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ArticleJornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia

The Program for the Prevention of Childhood Asthma: a specialized care program for children with wheezing or asthma in Brazil.

Marilyn Urrutia-Pereira, Jennifer Avila, Dirceu Solé

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Article in Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Marilyn Urrutia-PereiraSecretaria Municipal de Saúde, Prefeitura Municipal de Uruguaiana, Uruguaiana, RS, Brasil.
Jennifer AvilaSecretaria Municipal de Saúde, Prefeitura Municipal de Uruguaiana, Uruguaiana, RS, Brasil.
Dirceu SoléDepartamento de Pediatria, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Prefeitura Municipal de Vitória · BRSecretaria Municipal de Saúde · BRUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

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Abstract

objectiveTo present the Programa Infantil de Prevenção de Asma (PIPA, Program for the Prevention of Childhood Asthma) and the characteristics of the patients followed in this program.

methodsImplemented in the city of Uruguaiana, Brazil, PIPA has as its target population children and adolescents (< 18 years of age) with asthma or suspected asthma. Patients either enroll in PIPA spontaneously or are referred by pediatricians or primary care physicians. In this retrospective study, we use a standardized protocol to assess PIPA patients.

resultsBy the end of the study period, 646 patients were being followed. Of those, 298 (46.1%) were ≤ 3 years of age. In this group of patients, recurrent wheezing was identified in 60.7%, and the first episode of wheezing occurred in the first six months of life in 86.0%. Severe wheezing was identified in 29.5% and 45.4% in the children ≤ 3 and > 3 years of age, respectively. Physician-diagnosed asthma was reported in 26.5% and 82.2%, respectively. In the sample as a whole, the prevalence of passive smoking was high (> 36%), occurring during pregnancy in > 15%; > 40% of the patients had been born by cesarean section; and 30% had a mother who had had < 8 years of schooling.

conclusionsA prevention program for children with asthma is an effective strategy for controlling the disease. Knowledge of local epidemiological and environmental characteristics is essential to reducing the prevalence of the severe forms of asthma, to improving the use of health resources, and to preventing pulmonary changes that could lead to COPD in adulthood.

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Child CareProgram EvaluationAdolescentAge FactorsAsthmaBrazilChildChild, PreschoolEducational StatusFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleReproducibility of ResultsRespiratory Sounds

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