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Oral health-related quality of life in individuals with severe asthma
Brasil-Oliveira,Rebeca; Cruz,Álvaro Augusto; Souza-Machado,Adelmir; Pinheiro,Gabriela Pimentel; Inácio,Debora dos Santos; Sarmento,Viviane AlmeidaABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among individuals with severe asthma, comparing it with that observed among individuals with mild-to-moderate asthma and individuals without asthma. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 125 individuals: 40 with severe asthma; 35 with mild-to-moderate asthma; and 50 without asthma. We calculated the decayed, missing, and fil...
2021 Brazilian Thoracic Association recommendations for the management of sever...
Carvalho-Pinto,Regina Maria de; Cançado,José Eduardo Delfini; Pizzichini,Marcia Margaret Menezes; Fiterman,Jussara; Rubin,Adalberto SperbABSTRACT Advances in the understanding that severe asthma is a complex and heterogeneous disease and in the knowledge of the pathophysiology of asthma, with the identification of different phenotypes and endotypes, have allowed new approaches for the diagnosis and characterization of the disease and have resulted in relevant changes in pharmacological management. In this context, the definition of severe asthma...
Asthma mortality in children and adolescents of Brazil over a 20-year period,
Pitchon,Raquel Reis; Alvim,Cristina Gonçalves; Andrade,Cláudia Ribeiro de; Lasmar,Laura Maria de Lima Belizário Facury; Cruz,Álvaro AugustoAbstract Objective: To evaluate the number of asthma deaths and the temporal trend of the asthma-specific mortality rate in children and adolescents up to 19 years of age in Brazil. Methods: This is an ecological time-series study of asthma deaths reported in Brazil, in the population up to 19 years of age, between 1996 and 2015. The specific asthma mortality rate and its temporal trend were analyzed. Results: ...
Exposure to secondhand smoke among patients with asthma: a cross-sectional study
Lima,Liranei Limoeiro; Cruz,Constança Margarida Sampaio; Fernandes,Andréia Guedes Oliva; Pinheiro,Gabriela Pimentel; Souza-Machado,Carolina deABSTRACT Objective To estimate the frequency of secondhand smoke exposure among patients with asthma. Methods A cross-sectional study of asthma patients and non-asthmatic controls using questionnaires to identify secondhand smoke exposure at home, school, work, and public places. Results We studied 544 severe asthma patients, 452 mild/moderate asthma patients, and 454 non-asthmatic patients. Among severe patien...
Características clínicas e fatores associados à asma grave em Salvador, Brasil
Alves,Alexssandra Maia; Mello,Luane Marques de; Matos,Aline Silva Lima; Cruz,Álvaro AugustoRESUMO 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 Bahia (ProAR), reavaliados de forma sistemática entre 2013 e 2015. Os pacientes foram admitidos por preencher critér...
Obesity and asthma: clinical and laboratory characterization of a common combin...
Jesus,Juliana Pires Viana de; Lima-Matos,Aline Silva; Almeida,Paula Cristina Andrade; Lima,Valmar Bião; Mello,Luane Marques de; Souza-Machado,AdelmirABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the relationship between obesity and asthma. Methods: This was a preliminary cross-sectional analysis involving 925 subjects with mild-to-moderate or severe asthma evaluated between 2013 and 2015. Obesity was defined on the basis of body mass index (BMI) and abdominal circumference. We collected clinical, laboratory, and anthropometric parameters, as well as pulmonary function te...
Self-reported smoking status and urinary cotinine levels in patients with asthma
Pinheiro,Gabriela Pimentel; Souza-Machado,Carolina de; Fernandes,Andréia Guedes Oliva; Mota,Raquel Cristina Lins; Lima,Liranei LimoeiroABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency of active smoking among patients with asthma and individuals without asthma by self-report and urinary cotinine measurement. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the city of Salvador, Brazil, and involving 1,341 individuals: 498 patients with severe asthma, 417 patients with mild-to-moderate asthma, and 426 individuals without asthma. Smoking stat...
Risk factors for death in patients with severe asthma
Fernandes,Andréia Guedes Oliva; Souza-Machado,Carolina; Coelho,Renata Conceição Pereira; Franco,Priscila Abreu; Esquivel,Renata MirandaOBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for death among patients with severe asthma. METHODS: This was a nested case-control study. Among the patients with severe asthma treated between December of 2002 and December of 2010 at the Central Referral Outpatient Clinic of the Bahia State Asthma Control Program, in the city of Salvador, Brazil, we selected all those who died, as well as selecting other patients with sev...
Desigualdades sociais na distribuição espacial das hospitalizações por doenças ...
Antunes,Fernanda Pedro; Costa,Maria da Conceição Nascimento; Paim,Jairnilson Silva; Vieira-da-Silva,Ligia Maria; Cruz,Álvaro Augusto; Natividade,MárcioPara verificar as desigualdades sociais nas hospitalizações por doenças do aparelho respiratório em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, 2001-2007, realizou-se estudo ecológico espacial, tendo como unidade de análise zonas de informação. Estas foram estratificadas considerando um indicador de condições de vida e analisadas por regressão de Poisson. A distribuição espacial das taxas de hospitalização por doenças do aparelho...
Trends in hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in Salvador, Bahia State, B...
Antunes,Fernanda Pedro; Costa,Maria da Conceição Nascimento; Paim,Jairnilson Silva; Vieira-da-Silva,Ligia Maria; Santos,Carlos Antonio de Souza TelesRespiratory diseases are the leading cause of hospitalizations in Brazil (excluding hospital admissions related to childbirth, pregnancy, and postpartum). To analyze the trend and seasonality of hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil, 1998-2009, a time trend study was performed using simple linear regression. Hospitalization rates for all respiratory diseases and specifically...