Children hospitalized for anaphylaxis who have a prior history of asthma may not be more likely than those without any asthma history to experience severe anaphylactic reactions.
Using inhaled corticosteroids in higher doses for longer durations was associated with tracheobronchomalacia.
Adults with asthma that has persisted from their childhood to adulthood have poorer lung function and more severe disease in adulthood compared with individuals who have adult-onset asthma.
Maternal asthma may increase the risk for life-threatening disease in children who are hospitalized for severe human metapneumovirus lower respiratory tract illness.
Historical redlining, a discriminatory housing policy enforced from the 1930s through the 1960s, may contribute to present-day asthma health outcomes.
Pediatric patients with asthma who receive pneumococcal conjugate vaccine as part of their regular immunization schedule still have a higher risk for invasive pneumococcal disease.
The FDA has granted Fast Track designation to PUR1900 for the treatment of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in asthma.
An international panel selected by the American College of Chest Physicians released recommendations for the noninvasive measurement of airway inflammation and management of cough due to asthma or nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis.
A significant correlation was seen between quality of sleep and asthma control.
An increase of <50% in fractional exhaled nitric oxide during a 3-month period is unlikely to be clinically meaningful in children with asthma.
