Publications by authors named "Aramis Tupina de Alcantara"
Management of COPD within the Brazilian Unified Health Care System in the state of Bahia: an analysis of real-life medication use patterns.
Charleston Ribeiro Pinto Antônio Carlos Moreira Lemos Lindemberg Assunção-Costa Aramis Tupiná de Alcântara Laira Lorena Lima Yamamura
J Bras Pneumol
February 2019
Objective: To describe COPD pharmacological treatment patterns in the state of Bahia, Brazil, and to evaluate the extent to which these patterns conform to clinical guidelines for the management of COPD.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 441 patients referred from the Public Health Care Network of the state of Bahia to a public referral outpatient clinic of a COPD management program of the Brazilian Unified Health Care System. Individuals with a spirometry-confirmed diagnosis of moderate to very severe COPD were included in the study.