Open AccessAVALIAÇÃO DA INCIDÊNCIA DE OBESIDADE EM PACIENTES COM DIAGNÓSTICO DE ASMA ATENDIDOS NO AMBULATÓRIO DE PNEUMOPEDIATRIA DE UM HOSPITAL DE ATENÇÃO TERCIÁRIA
Author(s) -
Melina Marques Gomes,
Osvaldo Saraiva Marques Júnior,
Vinícius Marques Gomes
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
colloquium vitae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1984-6436
DOI - 10.5747/cv.2018.v10.nesp5.000326
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , body mass index , outpatient clinic , obesity , concomitant , pediatrics , anthropometry , population , environmental health
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that causes hyperresponsiveness of the airways leadingto frequent bouts of wheezing, dyspnea, chest tightness and cough. The objective of this studywas to characterize the profile of patients with asthma treated at a Tertiary Care Hospital so thatnutritional guidelines can be implemented for these patients. This is a cross-sectional study, inwhich the body mass index was analyzed in asthmatic patients over 6 years of age and under 18years of age. The data were obtained by anthropometric measurements and the form filled outduring a Pneumopediatrics outpatient clinic. A higher prevalence of asthma was observed in themale pediatric population, in agreement with the literature. The rate of obesity concomitant withasthma was 24.67%, higher than in the literature. In part, this fact reinforces the tendency ofassociation between asthma and obesity observed in several studies. The use of inhaledcorticosteroids agrees with the recommendations and therapeutic consensus of efficacy in thetreatment of asthmatic crises.