Publications by authors named "Rosaura E Benitez-Perez"

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  • * Short-acting beta-agonists are the main treatment recommended for managing symptoms, and it's essential for patients, especially children, to avoid triggers that can worsen their condition.
  • * Physicians should regularly evaluate treatment effectiveness, but athletes may need specialized testing to create personalized management plans that balance health and performance.
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Background: Knowledge of respiratory physiology is essential for the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases. During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, face-to-face education was inadequate, leading to the implementation of virtual programs for pulmonary fellows from Latin America.

Objective: This study describes our experience with the implementation of a virtual education program involving pulmonary function tests (PFTs) for pulmonary fellows in Latin America.

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The small airway, present since the origins of humanity and described barely a century ago, has recently been discovered as the anatomical site where inflammation begins in some obstructive lung diseases, such as asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), per se. Small airway dysfuction was identified in up to 91% of asthmatic patients and in a large proportion of COPD patients. In subjects without pathology, small airway represent 98.

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The pandemic character of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) requires strategy changes designed to guarantee the safety of patients and health-care professionals. We are greatly concerned by the limitations in the operation of pulmonary function test (PFT) laboratories, since there is a high risk of disease progression in patients with chronic pulmonary diseases, and we are now faced by the influx of a new group of individuals in the recovery phase of post-COVID-19-syndrome that requires evaluation and follow-up of their respiratory function. To reestablish the operation of PFT laboratories limiting the risk of cross-contamination, we herein present the consensus reached by a group of experts in respiratory physiology, most of whom work in PFT laboratories in several Latin American countries, on the applicable recommendations for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pneumonia survivors when undergoing PFT.

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