Publications by authors named "C C Fritscher"
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), or blastomycosis in South America, is a systemic granulomatous mycosis related to activities associated with soil management, especially agriculture. PCM restricted to tracheobronchial tree region has not yet been reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvaluation of the preference, satisfaction and correct use of Breezhaler and Respimat inhalers in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - INHALATOR study.
Respir Med
November 2018
The INHALATOR study was a randomized, multicentre, open label, two-period of 7 days each, crossover study, with 7 days of washout in-between, aiming to evaluate the correct use, satisfaction and preference between Breezhaler and Respimat devices in patients under daily use of open Spiriva or open Onbrize, as monotherapy for treatment of mild or moderate COPD. Patients aged ≥40 years with a smoking history of at least 10 pack-year were included in the study. Primary endpoint was the rate of correct use of each device at the first day of treatment after reading the drug leaflet information and was evaluated under the supervision of a trained evaluator.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- - The treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has improved with a variety of strategies, including behavioral changes, education, rehabilitation, and personalized medication plans tailored to each patient.
- - Advances in pharmacological treatments are critical for COPD management, but the growing number of available drugs makes it harder to understand their specific indications and risks.
- - A group of 24 specialists in Brazil created a visual guide to classify and treat COPD, addressing key clinical questions to help healthcare providers choose the best treatment options for individual patients.
The use of PET/CT imaging in the work-up and management of patients with lung cancer has greatly increased in recent decades. The ability to combine functional and anatomical information has equipped PET/CT to look into various aspects of lung cancer, allowing more precise disease staging and providing useful data during the characterization of indeterminate pulmonary nodules. In addition, the accuracy of PET/CT has been shown to be greater than is that of conventional modalities in some scenarios, making PET/CT a valuable noninvasive method for the investigation of lung cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: A significant increase in the prevalence of asthma and atopy was observed in epidemiological studies conducted in 1980, 1989 and 1998, with schoolchildren of Porto Alegre. The present study aims to determine changes in the prevalence of symptoms of current and lifetime asthma and also to document the prevalence of atopy in schoolchildren from a region of Porto Alegre.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which schoolchildren from 5th to 8th grade (10-18 years), from four schools located in the same geographic area were interviewed.