Asthma
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Data underscore environment's role in allergic disease
Major finding: After 10 years or more of United States residence, children born outside of the United States had significantly higher odds of...
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For overweight children, inject epinephrine in lower thigh
Major finding: 82% of obese children and 25% of nonobese children had inadequate upper thigh skin surface to muscle depth.Data source: A...
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NHANES follow-up characterizes asthma/allergy patient mortality
Major finding: The long-term risk of death was significantly increased among NHANES 1 subjects with asthma who were aged 40-75 at baseline (hazard...
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EBSOS implementation improves asthma guideline compliance
Major finding: Before order set implementation, 55.4% of patients received at least one dose of ipratropium bromide, compared with 90.9% after...
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Early antibiotics may up food allergy risk
Major finding: The mean number of antibiotic exposures in the first year of life was 2.65 vs. 1.84 in cases vs. controls, respectively.Data source...
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Food and milk allergies increase growth impairment risk
Major finding: After age 2 years, 245 food-allergic children, compared with 4,584 healthy age-matched controls, had lower mean percentiles for...
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Children frequently bullied due to food allergies
Major Finding: A third (32%) of children reported being bullied because of a food allergy; 25% of parents reported knowing their child was bullied...
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Budesonide Reduces Adult Height in Kids With Asthma
Major Finding: Adults who took 400 mcg of budesonide daily as children were more than 1 cm shorter than those who took nedocromil or placebo.Data...
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Therapy-Resistant Asthma May Be Neither
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Stopping LABA Therapy May Worsen Controlled Asthma
Major Finding: Compared with combination long-acting beta-agonist and inhaled corticosteroid therapy for controlled refractory asthma, LABA step-...
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Racemic Epinephrine May Be Better Option for Bronchiolitic Preemies
Major Finding: The positive response rate to inhaled racemic epinephrine was 54.3% among premature infants and 28% among full-term infants.Data...