This new issue contains the following articles:

Asthma and COVID

Asthma and COVID-19; different entities, same outcome: a meta-analysis of 107,983 patients
Mohammad H. Hussein MD, Rami M. Elshazli PhD, Abdallah S. Attia MD, Therese P. Nguyen BS, Mohamed Aboueisha MD, Ruhul Munshi MD, Eman A. Toraih MD, PhD, Manal S. Fawzy MD, PhD, MHPE & Emad Kandil MD, MBA, FACS, FACE
Pages: 851-858 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1881970

Asthma care during COVID-19: differences in attitudes and expectations between physicians and patients
Nonie Arora MD, Desmond Lowe BS, Nadeen Sarsour BS, Hannah Jaffee MS, Sanaz Eftekhari BS, Laurie M. Carpenter MSW, Priya Bansal MD & Alan P. Baptist MD
Pages: 859-865 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1887214

Asthma and risk of infection, hospitalization, ICU admission and mortality from COVID-19: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Anthony P. Sunjaya MD, Sabine M. Allida PhD, Gian Luca Di Tanna PhD & Christine Jenkins MD, FRACP
Pages: 866-879 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1888116

Pediatric Asthma

Hot spots for pediatric asthma emergency department visits in Ottawa, Canada
Falana Sheriff MD, Amisha Agarwal MSC, Madhura Thipse MD & Dhenuka Radhakrishnan MD
Pages: 880-889 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1887891

Association between Helicobacter pylori and risk of childhood asthma: a meta-analysis of 18 observational studies
Yuxia Chen MD, Xue Zhan MD & Donghai Wang MD
Pages: 890-900 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1892752

Creation and validation of a citywide pediatric asthma registry for the District of Columbia
Deborah Q. Shelef MPH, Gia M. Badolato MPH, Ranjodh Badh BS, Olusegun Owotomo MD, PhD, MPH, Nikita Kachroo BS, Mark Weissman MD, Stephen J. Teach MD, MPH & Ankoor Y. Shah MD, MBA, MPH
Pages: 901-909 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1895213

Psychiatric Comorbidities

Comorbidities and depressive symptoms among older adults with asthma
Irina Mindlis MPH, MA, Juan P. Wisnivesky MD, DRPH, Michael S. Wolf PhD, MPH, Rachel O’Conor PhD, MPH & Alex D. Federman MD, MPH
Pages: 910-916 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1887890

Lifestyles

Physical activity behavior in people with asthma and COPD overlap residing in Spain: a cross-sectional analysis
Sheila Sánchez Castillo MS, Lee Smith PhD, Arturo Díaz Suárez PhD & Guillermo Felipe López Sánchez PhD
Pages: 917-925 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1888977

Association between asthma and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in the United States pediatric population
Luyu Xie PharmD, Folefac Atem PhD, Andrew Gelfand MD, George Delclos MD, PhD & Sarah E. Messiah PhD, MPH
Pages: 926-933 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1895210

Alternative Medicine

Essential oils: what is the clinical tolerance in asthmatic patients? | Open Access
D. Caimmi PhD, C. Neukirch MD & P. Demoly PhD
Pages: 934-936 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1888975

Adherence

Impact of prehospital pediatric asthma management protocol adherence on clinical outcomes
Alexandra L. Cheetham MD, Nidhya Navanandan MD, Jan Leonard MSHP, Kelsey Spaur MD, Geoffrey Markowitz BA & Kathleen M. Adelgais MD MPH
Pages: 937-945 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1881969

Patterns and predictors of air purifier adherence in children with asthma living in low-income, urban households
Parisa Kaviany MD, Emily P. Brigham MD, MHS, Joseph M. Collaco MD, MS, MPH, PHD, MBA, Jessica L. Rice DO, MHS, Han Woo PhD, Megan Wood BS, MS, Rachelle Koehl BS, Tianshi D. Wu MD, MHS, Michelle N. Eakin MA, PhD, Kirsten Koehler PhD, Nadia N. Hansel MD, MPH & Meredith C. McCormack MD, MHS
Pages: 946-955 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1893745

