Broncoespasmo induzido pelo exercício na infância

We review the concept, pathophysiology, clinical diagnosis, pulmonary function tests, and treatment of exercise-induced bronchospasm in children. Exercise-induced bronchospasm is the acute narrowing of the airway that is triggered by vigorous physical activity in individuals with airway hyperreactivity. It is characterized by several degrees of obstruction occurring some minutes after the end of exercise. A late responsemay also occur, usually in children. Exercise-induced bronchospasm in children affects up to 15% of general population, and it is more prevalent in asthmatics. Diagnosis is suggested by typical history, and confirmed by specific tests. The clinical presentation is variable. Its diagnosis is confirmed by a recorded fall in the peak expiratory flow (PEF) or forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1 ) of 15% or higher after exercise, or by a decrease in the forced expiratory flow at 25-75% (FEF25-75) of 20% in relation to baseline measurements. Many theories try to explain the pathophysiology of this condition. Beta-2 agonists are the most common drugs used in the treatment of exerciseinduced bronchospasm and in prophylaxis. Mast cell stabilizing agents and leukotriene antagonists can also be used. Exercise-induced bronchospasm should be remembered in asthmatic patients that present symptoms on exercising. Although there is a large amount of informationavailable about therapeutic options, there is still much to be explored in this field of studyNeste trabalho, são revisados conceitos atuais sobre definição, fisiopatologia, diagnóstico clínico e funcional pulmonar e tratamento do broncoespasmo induzidopelo exercício em crianças. O broncoespasmo induzido pelo exercício é o estreitamento da via aérea desencadeado por atividade física em pessoas comreatividade brônquica aumentada. Caracteriza-se por vários graus de obstrução ao fluxo aéreo, ocorrendo minutos após a finalização do exercício. Pode seguir-setambém uma resposta tardia, especialmente em crianças. Atinge 15% da população geral, mais freqüentemente asmáticos. A apresentação clínica é variável. O diagnóstico é confirmado por uma queda no pico de fluxo expiratório (PFE) ou no volume expiratório final no primeiro segundo (VEF1) de 15% ou mais após o exercício, ou uma redução no fluxo expiratório forçado de 25 a 75% da capacidade vital (FEF25-75) de 20%. Várias teorias tentam explicar sua fisiopatologia. Os beta2-agonistas são, até o momento, as drogas mais usadas no tratamento e profilaxia do broncoespasmoinduzido pelo exercício. Inibidores da degranulação dos mastócitos e antagonistas dos leucotrienos também são utilizados. O broncoespasmo induzido pelo exercício deve ser especialmente lembrado naqueles pacientes asmáticos com sintomas ao exercício. Embora muito já se conheça em termos de alternativas terapêuticas, esta é uma área ainda parcialmente explorada

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio