Assistance model for patients with asthma in the primary care.

To create a program structured for the control and prevention towards asthma worsening, it is necessary to settle down actions of regionalization, planning and management. Currently, the Ministerial orders allow each municipality district to cope their needs with local initiatives, based on the search of the health indicators with University partnerships. Taking into account this context, it is feasible the implantation of an effective model through organized demand of attendance flow and physical structure, besides the withdrawal of medications and professional training.

Recurrent pneumonia caused by genetic immunodeficiency: a prophylactic and rehabilitative approach.

Recurrent infections are a consequence of a series of genetic diseases characterized by deficiency in the immunological response. One of these diseases is the agammaglobulinemia, which is characterized by the basic defect in the maturation of lymphocytes B. The carrier of this kind of immunodeficiency, which is linked to the X (XLA) chromosome, has had primary pneumonias that have evolved into secondary pneumonias (chronic lungs with sequelae) after the third or fourth year of life.

GSTT1 and GSTM1 polymorphism in cigarette smokers with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Unlabelled: Gene variability related to carcinogen activation and detoxification may interfere with susceptibility to head and neck cancer.

Aim: To investigate the relation between GSTT1 and GSTM1 null polymorphisms and the risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in cigarette smokers.

Material And Method: A case-control study conducted at the Sao Jose do Rio Preto Medical School, Brazil.