Allergy / Asthma
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SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Bloodstream Infections in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
- January 29, 2010
- Jan V. Hirschmann, MD
- Dermatology
Clinicians should be alert for dangerous infections in patients with these serious conditions.
- Reviewing:
- de Prost N et al. Medicine (Baltimore) 2010 Jan; 89:28
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Long-Term Effect of Oral Grass-Allergy Therapy
- January 28, 2010
- David J. Amrol, MD
- General Medicine
In adults, symptoms of and medication use for allergy were attenuated for at least 1 year after therapy ended.
- Reviewing:
- Durham SR et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2010 Jan; 125:131
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Steroids or Montelukast After Asthma Attacks in Children?
- December 23, 2009
- Howard Bauchner, MD
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Children who received montelukast were more likely to experience treatment failure. CME
- Reviewing:
- Schuh S et al. J Pediatr 2009 Dec; 155:795
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Th22 Subsets
- December 23, 2009
- Mark V. Dahl, MD
- Dermatology
Researchers identify a unique subset of T lymphocytes in patients with psoriasis and atopic dermatitis.
- Reviewing:
- Eyerich S et al. J Clin Invest 2009 Dec; 119:3573
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
No Relation Between Asthma Control and Asymptomatic Acid Reflux
- December 1, 2009
- Allan S. Brett, MD
- General Medicine
Patients do not benefit from searching for silent reflux.
- Reviewing:
- DiMango E et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009 Nov 1; 180:809
FEATURE
BRIEFLY NOTED
- November 20, 2009
- Dermatology
Myopathy-related risk for arterial disease, low ambient UV and prevalence of immune disease, questioning the link between isotretinoin and IBD, and a severe combined immunodeficiency variant
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Mind My Itch
- November 13, 2009
- Mark V. Dahl, MD
- Dermatology
Patients with atopic dermatitis had a distinct and different pattern of brain activation during itch.
- Reviewing:
- Ishiuji Y et al. Br J Dermatol 2009 Nov; 161:1072
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Glucocorticoid Use Is Associated with Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
- October 27, 2009
- Jamaluddin Moloo, MD, MPH
- General Medicine
A large case-control study suggests that glucocorticoid use is linked to AF.
- Reviewing:
- Christiansen CF et al. Arch Intern Med 2009 Oct 12; 169:1677
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Quadrupling Inhaled Steroid Dose to Prevent Asthma Exacerbations
- October 15, 2009
- Allan S. Brett, MD
- General Medicine
In selected patients, this approach might diminish the need for oral steroids.
- Reviewing:
- Oborne J et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009 Oct 1; 180:598
SUMMARY AND COMMENT
Do Atopic Dermatitis Patients with Eczema Herpeticum Have a Unique Phenotype?
- October 9, 2009
- Mary Wu Chang, MD
- Dermatology
Certain characteristics were more common in patients with AD and history of EH than in other AD patients.
- Reviewing:
- Beck LA et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2009 Aug; 124:260
