In a recent study, researchers investigated the effectiveness of antibiotic use in children hospitalized with asthma exacerbation who had no indications of bacterial infection.
The researchers retrospectively observed 145 adults who were admitted to a community teaching hospital for asthma exacerbations and analyzed 30-, 60-, and 90-day outcomes.
Recent updates to the major asthma guidelines have left physicians with questions on how to put these new recommendations into practice. In her session at CHEST2020, Meghan Althoff, MD, PhD, discussed the...
According to researchers of a recent study, a Mediterranean diet supplemented with fatty fish could improve airway inflammation in children with asthma. How would your patients do with this type of diet? ...
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee have released new updates to their asthma management guidelines.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee have released new updates to their asthma management guidelines.
The old adage, “Not all that wheezes is asthma,” attributed to physician Chevalier Jackson (1865-1958), has never been more relevant than today, given reports that at least 30% of physicians’ asthma...
The old adage, “Not all that wheezes is asthma,” attributed to physician Chevalier Jackson (1865-1958), has never been more relevant than today, given reports that at least 30% of physicians’ asthma...
Monica Kraft, MD, from the Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, gives an overview of allergic asthma as well as walks through a patient case example of diagnosing and treating allergic asthma. ...
