Results: 21

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its relationship with factors associated with recurrent wheezing

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency in children 0-18 years of age with recurrent wheezing and/or asthma residing in the microregion of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and treated at a referral center, and to determine its association with major risk facto...

Snoring in individuals with and without maxillary constriction

J. oral res. (Impresa); 7 (4), 2018
Objective: compare snoring in individuals with and without maxillary constriction. methods: 124 individuals (mean age, 40.53; SD, 15.59), 81 women and 43 men were evaluated. two groups were formed, 62 individuals with and 62 without maxillary constriction. to assess the snoring, a visual analog scale of ...

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...

Estridor persistente

Stridor is a musical, often high-pitched sound produced by a rapid, turbulent flow of air through a narrowed segment of the large airways. The cause of stridor can be located anywhere in the extrathoracic airway (nose, pharynx, larynx, and trachea) or the intrathoracic airway (tracheobronchial tree). Str...

Comportamiento de la sibilancia en niños menores de cinco años de la provincia Sancti Spíritus
Behavior of respiratory sounds in children less than five years of Sancti Spíritus

Rev. inf. cient; 97 (3), 2018
Introducción: la sibilancia en niños preescolares se encuentra entre las principales causas de morbilidad atendida en las consultas de alergología y representa un importante número de ingresos hospitalarios. Objetivo: caracterizar el comportamiento de la sibilancia en niños menores de cinco años in...

Estridor y dificultad respiratoria: aproximación neurológica: caso clínico

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (6), 2017
Paradoxical vocal cord motion or vocal cord dysfunction is a descriptive term for an inappropriate adduction of the vocal cords during respiration, which can cause respiratory obstruction and stridor. It is associated with psychiatric conditions in the great majority of cases. We report a 23 year-old hig...

Cuerpo extraño en el esófago como causa de síntomas respiratorios en el niño: Casos clínicos

Arch. argent. pediatr; 115 (2), 2017
Los cuerpos extraños en el esófago son accidentes evitables que se observan, con mayor frecuencia, en niños menores de 3 años. Los síntomas de presentación más comunes son la disfagia, la sialorrea y los vómitos. Ocasionalmente, un cuerpo extraño en el esófago puede manifestarse con síntomas r...

Prevalence of rhinovirus in wheezing children: a comparison with respiratory syncytial virus wheezing

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (2), 2016
Abstract Objective To explore the distribution and clinical manifestations of rhinovirus infection in wheezing children, and compare the clinical differences between rhinovirus- and respiratory syncytial virus-induced wheezing. Materials and methods This prospective cohort study was carried out in Chil...

Asociación del índice predictivo de asma y presencia de la enfermedad en niños de la comuna de Valdivia

There are predictive indexes to identify asthmatic patients from the rest of the recurrent wheezing phenotypes. The aim of this work was to evaluate the association between the positive Asthma Predictive Index (API) and the presence of asthma between the age of six and seven years old, in children from V...

Consenso chileno SER-SOCHINEP para el manejo del asma en el preescolar

Preschool wheezing is one of the most common presenting symptoms in pediatric practice. The vast majority of these patients present wheeze triggered by viral respiratory infections and only a minority of them will have asthma in school age. The evaluation of these children begin with a detailed clinical ...