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Effect of atmospheric pollution on the respiratory system
(1998)
Santiago de Chile has a high level of air pollution with ozone (O3), carbon monoxide (CO) and particles equal or smaller than 10 μm (PM10) usually exceeding the accepted standards. This situation should be noxious for the ...
Biomonitoring Human Exposure to Household Air Pollution and Association with Self-reported Health Symptoms - A Stove Intervention Study in Peru
(Elsevier, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Household air pollution (HAP) from indoor biomass stoves contains harmful pollutants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and is a leading risk factor for global disease burden. We used biomonitoring ...
Adverse Events of Prone Positioning in Mechanically Ventilated Adults With ARDS
(2021)
Background: Prone positioning is a therapy utilized globally to improve gas exchange, minimize ventilator-induced lung injury, and reduce mortality in ARDS, particularly during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ...
Impact of urban atmospheric environment on hospital admissions in the elderly
(REVISTA DE SAUDE PUBLICASAO PAULO, 2012)
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the impact of intra-urban atmospheric conditions on circulatory and respiratory diseases in elder adults. METHODS: Cross-sectional study based on data from 33,212 hospital admissions in adults over ...
Drug interactions for elderly with respiratory disorders and times of covid-19: A systematic scoping reviewInteracciones farmacológicas para ancianos con enfermedades respiratorias y tiempos de covid-19: Una revisión sistemática del alcance
(2020-01-01)
Background: The elderly people have high morbimortality associated with respiratory disorders, in addition to the presence of other safety risk factors, such as the use of potentially inappropriate medication and the ...
Queimadas de cana-de-açúcar no Brasil: efeitos à saúde respiratória
(São Paulo, 2008)
O artigo objetivou atualizar as informações sobre a produção científica referente aos efeitos da queima da cana-de-açúcar à saúde respiratória, em vista da expansão das plantações de cana no Brasil e no estado de São Paulo. ...
Pre-harvest cane burning and health: the association between school absences and burning sugarcane fields
(Revista De Saude Publica, 2015-01-01)
The objective of this study was to investigate an association between pre-harvest sugarcane burning and respiratory diseases in children under five years of age. The following data were collected in five schools in the ...
Caregiver perception of sleep-disordered breathing-associated symptoms in children of rural Andean communities above 4000 masl with chronic exposure to biomass fuel
(Elsevier, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have uncovered a very high prevalence of sleep disorders in general, and of sleep-disordered breathing in particular among children exposed to indoor biomass fuel pollution. However, despite ...
Mechanical power in pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome: a PARDIE study
(2022)
Background: Mechanical power is a composite variable for energy transmitted to the respiratory system over time that may better capture risk for ventilator-induced lung injury than individual ventilator management components. ...
Ivermectin versus albendazole or thiabendazole for Strongyloides stercoralis infection
(Wiley, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Strongyloidiasis is a gut infection with Strongyloides stercoralis which is common world wide. Chronic infection usually causes a skin rash, vomiting, diarrhoea or constipation, and respiratory problems, and ...