David T. Mauger

TL;DR: Vitamin D supplementation was safe and it protected against acute respiratory tract infection overall and patients who were very vitamin D deficient and those not receiving bolus doses experienced the most benefit.

TL;DR: In preschool children at high risk for asthma, two years of inhaled-corticosteroid therapy did not change the development of asthma symptoms or lung function during a third, treatment-free year, and these findings do not provide support for a subsequent disease-modifying effect of inhaling corticosteroids after the treatment is discontinued.

TL;DR: In children, asthma severity classified by symptom frequency and medication usage does not correlate with FEV(1) categories defined by National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Guidelines, whereas FEV (1)/FVC declines as asthma severity increases.

TL;DR: LABA step-up was significantly more likely to provide the best response than either ICS or LTRA step- up, however, many children had a best response to ICSor LTRAstep-up therapy, highlighting the need to regularly monitor and appropriately adjust each child's asthma therapy.

TL;DR: Higher expression of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in males, African Americans, and patients with diabetes mellitus provides rationale for monitoring these asthma subgroups for poor COVID-19 outcomes.