Search Results - "Cruz, Álvaro A."

Single nucleotide variants in the IL33 and IL1RL1 (ST2) genes are associated with periodontitis and with Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in the dental plaque biofilm: A putative role in understanding the host immune response in periodontitis by Trindade, Soraya C, Lopes, Mabel P P, Oliveira, Tatiane T M C, Silva, Milca J, Queiroz, Gerson A, Jesus, Talita S, Santos, Ellen K N, Carvalho-Filho, Paulo C, Falcão, Michelle M L, Miranda, Patrícia M, Santos, Rebeca P B, Figueiredo, Camila A, Cruz, Álvaro A, Seymour, Gregory J, Gomes-Filho, Isaac S

“…The Interleukin (IL)-33 is important in several inflammatory diseases and its cellular receptor is the Interleukin 1 receptor-like 1 (IL1RL1), also called…”
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Dissociation between skin test reactivity and anti-aeroallergen IgE: Determinants among urban Brazilian children by Alcantara-Neves, Neuza M, Veiga, Rafael V, Ponte, João C M, da Cunha, Sérgio S, Simões, Silvia M, Cruz, Álvaro A, Yazdanbakhsh, Maria, Matos, Sheila M, Silva, Thiago Magalhães, Figueiredo, Camila A, Pontes-de-Carvalho, Lain C, Rodrigues, Laura C, Fiaccone, Rosemeire L, Cooper, Philip J, Barreto, Maurício L

“…The dissociation between specific IgE and skin prick test reactivity to aeroallergens, a common finding in populations living in low and middle-income…”
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Handgrip strength as a diagnostic tool for frailty risk in elderly patients with moderate to severe asthma by Figueiredo, Ricardo G, Holguin, Fernando, Pizzichini, Marcia, Pinheiro, Gabriela P, Arata, Vanessa, Leal, Maisa F M, Santana, Cinthia V N, Cruz, Álvaro A, Bessa Júnior, José

“…To evaluate handgrip strength (HGS) as a diagnostic tool for frailty risk in elderly patients with asthma, as well as to investigate the prevalence of frailty…”
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Gut microbiome signature and nasal lavage inflammatory markers in young people with asthma by Sampaio Dotto Fiuza, Bianca, Machado de Andrade, Candace, Meirelles, Pedro Milet, Santos da Silva, Jorley, de Jesus Silva, Milca, Vila Nova Santana, Cinthia, Pimentel Pinheiro, Gabriela, Mpairwe, Harriet, Cooper, Philip, Brooks, Collin, Pembrey, Lucy, Taylor, Steven, Douwes, Jeroen, Cruz, Álvaro A., Barreto, Mauricio L., Pearce, Neil, Figueiredo, Camila A.V.

“…Asthma is a complex disease and a severe global public health problem resulting from interactions between genetic background and environmental exposures. It…”
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Impact of frailty in elderly patients with moderate to severe asthma by Figueiredo, Ricardo G, Pinheiro, Gabriela P, Arata, Vanessa, Leal, Maisa F. M, Santana, Cinthia V. N, Tiraboschi, Taciana L, Bessa Junior, José, Cruz, Álvaro A

“…Frailty assessment has been identified as critical approach in chronic respiratory diseases with substantial impact in the health status and functionality in…”
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Risk factors and immunological pathways for asthma and other allergic diseases in children: background and methodology of a longitudinal study in a large urban center in Northeastern Brazil (Salvador-SCAALA study) by Barreto, Mauricio L, Cunha, Sergio S, Alcântara-Neves, Neuza, Carvalho, Lain P, Cruz, Alvaro A, Stein, Renato T, Genser, Bernd, Cooper, Philip J, Rodrigues, Laura C

“…The prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases has increased in industrialised countries, and it is known that rates vary according whether the area is urban…”
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Global asthma prevalence in adults: findings from the cross-sectional world health survey by To, Teresa, Stanojevic, Sanja, Moores, Ginette, Gershon, Andrea S, Bateman, Eric D, Cruz, Alvaro A, Boulet, Louis-Philippe

“…Asthma is a major cause of disability, health resource utilization and poor quality of life world-wide. We set out to generate estimates of the global burden…”
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Global Initiative for Asthma Strategy 2021: Executive Summary and Rationale for Key Changes by Reddel, Helen K, Bacharier, Leonard B, Bateman, Eric D, Brightling, Christopher E, Brusselle, Guy G, Buhl, Roland, Cruz, Alvaro A, Duijts, Liesbeth, Drazen, Jeffrey M, FitzGerald, J Mark, Fleming, Louise J, Inoue, Hiromasa, Ko, Fanny W, Krishnan, Jerry A, Levy, Mark L, Lin, Jiangtao, Mortimer, Kevin, Pitrez, Paulo M, Sheikh, Aziz, Yorgancioglu, Arzu A, Boulet, Louis-Philippe

“…The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Strategy Report provides clinicians with an annually updated evidence-based strategy for asthma management and…”
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A summary of the new GINA strategy: a roadmap to asthma control by Reddel, Helen K, Bateman, Eric D, Becker, Allan, Boulet, Louis-Philippe, Cruz, Alvaro A, Drazen, Jeffrey M, Haahtela, Tari, Hurd, Suzanne S, Inoue, Hiromasa, de Jongste, Johan C, Lemanske, Jr, Robert F, Levy, Mark L, O'Byrne, Paul M, Paggiaro, Pierluigi, Pedersen, Soren E, Pizzichini, Emilio, Soto-Quiroz, Manuel, Szefler, Stanley J, Wong, Gary W K, FitzGerald, J Mark

