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Prevalence of allergic diseases and their symptoms in schoolchildren according to the birth mode

Abstract Background: The relationship between birth by cesarean section (CS) and allergic diseases’ prevalence continues to be controversial. We aimed to investigate if being born by CS is associated with the prevalence of allergic diseases and their symptoms in schoolchildren. Methods: This study inc...

Impacto de la contaminación aérea por incendios forestales en la morbimortalidad de la población expuesta

La exposición a las emanaciones de incendios forestales es un importante problema de salud pública nacional e internacional. El cambio climático que conlleva sequía y aumento de la temperatura estival aumenta el riesgo y magnitud de los episodios de incendios forestales, ...

Body mass index, asthma, and respiratory symptoms: a population-based study

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and asthma, according to body mass index (BMI), as well as to evaluate factors associated with physician-diagnosed asthma, in individuals ≥ 40 years of age. Methods: This was a population-based cross-sectional study conducted ...

Las arenas del desierto del Sahara y las afecciones inflamatorias crónicas de las vías respiratorias (asma y rinitis crónica)
Sahara desert sands and chronic inflammatory conditions respiratory tract (Asthma and chronic rhinitis)

Rev. Inst. Nac. Hig; 50 (1-2), 2019

Factors associated with asthma in brazilian adolescents: national adolescent school-based health survey (pense-2012)

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify factors associated with asthma in Brazilian adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional study based on data from the 2012 National Adolescent School-based Health Survey (PeNSE), a Brazilian survey applied by a self-reported questionnaire in a representative sample of 9th-gra...

Vitamina D y asma

The main source of Vitamin D is the bioconversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholecalciferol, however, the level of sun exposition has been drastically reduced during the last decades, so it is not unusual to find a high deficit of Vitamin D in the population. There is evidence to suggest that the defici...

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...

ERICA: smoking is associated with more severe asthma in Brazilian adolescents

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 95 (5), 2019
Abstract Objective: To investigate the association between smoking and asthma, and possible associated factors in Brazilian adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional, national, school-based study with adolescents aged 12-17 years, participants in the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (Estudo d...