interventions....
Asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are prevalent chronic respiratory disorders, which often coexist and interact with each other. Obesity is an important risk factor shared by them. Th...
Various factors impact the risk for subsequent respiratory conditions among children with RSV before age 2, including prematurity and socioeconomic status....
Developing mild, but not severe, asthma was more likely in patients with the T allele and CT genotype in the co-dominant genetic model and the (CT+TT) genotype in the recessive model, accord...
In older adults with asthma, female sex presents a disadvantage in both asthma prevalence and control due to socioeconomic sex-related disadvantages and the frequency of comorbidities, accor...
Asthma trials and guidelines often do not distinguish between adolescents and younger children. Using a large English data set, we evaluated the impact of age on asthma characteristics, mana...
Tezepelumab therapy cessation leads to a gradual increase in biomarkers and clinical outcomes, suggesting a potential disease-modifying effect....
Among patients with severe asthma, the need for biologic therapy varies by clinical stage. Mepolizumab is the preferred choice....
Patients with severe eosinophilic asthma taking benralizumab may reduce high-dose inhaled corticosteroids/formoterol while maintaining symptom control....
Results from the VDAART study showed sufficient prenatal and postnatal vitamin D intake may reduce the risk of atopic asthma in children by the age of 6. “Studies have demonstrated ...
BACKGROUND Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EG) can be associated with parasitic infections, atopic drug reactions, or atopic diseases, such as asthma. This report describes 25-year-old and 27-...
Patients with both type 2 (T2)-high and T2-low severe asthma experience a high disease burden and a high economic burden, which indicates an unmet treatment need, according to findings publi...
The following is a summary of "Airway autoantibodies are determinants of asthma severity” published in the December 2022 issue of Respiratory by Salter et al. The need for steroid t...
The following is a summary of "An observational study to determine the relationship between cough frequency and markers of inflammation in severe asthma” published in the December 2022 iss...
A need exists for personalized, genetic ancestry-informed respiratory equations for predicting an individual’s lung function. Guideline-recommended spirometry reference equations, w...
Patients with asthma who had combined impairment of both forced vital capacity and area under the reactance curve had notably worse asthma control. Standard care for severe asthma aim...
Pharmacists embedded within primary care or specialty clinics can assist patients and their caregivers in teaching proper inhaler technique. Pharmacist-led education on inhaler techni...
Initial and consistent fractured exhaled nitric oxide measurements can help identify asthma-related morbidity in children living in urban areas. Asthma affects every age group, ...
High-intensity interval training resulted in a 24% reduction in daily inhaled corticosteroids after 6 months without compromising asthma control, according to a new randomized controlled tri...
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