Studies & Reports
One of our core strategies at RAMP is to keep the asthma field abreast of best practices, timely opportunities, and emerging research in order to build capacity for reducing the inequitable burden of asthma. We do this by cultivating an extensive hub of asthma-related information across a wide range of topics, including asthma management and healthcare, housing, air pollution, schools, the built environment, and more.
The majority of studies and reports that you’ll see below were published by partner organizations, agencies, and research institutions. To specifically see resources created by RAMP, check out RAMP Tools & Publications.
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Largest Cohort Study Yet Affirms No Increased Mortality with COVID-19 in Asthma Patients
Published on July 8, 2020, in the journal Nature, authors Elizabeth J. Williamson et al, reviewed results of the largest cohort study conducted by any country to date. They looked at risk factors connected to 10,926 COVID-19 deaths in the UK. They found that “COVID-19-related death was associated with: being male…; older age and deprivation…
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Prevalence of Asthma in Children with Developmental Disabilities
JAMA Network Open features an article in its June 2020 edition estimating asthma prevalence “by various disability categories and developmental delays in a diverse sample of the US pediatric population.” In order to do so, researchers collected data from a population-based cross-sectional study of 71,811 families with children. They found that “U.S. children with various…
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Study Examines Effects of Antibiotic Use in Children on Asthma Incidence
The March 2020 edition of The Lancet includes an article examining the connections between antibiotic use in infancy and risk of asthma. Researchers used administrative data “on annual rates of antibiotic prescriptions and asthma diagnoses to assess the association between antibiotic prescribing” at less than one year of age and asthma prevalence at ages one…
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Additional Research Suggests Asthma is Not a Risk Factor for Poor COVID-19 Outcomes
A research letter published online in CHEST on June 6 by Lieberman-Cribbin W. et al noted that among the 11,405 patients within the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City who had a COVID-19 related hospital encounter, “asthma was not associated with a higher risk of mortality.” The authors also noted a low prevalence of asthma…
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Study Finds Neither a Diagnosis of Asthma nor Use of Inhaled Corticosteroids was Associated with an Increased Risk of COVID-19-related Hospitalization
In a study published in the June 2020 edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, authors Chibba et al assess the prevalence of asthma in hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19 through reviewing over 1,500 patient charts across 10 hospitals. Of 1,526 patients identified with COVID-19, 220 (14%) were classified as having asthma.…
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Asthma, Spirometry and COVID-19
In late May, 2020, two articles were published on the use of lung function testing during the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 29th, the Lancet published “Lung function testing in the COVID-19 endemic” by James H Hull et al. On May 24th, the Italian Journal of Pediatrics published “Italian Pediatric Respiratory Society Recommendations on Pediatric Pulmonary Function Testing During…
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Data on COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity Underscore Disparities
New figures compiled by the non-partisan APM Research Lab and released on May 20th, 2020, provide further evidence of the staggering divide in the COVID-19 death rate between black Americans and the rest of the United States population. Authors were able to gather and analyze data on race and ethnicity for 88% of COVID-19 deaths…
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Study Examines Value of Stock Asthma Rescue Medications in Schools
The April 2020 edition of Pediatrics contains an article examining the value of having stock asthma rescue (or reliever) medication laws in schools. “Some states have found these policies reduce the need for 911 calls and emergency medical services transports as a result of asthma exacerbations.” Researchers found that “initial data also demonstrate that these…