ArticleObesity surgery2024
Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Asthma Severity and Medication Use.
Article in Obesity surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for Patients with Obesity and Asthma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Causal Inference in Non-Allergic Asthma Associated with Obesity: Application of the Bradford Hill Viewpoints to a Complex Epidemiological Association.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Obesity and asthma: obesity causes and aggravates asthma across the entire type-2 inflammation spectrum.The European respiratory journal · 2026Review
- The Impact of Obesity on Airway Inflammation, Lung Function and Biologic Treatment in Asthma: A Narrative Review.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Review
- Unraveling the obesity-asthma link: A new horizon with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in a complex intersection of metabolism and airway disease.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Review
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Abstract
introductionBariatric surgery improves many obesity-related comorbidities, yet the literature remains inconclusive on the impact of bariatric surgery on asthma. Our primary objective was to identify the long-term impact of bariatric surgery on asthma severity and medication use.
methodsA retrospective review was completed of all patients with a diagnosis of asthma who underwent bariatric surgery over 10 years at a single institution. Primary outcomes were the number of asthma medications prescribed at five time points (preoperative, postoperative < 18 months, 19-36 months, 37-60 months, 60 + months) after bariatric surgery. Secondary outcomes were spirometry results and BMI.
resultsThere were 260 patients with 84.6% female predominance. There were 168 sleeve gastrectomy patients and 92 Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patients. Mean age was 47.6 ± 10.7 years, mean BMI was 46.0 ± 6.8 kg/m
conclusionBariatric surgery reduces the use of medications taken for management of asthma. The amount of asthma medication usage decreases with time and is sustained at 60 months after bariatric surgery.
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