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Características clínicas e fatores associados à asma grave em Salvador, Brasil

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (3), 2020
RESUMO Objetivo Descrever características clínicas e identificar fatores associados a maior gravidade da asma, em uma amostra de pacientes acompanhados em um centro de referência em Salvador. Métodos Estudo transversal de 473 adultos, acompanhados regularmente no Programa para Controle da Asma na B...

Quality of life evaluation and associated factorsin asthmatic children and adolescents attended in a specialized outpatient clinic

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the quality of life and its association with disease control, severity, allergic comorbidities and adherence to treatment in children and adolescents with asthma. Methods: A cross-sectional study that included children and adolescents aged seven to 17. The Paediatric Ast...

Corticosteroides inhalados en pacientes con asma leve intermitente
Inhaled corticosteroids in mild intermittent asthma

Una joven de 23 años con asma leve intermitente se presenta a la consulta médica. Se plantea cuál es la mejor alternativa para su tratamiento: el uso de broncodilatadores de acción corta a demanda (SABA, por sus iniciales en inglés) o de broncodilatadores de acción rápida en asociación con cortic...

Acercamiento a la tos crónica en adultos

Rev. medica electron; 41 (2), 2019
RESUMEN La tos crónica en los adultos puede ser causada por muchas causas, existen cuatro principales: el síndrome de tos de la vía aérea superior, enfermedad por reflujo gastroesofágico, reflujo laringofaríngeo, asma bronquial, y bronquitis eosinofílica no asmática. Todos los pacientes deben eva...

Physical activity level in asthmatic adolescents: cross-sectional population-based study

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the level of physical activity in asthmatics in comparison with non-asthmatics in a population study. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 13 to 14-year-old adolescents who participated in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). The subjects ...

Asma grave em pacientes adultos e pediátricos: Protocolo da Sociedade Mineira de Pneumologia e Cirurgia Torácica (SMPCT) - 2019
Severe asthma in adult and pediatric patients: Protocol of the Sociedade Mineira de Pneumologia e Cirurgia Torácica (SMPCT) - 2019

Este documento é uma revisão do protocolo de asma grave da SMPCT de 2015, que se fez necessária devido à atualização de avanços em pesquisas, principalmente em fenotipagem/genotipagem e terapêutica da asma grave, além de asma grave na pediatria. A maioria da publicações relata que 5% a 10% dos...

Estudio del estado clínico-funcional en pacientes asmáticos
Study of the clinical and functional conditions of asthmatic patients

Introducción: Las principales alteraciones funcionales del asma bronquial son la obstrucción del flujo aéreo, su reversibilidad, variabilidad y la hiperrespuesta bronquial. Objetivo: Determinar el estado clínico-funcional en pacientes con asma que asisten por primera vez a consulta de neumología....

Syncope: Clinical Presentation of Bronchial Asthma

West Indian med. j; 67 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Syncope, first described by Hippocrates, can be differentiated into neurological, cardiac and non-cardiac in origin, and this differentiation is of prognostic significance. The cardiac causes of syncope, which can be structural, electrophysiological or infectious, have a relatively poor prognosi...

Asthma control, lung function, nutritional status, and health-related quality of life: differences between adult males and females with asthma

J. bras. pneumol; 44 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate health-related quality of life in asthma patients treated at a referral center in southern Brazil, identifying differences between male and female patients, as well as to evaluate differences between the males and females in terms of asthma control, lung function, and nut...