Abstract Introduction: Asthma is a chronic disease of the lower airways characterized by usually reversible airflow obstruction, inflammation, and hyperreactivity to various types of stimuli. It is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases among children and adults, with an incidence of 300 mi...
Objetivos: avaliar a frequência de alterações espirométricas e pletismográficas em crianças e adolescentes com asma grave resistente à terapia (AGRT). Além disso, testaram-se possíveis associações entre esses desfechos. Métodos: trata-se de um estudo retrospectivo, no qual foram incluídas cr...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among individuals with severe asthma, comparing it with that observed among individuals with mild-to-moderate asthma and individuals without asthma. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 125 individuals: 40 with sev...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the frequency of asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) in patients with COPD and to compare, from a clinical, laboratory, and functional point of view, patients with and without ACO, according to different diagnostic criteria. Methods: The participants underwent evaluation by a pulm...
ABSTRACT In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the relationship that levels of vitamin D had with eosinophil counts and IgE levels in 26 children with asthma (6-12 years of age) in the city of Londrina, Brazil. Vitamin D levels were found to correlate significantly, albeit moderately, with age (...
Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo é analisar os fatores associados à asma não controlada em escolares expostos aos agrotóxicos em município de médio porte de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Estudo do tipo caso controle, realizado com escolares de 6 a 7 anos e 13 a 14 anos de Primavera do Leste, em 2016. Foram c...
ABSTRACT Objective: To measure peak inspiratory flow (PIF) and assess dynamic lung function in children and adolescents with asthma, as well as to determine the association of PIF with dynamic lung function and clinical variables. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of children and adolescents wi...
Tenório, Luís Henrique Sarmento;
Vieira, Fabiana Cavalcanti;
Souza, Helga Cecília Muniz de;
Andrade, Armele de Fátima Dornelas de;
Lorena, Virgínia Maria Barros de;
Medeiros, Décio;
Rizzo, José Ângelo;
Lira, Georgia Veras de Araújo Gueiros;
Correia Junior, Marco Aurélio de Valois;
Sarinho, Emanuel Sávio Cavalcanti.
RESUMO Objetivo O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a cinética diafragmática, a função respiratória e a dosagem sérica de leptina e citocinas inflamatórias (IL-6 e TNF-α) em três grupos clínicos: obeso, asmático e saudável. Métodos Estudo clínico-exploratório realizado com 73 jovens ...
ABSTRACT Objective: Asthma and obesity are prevalent and interrelated diseases. In the pediatric population, the effect of systemic inflammation associated to obesity, leading to inflammation of the airways, is currently controversial. Our aim was to compare inflammatory, clinical and spirometric patte...
Corticoesteroides/uso terapéutico,
Asma/sangre,
Asma/complicaciones,
Asma/tratamiento farmacológico,
Brasil,
Estudios Transversales,
Obesidad Infantil/sangre,
Obesidad Infantil/complicaciones,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Espirometría/estadística & datos numéricos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate and to correlate levels of physical activity with the pulmonary function of children with and without a diagnosis of asthma. Methods: This study was conducted in two phases with schoolchildren aged between eight and 16 years old in Porto Alegre/RS. In the first phase (...
