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1 week ago | 
healio.com | Isabella Hornick
Key takeaways: Lung function in pregnant women with cystic fibrosis not using CFTR modulators went down after pregnancy. There was no negative change in lung function in those using highly effective modulator therapy. Percent-predicted FEV1 measured before pregnancy did not fall 1 year after in women with highly effective cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator modulator exposure during pregnancy, according to data published inCHEST.
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1 week ago | 
healio.com | Isabella Hornick
Key takeaways: Twenty-seven children in this study achieved a maintenance dose of 500 mg peanut protein. Eight children who received at least 1 year of this dose passed a 6,000 mg peanut oral food challenge. Adverse events with early age oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy did not occur in 54% of pediatric patients in a real-world setting, according to a research letter published inPediatric Allergy and Immunology.
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1 week ago | 
healio.com | Isabella Hornick |Kristen Dowd
Key takeaways: Researchers found questionnaire scores indicating greater racial discrimination among children without vs. with a viral infection. This was not what researchers expected. SAN DIEGO — Black children/adolescents who came to the ED for acute respiratory symptoms and tested negative for a viral infection faced more racial discrimination than those with an infection, according to a poster presented here.
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2 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Isabella Hornick
Key takeaways:Researchers reported significant improvements in functional independence from rehabilitation entry to discharge. The risk for mortality went down by 3% as a measure of functional independence went up by 1 point. Among patients with COPD or fibrotic ILD, participation in a 3-week inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program resulted in functional independence improvement, according to results published inRespiratory Medicine.
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2 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Isabella Hornick
Key takeaways:Infants aged 2 years or younger, pregnant women and adults aged older than 50 years qualify for an FDA-approved RSV vaccine. Abrysvo for pregnant women had the highest administration rate since its introduction. SAN DIEGO — In 2024, administration of the four FDA-approved RSV vaccinations was low, ranging from 0.27% to 0.58%, according to a poster presented here.
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2 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Isabella Hornick
Key takeaways: A patient should be supine or sitting when an epinephrine autoinjector device is administered per best practice guides. The patient was standing in several administration diagrams. SAN DIEGO — Standing vs. supine or sitting was the position in which an epinephrine autoinjector device was administered in several written and visual examples showing administration, according to a poster presented here.
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2 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Isabella Hornick
Key takeaways: Researchers deemed zip codes with high asthma-related ED visit rates as asthma hot spots. The number of significant hot spot regions in only pediatric patients was higher than the number in only adult patients. SAN DIEGO — Locations in California with high rates of asthma-related ED visits and high air pollution levels differed based on age, with higher pollution identified in hot spots for pediatric patients, according to a poster presentation.
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2 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Isabella Hornick
Key takeaways: Black/African American mothers of children with asthma completed the Crisis in Family Systems survey. Racism/discrimination, education and family abuse/violence were not found to be frequent daily stressors. SAN DIEGO — Black/African American mothers of children with asthma often reported financial instability/poverty, home/caretaker instability and neighborhood disorder or violence as daily life stressors, according to a presentation here.
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2 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Isabella Hornick
Key takeaways: Inhaled corticosteroids are often used outside of the recommended indications in COPD. Researchers revealed a link between long-term use and several risks for new diagnoses. Adults with COPD who used inhaled corticosteroids for more than 24 months faced higher risks for diabetes, osteoporosis, pneumonia, cataracts and fractures than those with less than 4 months’ use, according to study data. These findings were published in Annals of Family Medicine.
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2 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Isabella Hornick |Gemma Heath |Prasad Nagakumar
Key takeaways: Parents/caregivers of children with preschool wheeze do not have guidelines on how to manage their child’s condition. Researchers interviewed caregivers of these children to capture their concerns and opinions. In children with health problems, the impact of their disease/condition extends beyond them and onto their parents/caregivers.
