Objective:To present official longitudinal data on the impact of asthma in Brazil between 2008 and 2013. Methods:This was a descriptive study of data collected between 2008 and 2013 from an official Brazilian national database, including data on asthma-related number of hospitalizations, mortality, and hospitalization costs. A geographical subanalysis was also performed. Results:In 2013, 2,047 people died from asthma in Brazil (5 deaths/day), with more than 120,000 asthma-related hospitalizations. During the whole study period, the absolute number of asthma-related deaths and of hospitalizations decreased by 10% and 36%, respectively. However, the in-hospital mortality rate increased by approximately 25% in that period. The geographic subanalysis showed that the northern/northeastern and southeastern regions had the highest asthma-related hospitalization and in-hospital mortality rates, respectively. An analysis of the states representative of the regions of Brazil revealed discrepancies between the numbers of asthma-related hospitalizations and asthma-related in-hospital mortality rates. During the study period, the cost of asthma-related hospitalizations to the public health care system was US$ 170 million. Conclusions:Although the numbers of asthma-related deaths and hospital admissions in Brazil have been decreasing since 2009, the absolute numbers are still high, resulting in elevated direct and indirect costs for the society. This shows the relevance of the burden of asthma in middle-income countries.
The burden of asthma in Brazilian children seems to be substantial. New international guidelines with a special focus in developing countries settings, with more pragmatic approaches, should be a priority for discussion and implementation actions.
In this retrospective report, the use of omalizumab in Brazilian children with STRA significantly improved disease control, decreased hospitalizations, and allowed suspension of continuous oral corticosteroids.
ResumoIntrodução: As mudanças na força e na capacidade funcional decorrentes do envelhecimento podem ser melhoradas mediante a prática de exercícios físicos como a musculação e a hidroginástica. Objetivo: Comparar a força e a capacidade funcional entre idosos praticantes de musculação, hidroginástica e não praticantes de exercícios físicos. Métodos: Estudo descritivo de corte transversal com amostragem não probabilística voluntária. Participaram do estudo 36 idosos (63,6±4,1 anos), sendo 12 praticantes de musculação, 12 praticantes de hidroginástica e 12 não praticantes de exercícios físicos. O nível de atividade física foi avaliado pelo Questionário Internacional de Atividade Física (IPAQ). A avaliação da força máxima foi realizada pelo teste de uma repetição máxima (1RM) em membros superiores e inferiores. A capacidade funcional foi avaliada pelos testes de levantar da cadeira em 30 segundos e velocidade de caminhada habitual e máxima. Foi utilizada Anova One Way com post-hoc de Bonferroni para comparação das variáveis dependentes entre os grupos com α=0,05. Resultados: Todos os grupos foram classificados como ativos. O grupo praticante de musculação apresentou os maiores valores de força máxima, quando comparado ao praticante de hidroginástica e não praticante de exercícios físicos (p≤0,01). Além disso, os grupos praticante de hidroginástica e não praticante de exercícios físicos não apresentaram diferenças na força máxima (p=1,0). Já para o teste de levantar da cadeira, não foram observadas diferenças entre os grupos (p=0,07), o mesmo sendo observado no teste de velocidade de caminhada habitual (p=0,06) e máxima (p=0,22). Conclusão: A musculação mostrouse mais eficaz para o aumento de força, mas o estilo de vida ativo é suficiente para a manutenção da capacidade funcional. In addition, hydrogymnastics practitioners and non-practitioners of physical exercises groups showed no differences in maximum strength (p=1.0). As for the chair lifting test, no differences were observed between groups (p=0.07) and the same was observed in habitual (p=0,06) and maximum (p=0,22) walking speed test.
Conclusion:The strength training was more effective for increasing strength, but active lifestyle is sufficient to maintain functional capacity.
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