background the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux (gerd) and airway diseases is still a matter of debate. oscillometry is an objective, independent tool for the evaluation of airway resistance. the main purpose of this study is to comparespirometry and oscillometry results before and after treatment by a proton pump inhibitor (ppi) in a group of gerd patients who have no respiratory s...

OBJECTIVE Assess the prevalence of white coat hypertension in the municipality of Dumont, in São Paulo State, and map study participants' demographics, and physiologic and metabolic changes. METHODS One hundred and nine (109) users of the Municipal Health Service were selected and then divided into three groups: normotension, essential hypertension, and white coat hypertension after blood pre...

Background Eosinophilic bronchitis (EB) is a common cause of chronic cough. Although EB shares many immunopathologic features with asthma, it does not show airway hyperresponsiveness or reversible airway obstruction by spirometry. Compared to healthy children without pulmonary disease, we hypothesized that EB patients would demonstrate abnormal pulmonary function and inflammation with impulse o...