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Pediatric Pulmonology 2020 year in review: Asthma

Andrew T Barber1, Ceila E Loughlin1

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Pediatric Pulmonology
|June 2, 2021
PubMed

Insights

Recent pediatric asthma research in 2020 offers new diagnostic and monitoring methods, improved severe asthma treatments, and insights into risk factors like exercise and obesity.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Allergy and Immunology
  • Respiratory Medicine

Background:

  • Pediatric asthma is a common, complex chronic condition with substantial healthcare burden.
  • Diagnosis and management strategies for pediatric asthma are continually evolving.
  • Recent research highlights the heterogeneity of the disease in children.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review significant advancements in pediatric asthma research published in 2020.
  • To summarize new findings in diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of pediatric asthma.
  • To discuss modifiable risk factors and the role of viral infections in pediatric asthma development.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of selected 2020 publications on pediatric asthma.
  • Analysis of studies focusing on diagnosis, monitoring, and severe asthma management.
  • Evaluation of research on risk factors, aerosol delivery, and viral infections.

Main Results:

  • New diagnostic and monitoring techniques for pediatric asthma have emerged.
  • Advances in treating severe pediatric asthma and managing modifiable risk factors (exercise, obesity) were reported.
  • The impact of viral respiratory infections on asthma development in children was further elucidated.

Conclusions:

  • The 2020 literature provides critical updates for pediatric asthma care.
  • Continued research is essential to further improve the management of childhood asthma.
  • Future studies will drive further advances in understanding and treating pediatric asthma.

Keywords:
aerosol biologyasthma and early wheezeepidemiologyspecial dimensions of pulmonary medicine

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