Asthma Perspective

 
 

  • COPD: Tips on Primary Care Management   Changes in the lungs with aging can make COPD diagnosis more challenging. These tools and resources are invaluable.
  • S2 Episode 6: Pediatric Asthma: When Is It an Emergency?   When is it time to send a child with an asthma exacerbation to the emergency department? Join Drs Michael Wechsler and Todd Florin as they discuss.
  • ACAAI 2023 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ACAAI 2023.
  • Why Legal Pot Makes This Physician Sick There's nothing natural about the rise in cannabis-related hospitalizations writes this cardiologist who is sick of the smell and the medical consequences of legal pot.
  • Atopic Dermatitis: 5 Things to Know From subtle differences in presentation to diagnostic pearls and the newest and emerging treatments, check out these 5 things to know about atopic dermatitis.
  • S2 Episode 5: The Future of Asthma Care: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?   Join Drs Michael Wechsler and Ian D. Pavord as they discuss the future of asthma care. Where will we be in 5 or even 10 years from now? What breakthroughs are on the horizon? Tune in to find out.
  • Episode 11: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Pregnancy in Heart Failure   Drs Michelle M. Kittleson and Kathryn J. Lindley discuss current approaches to treating patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy as well as patients with heart failure who want to become pregnant.
  • CHEST 2023 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from CHEST 2023
  • More on Using Expired Medications A patient inquires about whether they can use an EpiPen after the expiration date. What should you advise?
  • S2 Episode 4: AI Is Here. Will It Change Asthma Treatment?   Join Drs Mike Wechsler and Anthony Gerber as they discuss how rapid advances in technology are changing asthma management. What's working? What's not? Tune in to find out.
  • ERS 2023 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ERS 2023
  • S2 Episode 3: Asthma Is a Genetic Disease. Why Does That Matter?   The field of asthma genetics and pharmacogenetics is rapidly evolving. What does that mean for patients experiencing asthma? Join Drs Michael Wechsler and Benjamin Raby as they discuss.
  • Episode 6: Now Unfolding: The Future of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis   In this podcast, Drs Jeffrey Swigris and Toby Maher discuss the future of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Find out where we're headed regarding diagnostic and treatment innovations on the near horizon.
  • Adult RSV Vaccines: Q&A With the CDC's Dr Michael Melgar Medscape Medical News spoke with the CDC's Michael Melgar, MD, about new recommendations for adults aged 60 years or older to discuss receiving an RSV vaccine with their healthcare provider.
  • WBC 2023 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from WBC 2023
  • S2 Episode 2: Does Your Patient Have Allergic Asthma?   Join Drs Mike Wechsler and Mario Castro as they discuss the diagnosis and treatment of allergic asthma in the clinic.
  • S2 Episode 1: Emergency! Managing Asthma in the ER   Join Drs Mike Wechsler and Josh Kosowsky as they work through the management of a patient presenting with moderate to severe asthma in the ER.
  • Parsing the Split-Decision Victory for Biologics in COPD A single drug that works for COPD exacerbations would be welcome news, but studies of new monoclonal antibodies conflict, and Dr Aaron Holley still has a lot of questions.
  • Respiratory Bacteria in Children Younger Than 6 Months We found two significant risk factors in the first 6 months of life for detection of nasopharyngeal colonization of pneumococcus, H influenzae, and M catarrhalis.
  • Asthma Highlights From ATS 2023   Studies from ATS 2023 help define several asthma subtypes, predict therapeutic response, and identify unmet needs in this condition.