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Varicella vaccine increased morbidity, mortality in delayed-asthma onset
Healio HOUSTON — A varicella zoster virus vaccination program resulted in increased asthma morbidity and an increase in mortality when there was delayed onset of asthma after varicella zoster virus, according to an abstract presented at the American Academy … |
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Risk of ED, visits hospitalizations for asthma decrease after bariatric surgery
Healio Kohei Hasegawa, MD, MPH, of the department of emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues, conducted a self-controlled case series study of 2,261 obese patients with asthma aged 18 to 54 years who underwent bariatric … |
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Inpatient asthma care may benefit from standardized, personal care plans
Healio “The Ohio Pediatric Asthma Repository (OPAR) is a unique and innovative resource that links the six Ohio children's hospitals with the goal of improving the health of children with asthma,” study researcher Jocelyn M. Biagini Myers, PhD, of Cincinnati … |
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Budesonide, formoterol regular therapy better for moderate asthma
Healio “Our results show that as-needed budesonide and formoterol is inferior to regular budesonide and formoterol plus as-needed terbutaline in preventing treatment failure and in maintaining asthma control,” Alberto Papi, MD, of the department of … |
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Tiotropium beneficial as add-on for poorly controlled asthma
Healio Gustavo J. Rodrigo, MD, of the Hospital Central de las Fuerzas Armadas in Uruguay, and a colleague reviewed 13 randomized controlled trials that included 4,966 patients to assess the efficacy and safety of tiotropium bromide in patients with asthma. |
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Omega-3 supplements ineffective for short-term asthma therapy
Healio “This study demonstrates that a high daily dose of an omega-3 fatty acid supplement has no effect on either [bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR)] to mannitol or sputum eosinophil percentage in subjects with mild to moderate asthma in association with … |
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Treatment of acute asthma among pregnant women improves over 17-year period
Healio “On the basis of four observational studies of pregnant women with acute asthma in 48 EDs, we found a significant increase in the ED administration of systemic corticosteroids and prescription of systemic corticosteroids at ED discharge over the 17 … |
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Asthma Control Test not effective in younger African American children
Healio Krista Todoric, MD, of the department of pediatrics, division of allergy, immunology and rheumatology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues, conducted a retrospective study on and assessed all pediatric patients with asthma … |
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ICS, albuterol increased FEV1 in asthma patients
Healio Researchers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine conducted a double blind study on 15 adult nonsmokers with asthma to analyze the change in FEV1 when patients inhaled a dose of the ICS mometasone or placebo simultaneously with or … |
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Monitor improved drug adherence in children with asthma
Healio “Use of an electronic monitoring device with an in-built audiovisual reminder significantly improved adherence in school-aged children with asthma, with corresponding improvements in several indicators of asthma control, although we did not note any … |
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