Atopic dermatitis in children and adolescents seen at a general hospital in the City of Buenos Aires.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an inflammatory skin disease highly prevalent in pediatrics as per international studies. There is scarce information on the epidemiological characteristics of AD in the Argentine pediatric population. The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence and clinical characteristics of AD in a population of Argentine children seen at the Department of Pediatrics of a general hospital.

[The epidemiology of asthma in adults. An insight].

Background: Asthma is a chronic disease with a great impact on public health and on the patients' quality of life. In Latin America, there are scarce epidemiological studies.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of asthma and the clinical-demographic characteristics in an adult population from a private health system in the City of Buenos Aires.