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Optimizing the Use of Systemic Corticosteroids in Severe Ssthma (ROSA II Projec...

Optimizing the use of systemic corticosteroids in severe asthma (ROSA II projec...

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Can static hyperinflation predict exercise capacity in COPD?

Introduction: The diagnosis and severity assessment of COPD relies on spirometry, and in particular the FEV1. However, it has been proposed that hyperinflation and air-trapping are better predictors of exercise capacity and mortality than the FEV1. Research: QUESTION: Does static hyperinflation predict exercise capacity? Methods: We conducted an observational prospective study. Patients with COPD referred to th...

Specificity of creatine kinase isoenzyme MB in cardiac surgery with extracorpor...

Estudaram-se em 6 doentes com valvulopatias reumatismais, as variações da actividade enzimática no plasma, durante e apos a cirurgia cardíaca com circulação extra-corporal, para verificar a especificidade da isoenzima MB da creatinaquinase, comparando-a com a da CK. Estudaram-se também as variações da desidrogenase láctica no mesmo período. O protocolo de colheitas escolhido, procurava dissociar as variações en...

Reducing Oral Corticosteroids in Severe Asthma (ROSA Project): a Nationwide Por...

Introduction and objectives: We aimed to build a national consensus to optimize the use of oral corticosteroids (OCS) in severe asthma in Portugal. Material and methods: A modified 3-round Delphi including 65 statements (topics on chronic systemic corticotherapy, therapeutic schemes, asthma safety and monitoring) was performed via online platform (October-November 2019). A five-point Likert-type scale was used ...

Reducing oral corticosteroids in severe asthma (ROSA Project): a nationwide Por...

Introduction and objectives We aimed to build a national consensus to optimize the use of oral corticosteroids (OCS) in severe asthma in Portugal. Material and methods A modified 3-round Delphi including 65 statements (topics on chronic systemic corticotherapy, therapeutic schemes, asthma safety and monitoring) was performed via online platform (October-November 2019). A five-point Likert-type scale was used (1...

Portuguese Consensus on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management of Anemia in Pedia...

Anemia is a common extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), both in pediatric and in adult patients. Iron deficiency is the main cause of anemia in patients with IBD. Anemia is a clinically relevant comorbidity, with impact on patients' quality of life and it should be timely diagnosed and adequately treated. Currently, an active treatment approach is the recommended strategy, with evi...

Reference equations for the 6-minute walk distance in healthy Portuguese subjec...

Introduction Six-minute walk test (6MWT) is used for evaluating functional exercise capacity. To the best of our knowledge, there are no reference equations to predict six-minute walk distance (6MWD) for the Portuguese population. The aims of the present study were to measure anthropometric data and 6MWD in a sample of healthy Portuguese population, to establish reference equations to predict 6MWD and to compar...

Omalizumab for Severe Asthma: Beyond Allergic Asthma.

Different subsets of asthma patients may be recognized according to the exposure trigger and the frequency and severity of clinical signs and symptoms. Regarding the exposure trigger, generally asthma can be classified as allergic (or atopic) and nonallergic (or nonatopic). Allergic and nonallergic asthma are distinguished by the presence or absence of clinical allergic reaction and in vitro IgE response to spe...

Omalizumab for Severe Asthma: Beyond Allergic Asthma

Different subsets of asthma patients may be recognized according to the exposure trigger and the frequency and severity of clinical signs and symptoms. Regarding the exposure trigger, generally asthma can be classified as allergic (or atopic) and nonallergic (or nonatopic). Allergic and nonallergic asthma are distinguished by the presence or absence of clinical allergic reaction and in vitro IgE response to spe...