Artigo de Periódico
Lack of control of severe asthma is associated with co-existence of moderate-to-severe rhinitis
Fecha
2008Registro en:
1398-9995
v. 63, n . 5
Autor
Ponte, Eduardo Vieira
Franco, R.
Nascimento, Harrison Floriano do
Machado, Adelmir de Souza
Cunha, S.
Barreto, Mauricio Lima
Naspitz, Charles Kirov
Cruz Filho, Álvaro Augusto Souza da
Ponte, Eduardo Vieira
Franco, R.
Nascimento, Harrison Floriano do
Machado, Adelmir de Souza
Cunha, S.
Barreto, Mauricio Lima
Naspitz, Charles Kirov
Cruz Filho, Álvaro Augusto Souza da
Institución
Resumen
Eighty-two (15%) patients had no rhinitis, 299 (54%) had mild rhinitis and 176 (31%) moderate/severe rhinitis. In logistic regression models, moderate/severe rhinitis was a predictor for any emergency room visit in the follow-up period [3.83 (2.00–7.35)], for the presence of uncontrolled asthma after 1 year of follow-up [12.68 (1.73–92.85)], for <10% improvement of the airway obstruction [2.94 (1.48–5.85)] and <50% reduction in the number of emergency room visits [2.90 (1.02–8.26)] in the year of follow-up. It was also associated with a smaller chance of more than 90% reduction in the number of emergency room visits in the year of follow-up [0.27 (0.12–0.60)]. In a multivariate linear regression model, severity of rhinitis was positively correlated with a score of asthma severity and inversely correlated to an index of quality of life.