News
The researchers found that the median duration of cough was 5 days in both the prednisolone and placebo groups (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.11; 95% confidence interval, 0.89 to 1.39; P=0.36).
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Systemic corticosteroids are not effective for symptom control in patients with acute rhinosinusitis.
AAAAI 2020, News
High doses of inhaled corticosteroids were associated with lower levels of eosinophils, which may interfere with the recommendation of some monoclonal antibodies in asthma treatment.
ATS 2018
Oral contraceptive use in women of reproductive age may increase the risk for lifetime asthma.
Drug News
Ten days of treatment linked to increase in peak thrombin, velocity index, PAI-1, and vWF
Drug News
Patients with asthma are at higher risk of pulmonary embolism, particularly if the asthma is severe or they take oral corticosteroids.
News
Nurse initiation of oral corticosteroids before physician assessment of pediatric patients with asthma improves quality and efficiency of care provided in the pediatric emergency department.
CHEST 2020
The use of bronchial thermoplasty resulted in improvements in asthma control and reductions in the use of corticosteroid maintenance therapies in patients with asthma.
Features
The American Thoracic Society has released a new clinical practice guideline on the pharmacologic management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Clinical practice guideline addresses 6 emerging questions around COPD management.
