Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that causes hyperresponsiveness of the airways leading
to frequent bouts of wheezing, dyspnea, chest tightness and cough. The objective of this study
was to characterize the profile of patients with asthma treated at a Tertiary Care Hospital so that
nutritional guidelines can be implemented for these patients. This is a cross-sectional study, in
which the body mass index was analyzed in asthmatic patients over 6 years of age and under 18
years of age. The data were obtained by anthropometric measurements and the form filled out
during a Pneumopediatrics outpatient clinic. A higher prevalence of asthma was observed in the
male pediatric population, in agreement with the literature. The rate of obesity concomitant with
asthma was 24.67%, higher than in the literature. In part, this fact reinforces the tendency of
association between asthma and obesity observed in several studies. The use of inhaled
corticosteroids agrees with the recommendations and therapeutic consensus of efficacy in the
treatment of asthmatic crises.
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