Pulmonology

The FDA approved the inhaler treatment based on 2 Phase III-B studies running 6 months and 12 months, respectively, to compare the drug’s efficacy in COPD exacerbation care.

The approval marks the first FDA-approved treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension.

COPD-related deaths increased 11.6% since 1990, and cases increased 44.2% to 174.5 million.

The FDA accepted an abbreviated new drug application for Sandoz ANDA.

CHASE 3 data support FDA approval of Symbicort in children 6 to >12 years.

The FDA contraindicated using LABA as monotherapy in adults with asthma.

Meredith McCormack, MD, MHS, talked about managing asthma and COPD in the primary care setting and when it’s time to refer a patient to a specialist at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

RV/TCL ratios have a stronger association with longer duration asthma.

Jay Jin, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic, shared the results from his team's case series surrounding unexpected bradycardia effect from epinephrine administration.

A chlamydia vaccine would cut infection rates, but cost millions.

Patients with severe allergic asthma should try omalizumab therapy.

The expanded indication was granted under the FDA's priority review program.

Killing cockroaches from infested homes reduced asthma morbidity.

Surprising links exist between kids with asthma, parental influence, & anxiety.

Kids with asthma are four times more likely to have kidney stones.

Don't drink peroxide, even if alternative medicine promotes it.

Endotracheal intubation may do more harm than good.

Drug store CVS now carries cheaper option to EpiPen.

Previous studies have shown that “the gut microbiota differs in composition and diversity during the first months of life in children who later do or do not have allergic disease," but researchers who focused on immunoglobulin A prevalence made a different finding.

Smoking teens, rogue genes, and mashed-up hookworms are among the many diverse, fascinating, and important asthma topics that came out of 2016.

AerobiKa, a vibratory positive expiratory pressure device meant to reduce mucus plugging, “did not demonstrate statistical significance in terms of improved clinical asthma score or reduced hospitalization rate.”

For Alzheimer’s disease patients, the risk of pneumonia could be increased with the use of antipsychotic medications, according to findings published in the journal Chest.

A new analysis of records from India and Vietnam has found a significant association between cesarean birth and childhood asthma. Studies of children born in wealthier countries have produced similar results.

Even patients on low- to medium-dose inhaled corticosteroids administered over a long period could be at risk for adrenal insufficiency.

Smoking is bad for everyone’s lungs – but it’s especially bad for people with asthma. So you would think that someone with the lung condition would steer clear of activities which can trigger an attack.