Pulm YIR Asthma 2018

Children exposed to cats, dogs, goats, cockroaches, and rats while in utero were more likely to develop asthma.

Changing to bronchodilator treatment with a metered dose inhaler in patients with mild to moderate asthma resulted in lower hospitalization rates, shorter hospital stays, and a decrease in continuous use of albuterol.

Total serum bilirubin levels of 9 to 11.9 mg/dL, 12 to 14.9 mg/dL, and 15 to 17.9 mg/dL were associated with significantly greater risks for asthma in infants.

Bronchial thermoplasty reduced gas trapping in individuals with asthma, particularly in patients with severe disease.

A higher number of acute respiratory infections before the age of 2 may increase the risk for asthma by age 7.

For every 10-fold rise in methyl and propyl concentrations, there was a 2.61 and a 2.18 increased prevalence odds ratio, respectively, of reporting an emergency department visit in the last 12 months in boys with asthma.