Dr. Weinberger is Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonary Division at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa. His primary area of research ...

Most children with asthma in the UK don’t regularly receive guideline-recommended monitoring; when they do, exacerbations are ...

The following is a summary of “Clinical remission attainment, definitions, and correlates among patients with severe asthma ...

Benralizumab is more effective than prednisolone in treating eosinophilic exacerbations in patients with asthma and COPD.

GP and respiratory expert Dr Andrew Whittamore outlines the key updates in new joint NICE/BTS/SIGN asthma guidelines and advises on how best to implement the changes NICE has worked with BTS and SIGN ...

"Optimal management of asthma may be driven by patient values and preferences, balancing key benefits and key harms in these ...

There are many myths about asthma and how to treat it—perhaps none more misleading than the belief that asthma is not a serious health condition. Stanley Fineman, MD, MBA First of all ...

GP practices are facing confusion over different approaches to asthma diagnosis set out in the QOF and in the new UK joint guidelines. In the long-awaited update, NICE, BTS and SIGN guidelines ...

guidelines on asthma management. Bedfont ® manufactures the NObreath ® Fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) device, which aids in diagnosing and managing asthma. Nitric oxide is a gas found in ...

Asthma is associated with memory difficulties in children, and early onset of asthma may exacerbate memory deficits, ...

Of the 54 children who died of asthma between 2019 and 2023, more than 90% were exposed to air pollution levels above World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, according to a new report ...

Inhaled beta-2 agonists. albuterol (Proventil, Ventolin), pirbuterol (Maxair), terbutaline (Brethaire), or bitolterol (Tornalate). Two to four inhalations of the metered dose inhaler can be used ...