“It is kind of like a responsibility thing”: transitional challenges in asthma medication adherence among adolescents and young adults
Sandra E. Zaeh MD, MS, Monica A. Lu MD, Kathryn V. Blake PharmD, ElizabethRuvalcaba MSPH, Christabelle Ayensu-Asiedu MS, Robert A. Wise MD, Janet T. Holbrook PhD & Michelle N. Eakin PhD
Pages: 956-966 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1897836

Management

Smartphone pedometers in adults with asthma: a practical approach to physical activity assessment? A pilot validation study
 | Open Access Caroline Reilly MSC, Antonis Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou PhD, Ian Clifton FRCP, MD, Jim McKenna PhD, Daniel Peckham FRCP, MD & Oliver J. Price PhD
Pages: 967-975 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1882487

Education

Reflection on education and clinical care of asthma for lung longevity (RECALL)
Carlton K. K. Lee PharmD, MPH, Sarah K. Chang PharmD & Arlene M. Butz ScD, RN
Pages: 976-979 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1895212

Treatment

‘Like a fish on dry land’: an explorative qualitative study into severe asthma and the impact of biologicals on patients’ everyday life | Open Access
M. B. de Graaff PhD, S. A. Bendien MD & H. M. van de Bovenkamp PhD
Pages: 980-988 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1888976

SYmbicort given as needed in mild asthma (SYGMA study): a retrospective subanalysis of the Russian population
Zaurbek Aisanov MD, PhD, Sergey Avdeev MD, PhD, Vladimir Arkhipov MD, PhD & Andrey Belevsky MD, PhD
Pages: 989-997 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1892753

A step-down experience in asthma treatment: a retrospective cohort study
Betül Özdel Öztürk MD, Zeynep Çelebi Sözener MD, Ömür Aydin MD & Dilsad Mungan MD
Pages: 998-1004 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1895211

Results in clinical practice in the treatment of severe eosinophilic asthma with mepolizumab: a real-life study
Ana Isabel Enríquez-Rodríguez PhD, Tamara Hermida Valverde MD, Pedro Romero Álvarez MD, Francisco Julián López-González PhD, Jose Antonio Gullón Blanco PhD, Ana Rosa Expósito Villegas MD, María José Escobar Fernández MD, Ana María Beristáin Urquiza MD, Miguel Ángel Alonso Fernández MD, Margarita Gutiérrez Rodríguez MD, Gema Castaño De las Pozas MD, Jennifer Jiménez Pérez MD, Roberto Fernández Mellado MD, Marta María García Clemente PhD & Pere Casan Clara PhD
Pages: 1005-1011 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1897835

Control

Impact of type of health care provider on long term asthma control | Open Access
Shahid I. Sheikh, MD, Nancy A. Ryan-Wenger, RN, PhD, Anne May, MD, Katelyn Krivchenia, MD & Judy Pitts, MS, APN
Pages: 1012-1020 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1892750

Characterization of uncontrolled, severe asthma patients with type 2 inflammation (T2): results from a physician survey across countries from Latin American, Eurasian Middle East regions and China | Open Access
Irina Kosoy BBA, Elisheva Lew MS, Olivier Ledanois MD & William Derrickson BS
Pages: 1021-1029 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1895208

Gender differences in the perception of asthma respiratory symptoms in five Latin American countries
Rodrigo C. Borges PT, PhD, Marcela B. Alith PT, PhD, Oliver A. Nascimento MD & José R. Jardim MD
Pages: 1030-1040 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1922914

The factors of family management affecting asthma control status in school-age children with asthma in China
Juan Cheng MSN, Huifeng Wang MSN, Xianzhen Zhang NP, Hailing Guo LPN & Hongmei Duan PhD, MD
Pages: 1041-1050 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1895209

Uncontrolled asthma across GINA treatment steps 2 − 5 in a large US patient cohort | Open Access
William W. Busse MD, Juanzhi Fang MD, Jessica Marvel MPH, Hengfeng Tian MS, Pablo Altman MD & Hui Cao MD
Pages: 1051-1062 | DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.1897834