Publications by authors named "Sergio Jesus Romero Tapia"
Article Synopsis
- Obesity negatively impacts respiratory health, especially in asthmatic patients, by affecting lung function through metabolic and immunological changes.
- Obese individuals with asthma have reduced lung capacity and function compared to their non-obese counterparts, likely due to mechanical and physiological factors related to excess fat.
- This condition contributes to a severe asthma phenotype that includes intense symptoms, ineffective corticosteroid response, deteriorating lung function, and diminished quality of life from a young age.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates whether blood groups (BG) influence susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers prior to vaccination.
- Using a cross-sectional design, researchers compared the blood groups, antibody presence, and symptoms of 102 convalescent health workers against 116 controls from March to June 2020.
- Results indicated that blood group O was the most common among both groups, with a non-significant lower risk of infection associated with BG-O and a potential higher risk for BG-A, while 15% of the convalescent group did not develop antibodies post-infection.
Background: There was a need for a solid asthma guideline in Mexico to update and unify asthma management. Because high-quality asthma guidelines exist worldwide, in which the latest evidence on asthma management is summarized, the ADAPTE approach allows for the development of a national asthma guideline based on evidence from already existing guidelines, adapted to national needs.
Objective: To fuse evidence from the best asthma guidelines and adapt it to local needs with the ADAPTE approach.
Background: The need for a national guideline, with a broad basis among specialists and primary care physicians was felt in Mexico, to try unifying asthma management. As several high-quality asthma guidelines exist worldwide, it was decided to select the best three for transculturation.
Methods: Following the internationally recommended methodology for guideline transculturation, ADAPTE, a literature search for asthma guidelines, published 1-1-2007 through 31-12-2015 was conducted.