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Efeitos da exposição à fumaça do cigarro e suas implicações na neuroinflamação

O Sistema Nervoso Central (SNC) humano é formado por cerca de 86,1 bilhões de neurônios entre o encéfalo e a medula espinhal. O desenvolvimento pré-natal humano (tempo da concepção ao nascimento) possui cerca de 38 semanas, e é dividido na fase embrionária que corresponde ao período das 8 seman...

Axial Spondyloarthritis after bariatric surgery: a 7-year retrospective analysis

Adv Rheumatol; 59 (), 2019
Abstract Background: In recent decades, obesity has become a public health problem in many countries. The objective of this study was to evaluate the main joint and extra-articular manifestations related to spondyloarthritis (SpA) after bariatric surgery (BS) in a retrospective cohort. Methods: Demogra...

Tabaquismo en el adolescente

Chile has the highest prevalence of tobacco use among adolescents in the Americas, and girls between the ages of 13 and 15 are the heaviest smokers worldwide. Smoking in adolescents produces addiction to nicotine, damage to the cardiopulmonary system, and is also a gateway to the use of illicit drugs. In...

Cáncer pulmonar el peor efecto del tabaquismo

Lung cancer is the first cause of death in Chilean cancer patients. Globally it accounts for more than 8 million annual deaths. Of the new cases of cancer, more than 6 million are smoking related, making smoking the most important cancer risk factor and the cause of about 20 % of the global cancer-relate...

Factors associated with asthma expression in adolescents

J. bras. pneumol; 44 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate risk factors associated with asthma symptoms in adolescents in the 13- to 14-year age bracket. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving adolescents enrolled in randomly selected public schools in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and conducted with the use o...

Caracterización general de los pacientes con EPOC de la Región del Maule: resultados preliminares del estudio MaulEPOC

El objetivo de esta comunicación fue evaluar el perfil epidemiológico de los pacientes con Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica (EPOC) de la Región del Maule. Para ello, se contó con 127 pacientes EPOC clínicamente estables derivados por parte del neumólogo o que fueron atendidos en el centro d...

Second hand tobacco smoke adversely affects the bone of immature rats

Clinics; 72 (12), 2017
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the influence of secondhand cigarette smoke exposure on longitudinal growth of the tibia of growing rats and some parameters of bone quality. METHODS: Forty female rats were randomly divided into four groups: control: rats were sham exposed; 30 days: rats were exposed to tobacco ...

Tabaquismo pasivo y su efecto en la salud infantil: ¿Qué cambió en 11 años?: Hospital Zubizarreta

Investigación que sigue los hallazgos de un estudio previo realizado entre junio de 2005 y junio de 2006, sobre el humo ambiental de tabaco y sus efectos en las madres y sus hijos, donde se encuestaron 100 madres de niños que se atendieron en el Hospital Zubizarreta. de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. La pr...

Fatores de risco biológicos e ambientais de crianças expostas ou não à poluição tabágica ambiental

Objetivou-se investigar os fatores de riscos biológicos e ambientais de crianças expostas ou não à poluição tabágica ambiental (PTA). Estudo transversal, realizado com 670 crianças, de ambos os sexos, de oito a 12 anos em escolas de Anápolis (GO), com análise de questionário adaptado direciona...