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Aplicabilidade de um questionário genérico de avaliação de qualidade de vida para crianças asmáticas

RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar se o instrumento genérico Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL 4.0) é aplicável à avaliação da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde (QVRS) de crianças asmáticas, quando comparado ao instrumento específico Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ)...

Asma grave en pediatría: resultados de la implementación de un protocolo especial de atención

Arch. argent. pediatr; 116 (2), 2018
Introducción. El asma grave representa 5-7% del total de asmáticos. La OMS propuso un protocolo de seguimiento para categorizarlos como asma grave resistente al tratamiento (AGRT) o asma grave de difícil control (AGDC). Objetivo. Analizar las características clínicas, funcionales y terapéuticas de ...

Between-occasion repeatability of fractional exhaled nitric oxide measurements in children

J. bras. pneumol; 44 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to assess short-term repeatability of measurements of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) and its correlates in children in the 6- to 9-year age bracket participating in a respiratory epidemiological survey. FENO was measured in two sessions one week apart in 101 chil...

Levels of knowledge about asthma of parents of asthmatic children

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the levels of knowledge about asthma of parents of school children. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out with parents of children with medical diagnosis of asthma (mild, moderate and severe), followed up at an outpatient referral center for childhood asthma in ...

Estimated cost of asthma in outpatient treatment: a real-world study

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the cost of diagnosis and treatment of asthma. METHODS We used the perspective of society. We sequentially included for 12 months, in 2011-2012, 117 individuals over five years of age who were treated for asthma in the Pneumology and Allergy-Immunology Services of the P...

El diagnóstico médico de asma debería ser reevaluado en pacientes sin tratamiento y asintomáticos
Physician-diagnosed asthma should be reassessed in untreated asymptomatic patients

Accuracy of spirometry for detection of asthma: a cross-sectional study

Säo Paulo med. j; 135 (5), 2017
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease with airway hyperresponsiveness. Spirometry is the most commonly used test among asthmatic patients. Another functional test used for diagnosing asthma is the bronchial challenge test. The aim of this study was to analyze the accuracy of spi...

Epidemiological trends of allergic diseases in adolescents

J. bras. pneumol; 43 (5), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the prevalences of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in adolescents in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 2012 by administering the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire, as well as to compare the observ...