Pediatric Asthma Therapy Assessment Questionnaire for the Brazilian population: Cross-cultural adaptation and measurement properties.

Objective: To cross-culturally adapt the Pediatric Asthma Therapy Assessment Questionnaire (ATAQ) into Brazilian Portuguese and analyze its measurement properties.

Methods: This exploratory methodological study included eight experts and 30 caregivers in the translation and cross-cultural adaptation steps. Thereafter, 118 caregivers of pediatric patients with asthma aged between 5 and 17 years were involved in the analysis of measurement properties.

Effects of home healthcare for adults with chronic respiratory diseases and post-COVID-19 syndrome on hospital bed turnover rate: a protocol of systematic review with meta-analysis.

Introduction: Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) have a high prevalence, morbidity and mortality worldwide. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of patients readmitted after hospital discharge increased. For some populations, early hospital discharge and home healthcare may reduce health costs in patients treated at home when compared with those hospitalised.

Germline Compound Heterozygous Variants Identified in the Gene Leading to a Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Type 5: A Case Report.

Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is a rare, potentially fatal autosomal-recessive immunodeficiency, and mutations have been associated with FHL type 5 (FHL-5). Here, we report a case of a 2-year-old boy who presented with recurrent fever, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, hyperferritinemia, and hypofibrinogenemia since 4 months of age. His genetic analysis revealed a compound heterozygosity of the gene with a described pathogenic mutation, c.

Relationship between anxiety symptoms, clinical control and quality of life of children with asthma: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between anxiety symptoms and factors related to clinical control and quality of life of children with asthma aged 7-12 years.

Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study involving children recruited from a reference center for asthma treatment in the city of Natal-RN. Diagnosis, control and severity were performed following GINA recommendations (2019).

Vitamin A deficiency alters airway resistance in children with acute upper respiratory infection.

Objective: To assess whether vitamin A deficiency alters the recovery of total respiratory resistance (TRR) following acute upper respiratory tract infection (URI).

Methods: This is a case control study of children, age 4-6 years and grouped as: URI, (n = 74), URI and wheezing, (URI-wheezing, n = 52), and healthy controls (n = 51). Vitamin A and total respiratory resistance (TRR) were assessed using the modified relative dose response (MRDR) and forced oscillometry, respectively.