[Validation of the SF-36 questionnaire in adults with asthma and allergic rhinitis in Mexican population].

Background: Multiple questionnaires demonstrated the effect of the disease on the Quality of Life (QL), especially on allergies. Asthma and allergic rhinitis contributes to the reduction of QL. One of the accepted instruments for the evaluation of QL in chronic diseases is the questionnaire SF-36 (SF-36).

[Anxiety and depression in asthmatic adults in comparison to healthy individuals].

Background: Asthmatic patients present different degrees of anxiety and depression, being psychiatric pathologies the most frequent alterations related to this illness. In this country there is available information of asthma in children but just a few about adult patients.

Objectives: To know the frequency of anxiety and depression in adult asthmatic patients, compare them with healthy individuals and determine their relationship with the severity of illness.

[Asthma or laryngeal amyloidosis? A report of a case and literature review].

The laryngeal amyloidosis is an uncommon disease accounting for 1% of all benign lesions of larynx. The commonest symptom is the dysphonia, sometimes accompanied by stridor, laryngeal globus sensation, dysphagia and, in rare occasions, cough, dyspnea and hemoptysis, specially when the tracheobronchial tree is also affected. This paper describes the case of a 30-year-old female patient, whose main symptoms were progressive dysphonia and dyspnea, admitted at allergy service to rule out asthma.

[The Global Initiative for Asthma and familial medicine-resident physicians. Impact of an educational strategy].

Background: The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) provides effective medical care to asthmatic patients. Knowledge and appropriate handling of GINAS' management guidelines for medicine residents significantly reduce asthma morbidity and mortality.

Objective: To evaluate the level of knowledge about asthma on Global initiative for Asthma program before and after an educational strategy in residents.

[Application of the International Guide for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma using first-contact physicians, before and after an educational strategy].

Background: The objective of the International Guide on Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma is to reduce prevalence, mortality and morbidity of asthma.

Objective: To demonstrate that implementation of educational workshop increases the knowledge of first contact physicians on the International Guide for Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma.

Material And Methods: Fifty-nine first contact physicians participated.