Asthma
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Tips for helping children improve adherence to asthma treatment
NEW ORLEANS – Common patient-related barriers include poor understanding of how the medication may help and how to...
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Mesh nebulizer worked faster to control acute asthma
MADRID – Relative to jet nebulizers, mesh devices achieve urgent asthma control in children more quickly.
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Serum testosterone and estradiol levels associated with current asthma in women
The overall prevalence of current asthma in the sample was 9% (6% in men and 13% in women).
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Step-up therapy with glucocorticoids benefits black children with asthma
Almost half of black children with poorly controlled asthma responded to higher doses of an inhaled glucocorticoid, compared with LABA, but this...
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Wildfire smoke has acute cardiorespiratory impact, but long-term effects still under study
While research advances, the unforgiving wildfire season looms, assuring more destruction of property and threats to cardiorespiratory health.
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FDA approves mepolizumab for severe eosinophilic asthma in younger kids
The biologic has been approved for patients aged 6 years and older in the European Union since August 2018.
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Asthma hospitalization in kids linked with doubled migraine incidence
PHILADELPHIA – Data from 11 million U.S. pediatric inpatients showed a doubled rate of migraine diagnoses among kids hospitalized for asthma.
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PCPs play role in identifying severe, difficult-to-treat asthma
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Patient and family education of asthma management is critical
ORLANDO – Everyone on the team should be aware of all aspects of asthma care.
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Short-course azithromycin no benefit in pediatric asthma admissions
SEATTLE – Clinicians should consider these data before prescribing azithromycin to children hospitalized with asthma.