{"title":"Decreasing trends in tuberculosis cure indicators in Brazil","authors":"Marcelo Fouad Rabahi1, Marcus Barreto Conte2","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20240121","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":507373,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia","volume":" 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140993304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan C Calderon1,2,3, Juliana C Ferreira1,4, Cecilia M Patino1,5
{"title":"What is a manual of procedures and why do we need one?","authors":"Juan C Calderon1,2,3, Juliana C Ferreira1,4, Cecilia M Patino1,5","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20240137","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":507373,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia","volume":" 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140991795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Edson Marchiori1, Bruno Hochhegger2, Gláucia Zanetti1
{"title":"Anomalous systemic arterial supply to normal lung","authors":"Edson Marchiori1, Bruno Hochhegger2, Gláucia Zanetti1","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20240034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":507373,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia","volume":" 79","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140990663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martti Anton Antila1, Adelmir Souza-Machado2,4, Marcelo Gervilla Gregório3, Álvaro A Cruz4,5, Luciene Angelini6, Maarten J H I Beekman7, Gilmar Alves Zonzin8, Marcelo Fouad Rabahi9
{"title":"Overprescription of short-acting β2 agonists: reflections from the SABINA study in Brazil","authors":"Martti Anton Antila1, Adelmir Souza-Machado2,4, Marcelo Gervilla Gregório3, Álvaro A Cruz4,5, Luciene Angelini6, Maarten J H I Beekman7, Gilmar Alves Zonzin8, Marcelo Fouad Rabahi9","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20230174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20230174","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To assess prescription patterns for short-acting ß2 agonists (SABAs) and other asthma medications in asthma patients treated by specialists and participating in the SABA use IN Asthma (SABINA) study in Brazil. Methods: This was an observational, cross-sectional study conducted at five sites in different regions of Brazil. The primary endpoints were to record SABA prescriptions and obtain data on over-the-counter (OTC) SABA purchases at the pharmacy. Results: Data on 218 asthma patients were analyzed. Of those 218 patients, 80.3% were prescribed SABAs in addition to their maintenance therapy, with a mean of 11.2 SABA canisters in the previous 12 months. Of those patients, 71.4% were prescribed = 3 canisters and 42.2% were prescribed = 10 canisters. None of the patients were prescribed SABA monotherapy. A total of 14.2% of the patients reported purchasing SABAs OTC at a pharmacy without a prescription. Of those, 48.4% purchased = 3 SABA canisters. A fixed-dose combination of an inhaled corticosteroid and a long-acting ß2 agonist was prescribed to 95.0% of the patients. In the year before the study visit, 45.0% of the patients received at least one course of oral corticosteroid burst treatment. Asthma was well controlled in 43.1% of the patients, partly controlled in 34.9%, and uncontrolled in 22.0%. Patients reported a mean of 1.1 severe asthma exacerbations, with 49.1% experiencing 1 or more severe exacerbations. Conclusions: Overprescription and OTC purchases of SABAs are common in Brazil, possibly leading to the need for courses of oral corticosteroids. The health care community should collaborate to implement evidence-based recommendations and promote health education to improve asthma management in Brazil.","PeriodicalId":507373,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia","volume":"58 27","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139527806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Subsolid nodules, adenocarcinomas, and COVID-19: looking for needles in a haystack","authors":"Pedro Paulo Teixeira e Silva Torres, E. Marchiori","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20230392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20230392","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":507373,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139388670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}