PHOENIX — Chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchiectasis as comorbidities in patients with asthma were associated with higher health care use, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
“We examined the use of oral corticosteroids, antibiotic courses and emergency room visits or hospitalizations associated with these conditions,” Margaret S. Kim, MD, a clinical fellow in allergy and immunology at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, said in an AAAAI-issued press release. “Asthma patients with both [chronic