Allergy & Immunology

Obstructive Lung Disease

Questions discussed in this category

How do you factor smoking history into biologic selection for asthma since the clinical trials generally excluded these patients?

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How do you approach treating patients who develop psoriasis while on Dupixent?

Do you start/trial them on another biologic or just rely on topical therapies?

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Have you observed adverse mental health side effects in patients who start montelukast?

In light of the FDA warning about mental health side effects of the medication have you observed in particular any patients develop suicidal thoughts ...

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Is methacholine challenge on its way out?

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When would you recommend prescribing an asthmatic patient budesonide/salbutamol rather than budesonide/formoterol?

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What is your preferred biologic in children and adolescents with T2 high asthma?

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Do you feel high dose Symbicort or Dulera is appropriate to use for SMART despite these doses not being studied in clinical trials?

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What factors do you consider prior to offering a trial of ICS/LABA therapy versus a methacholine challenge test in patients with suspected asthma but normal pulmonary function testing?

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Should in-office oscillometry for lung function measurements be utilized in pediatric patients who are unable to reliably perform spirometry?

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What features on PFT or flow-volume loops do you look at to suspect small airway dysfunction?

Often distal flattening of expiratory limb or decreased Fev25-50/FVC is referred for small airway dysfunction but it is advised against using it give ...

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What is the rationale/evidence to support doing 4 puffs of albuterol vs. 2 puffs for a reversibility study?

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Is there a role for biologics to improve lung function in patients who have severe asthma with daily symptoms and reduced lung function but do not experience frequent exacerbations?

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Do you diagnose obstruction by the criteria of FEV1/FVC < 70% or < LLN?

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What is your approach to inhaler therapy in a patient with asthma who cannot be on an inhaled corticosteroid due to ocular disease?

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What is your threshold to start triple therapy in mild to moderate asthma/COPD overlap with minimal functional limitation?

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Is there a role for biologics to help patients with ABPA who are steroid responsive and have removed their allergen insult, but continue to have an elevated serum IgE and incomplete resolution of symptoms return to their baseline functional status?