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Asthma News – July 25, 2023

Current asthma research, announcements and opportunities, collected and distributed by Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) Asthma Program Staff. Sign up to receive weekly-ish news emails.

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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: The Status of Asthma in the United States

Although asthma attacks, ED visits, hospitalizations, and deaths have declined since 2010 among all ages, current asthma prevalence declined only among children, and significant disparities in health and health care use still exist.

New! EPA: Dusty The Asthma Goldfish and His Asthma Triggers Funbook – Now Available as a Mini Booklet!

This educational activity book from the Environmental Protection Agency helps children learn more about asthma triggers. Funbook also available in Spanish.

Allergy & Asthma Network: Indoor Air Quality at Work

The average person spends up to up to 90% of their day inside. For many people, that time may be spent in an indoor workplace. Learn about the three main types of indoor air pollution in workplaces (biological, chemical and particle), and strategies to improve air quality in the workplace.

Implications of Race Adjustment in Lung-Function Equations

The use of race-based and race-neutral equations generated similarly accurate predictions of respiratory outcomes but assigned different disease classifications, occupational eligibility, and disability compensation for millions of persons, with effects diverging according to race.symptomatic asthma. COVID-19 vaccination yields prophylactic benefits against SARS-CoV-2 infection for individual children and may also protect against other human coronaviruses through cross-reactive antibody responses.

The serum level of vitamin D and prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among children with asthma in Asia and Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Children with asthma in Asia and Africa were found to have low serum levels of vitamin D and a high percentage of vitamin D deficiency. This highlights the importance of early detection and monitoring of vitamin D levels in these children to prevent potential complications associated with vitamin D deficiency.

Evaluating Quality of Care for Patients with Asthma in the Readmission Penalty Era

The quality of inpatient asthma care, as measured by the level of guideline-concordant care, has improved since implementation of the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) for COPD in 2014. Significant improvements in non-recommended care after the implementation of the HRRP were likely driven largely by improvements in antibiotic stewardship for inpatients with asthma.