Association between Inhaled Corticosteroids and Tracheobronchomalacia.

CONCLUSION: There was a significant association between ICS use in higher doses for a longer duration of time with TBM. Prospective randomized controlled trials are needed to show causality of this observed association.
PMID: 31978429 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chest - January 20, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Shah V, Husta B, Mehta A, Ashok S, Ishikawa O, Stoffels G, Hartzband J, Lazzaro R, Patton B, Lakticova V, Raoof S Tags: Chest Source Type: research