“…Over the past 20 years, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has regularly published and annually updated a global strategy for asthma management and…”
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Asthma prevalence and severity in low-resource communities by Cruz, Álvaro A, Stelmach, Rafael, Ponte, Eduardo V

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWThe prevalence of asthma was thought to be low in most low-income countries, but several reports have indicated this is not always true. This…”
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Rhinitis Phenotypes Based on Multimorbidities by Cruz, Álvaro A., Bousquet, Jean

“…Chronic allergic and nonallergic rhinitis are common phenotypes of a highly prevalent disorder of the upper airways, often associated with asthma.1 Clinical…”
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Hyperkalaemia in congestive heart failure patients using ACE inhibitors and spironolactone by Cruz, Constança S., Cruz, Álvaro A., Marcílio de Souza, Carlos A.

“…Background. Recent studies have shown a fall in global mortality with minimal side effects in severe congestive heart failure (CHF) patients receiving…”
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Key recommendations for primary care from the 2022 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) update by Levy, Mark L., Bacharier, Leonard B., Bateman, Eric, Boulet, Louis-Philippe, Brightling, Chris, Buhl, Roland, Brusselle, Guy, Cruz, Alvaro A., Drazen, Jeffrey M., Duijts, Liesbeth, Fleming, Louise, Inoue, Hiromasa, Ko, Fanny W. S., Krishnan, Jerry A., Mortimer, Kevin, Pitrez, Paulo M., Sheikh, Aziz, Yorgancıoğlu, Arzu, Reddel, Helen K.

“…The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) was established in 1993 by the World Health Organization and the US National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to improve…”
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ARIA 2016 executive summary: Integrated care pathways for predictive medicine throughout the life cycle in Argentina by Ivancevich, Juan Carlos, Neffen, Hugo, Zernotti, Mario E, Asayag, Estrella, Blua, Ariel, Cicerán, Alberto, Jares, Edgardo J, Lavrut, Alberto J, Máspero, Jorge F, Agache, Ioana, Bachert, Claus, Bedbrook, Anna, Canonica, Giorgio W, Casale, Thomas B, Cruz, Álvaro A, Fokkens, Wytske J, Hellings, Peter W, Samolinski, Boleslaw, Bousquet, Jean

“…The ARIA initiative was started during a World Health Organization workshop in 1999. The initial goals were to propose a new classification for allergic…”
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Global issues in allergy and immunology: Parasitic infections and allergy by Cruz, Alvaro A., Cooper, Philip J., Figueiredo, Camila A., Alcantara-Neves, Neuza M., Rodrigues, Laura C., Barreto, Mauricio L.

“…Allergic diseases are on the increase globally in parallel with a decrease in parasitic infection. The inverse association between parasitic infections and…”
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Care pathways for the selection of a biologic in severe asthma by Bousquet, Jean, Brusselle, Guy, Buhl, Roland, Busse, William W, Cruz, Alvaro A, Djukanovic, Ratko, Domingo, Christian, Hanania, Nicola A, Humbert, Marc, Menzies Gow, Andrew, Phipatanakul, Wanda, Wahn, Ulrich, Wechsler, Michael E

“…Patients with severe asthma generally benefit from consultations with an asthma specialist to optimise their management, which may include the potential…”
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Another case of preventable death from asthma by Santana, Cinthia Vila Nova, Pimentel Pinheiro, Gabriela, Lima, Givaneide S, Fernandes, Jamille Souza, Cruz, Álvaro A

“…Asthma prevalence is 262 million globally, with more than 1,000 deaths each day, most of them preventable. We were performing a longitudinal study, in Brazil,…”
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Prevotella intermedia and periodontitis are associated with severe asthma by Lopes, Mabel P., Cruz, Álvaro A., Xavier, Márcia T., Stöcker, Andreas, Carvalho‐Filho, Paulo, Miranda, Patrícia M., Meyer, Roberto J., Soledade, Kaliane R., Gomes‐Filho, Isaac S., Trindade, Soraya C.

“…Background Periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of multibacterial etiology that affects the protective and supporting tissues surrounding teeth, can…”
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Moving towards a Treatable Traits model of care for the management of obstructive airways diseases by Agusti, Alvar, Barnes, Neil, Cruz, Alvaro A., Gibson, Peter G., Heaney, Liam G., Inoue, Hiromasa, Leather, David, Martinez, Fernando J., McDonald, Vanessa M., Oppenheimer, John, Papi, Alberto, Pavord, Ian D., Thomas, Mike, Walker, Samantha, Yates, Louisa

“…Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are two prevalent chronic airways diseases. Both are complex and heterogeneous. Traditionally, clinical…”
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Global Initiative for Asthma Strategy 2021: Executive Summary and Rationale for Key Changes by Reddel, Helen K., Bacharier, Leonard B., Bateman, Eric D., Brightling, Christopher E., Brusselle, Guy G., Buhl, Roland, Cruz, Alvaro A., Duijts, Liesbeth, Drazen, Jeffrey M., FitzGerald, J. Mark, Fleming, Louise J., Inoue, Hiromasa, Ko, Fanny W., Krishnan, Jerry A., Levy, Mark L., Lin, Jiangtao, Mortimer, Kevin, Pitrez, Paulo M., Sheikh, Aziz, Yorgancioglu, Arzu A., Boulet, Louis-Philippe

“…The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) Strategy Report provides clinicians with an annually updated evidence-based strategy for asthma management and…”
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