Publications by authors named "Lindsay K Finkas"
Introduction: Previous studies on the outcomes of asthma and COVID-19 have shown inconsistent results. This study aimed to elucidate the association between asthma and COVID-19 outcomes.
Methods: We conducted a prospective study with a large health plan to compare the incidence of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and ICU admission in a cohort of 41,282 patients with asthma and a 1:1 age-, sex-, and race-ethnicity-matched cohort without asthma across the following pandemic periods: pre-Delta (03/01/2020 to 05/31/2021), Delta (06/01/2021 to 12/31/2021), and Omicron (01/01/2022 to 08/13/2022).
Article Synopsis
- Asthma is characterized by inflammation in both small and large airways, with significant attention on small airways due to their role in varying severities of the condition.
- Recent studies have linked inflammation in small airways to increased airway resistance, highlighting the need for reliable noninvasive measurement methods.
- Innovations in asthma inhalers, including new drug formulations and extrafine particle inhalers, have improved drug delivery to the smaller, distal airways.
Background: Clinical performance examinations (CPX) with standardized patients (SPs) have become a preferred method to assess communication skills in US medical schools. Little is known about how trainees' backgrounds impact CPX performance.
Objective: The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of student ethnicity, primary childhood language, and experience of diversity on the communication scores of a high-stakes CPX using SPs.