November 7, 2022

This study finds that Black and Hispanic children have consistently higher rates of asthma than White children, even in more affluent neighborhoods, indicating that factors beyond poverty and low socio-economic status are associated with racial disparities in asthma. A large, multi-institutional and longitudinal study led by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public...

In response to a need for standardizing measurement and tracking of health equity outcomes in childhood asthma, researchers created a health equity index that re-envisions how equity-related data and metrics are collected. A recent grant-funded pilot project at Rady Children’s Health Network (RCHN) in Rancho Santa Fe, California, developed a dashboard that can help reduce...

Disparities in childhood asthma among racial and ethnic minorities are examined through five domains: socio-cultural, biological, built environment, behavioral, and health systems. Introduction Asthma is a heterogeneous disease that causes inflammation in the respiratory airways, impacts over 25 million Americans, and can lead to permanent airway obstruction and death. Asthma has been shown to disproportionately...

In terms of pain relief, the ketamine-based regimen was not determined to be superior to the morphine-based regimen. Nevertheless, ketamine therapy was related to a considerable decrease in cumulative opioid dose. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited hematologic illness in which deoxygenated hemoglobin polymerizes, causing red blood cells to assume a sickle-like shape. These...

iCanCope is a digital pain self-management platform that helps patients and caregivers easily manage pain episodes. It has been shown to help reduce the frequency and severity of SCD pain episodes. In addition, it can also help improve the quality of life for both patients and caregivers. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of...