Simone Lobo Krupok Matias1, Carlos Alberto de Castro Pereira1, Maria Raquel Soares1, Flávia Castro Velasco Fernandes2, Maria Auxiliadora Carmo Moreira2, Fernanda Maciel de Aguiar Baptista3, Tarciane Aline Prata4, Gediel Cordeiro Junior4, Eliane Viana Mancuzo5

J Bras Pneumol.2024;50(1):e20230232

Objective: To assess the relative frequency of incident cases of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) in Brazil. Methods: This was a retrospective survey of new cases of ILD in six referral centers between January of 2013 and January of 2020. The diagnosis of ILD followed the criteria suggested by international bodies or was made through multidisciplinary discussion (MDD). The condition was characterized as unclassifiable ILD when there was no specific final diagnosis following MDD or when there was disagreement between clinical, radiological, or histological data. Results: The sample comprised 1,406 patients (mean age = 61 ± 14 years), and 764 (54%) were female. Of the 747 cases exposed to hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP)-related antigens, 327 (44%) had a final diagnosis of HP. A family history of ILD was reported in 8% of cases. HRCT findings were indicative of fibrosis in 74% of cases, including honeycombing, in 21%. Relevant autoantibodies were detected in 33% of cases. Transbronchial biopsy was performed in 23% of patients, and surgical lung biopsy, in 17%. The final diagnoses were: connective tissue disease-associated ILD (in 27%), HP (in 23%), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (in 14%), unclassifiable ILD (in 10%), and sarcoidosis (in 6%). Diagnoses varied significantly among centers (?2 = 312.4; p < 0.001). Conclusions: Our findings show that connective tissue disease-associated ILD is the most common ILD in Brazil, followed by HP. These results highlight the need for close collaboration between pulmonologists and rheumatologists, the importance of detailed questioning of patients in regard with potential exposure to antigens, and the need for public health campaigns to stress the importance of avoiding such exposure.

Keywords: Lung diseases, interstitial/epidemiology; Alveolitis, extrinsic allergic/epidemiology; Connective tissue diseases/epidemiology, Sarcoidosis/epidemiology; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis/epidemiology

Impact of social distancing in response to COVID-19 on hospitalizations for laryngitis, tracheitis, otitis media, and mastoiditis in children aged 0 to 9 years in Brazil

Impacto do distanciamento social em resposta à COVID-19 nas internações por laringite, traqueíte, otite média e mastoidite em crianças de 0 a 9 anos no Brasil

Clovisa Reck de Jesus1, Aline Antônia Souto Rosa1, Amanda da Silva Meneses1, Angélica Conzati Agostini1, Fernanda Bercht Merten1, Sofia Moreira Ferrão1, Luíza Costa Silveira Martins1, Frederico Orlando Friedrich1, Leonardo Araújo Pinto1

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Mortalidade por doenças respiratórias em idosos após campanhas vacinais contrainfluenza no Distrito Federal, Brasil, 1996-2009

Francisca Magalhães Scoralick, Luciana Paganini Piazzolla, Liana Laura Pires, Cleudsom Neri,Wladimir Kummer de Paula

J Bras Pneumol.2013;39(2):198-204

Hospitalizations for pulmonary embolism in Brazil (2008-2019): an ecological and time series study

Hospitalizações por embolia pulmonar no Brasil (2008-2019): um estudo ecológico e de séries temporais

Jéssica Alves Gomes1, José Elias Bezerra Barros1, André Luis Oliveira do Nascimento1, Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Rocha1, João Paulo Oliveira de Almeida1, Gibson Barros de Almeida Santana1, Divanise Suruagy Correia2, Márcio Bezerra Santos3, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo4,5, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza1,6

J Bras Pneumol.2022;48(3):e20210434

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Perspectivas da cirurgia robótica na área das doenças torácicas no Brasil

Jefferson Luiz Gross1

J Bras Pneumol.2020;46(1):e20190427

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Suitability of Health Science key words for indexing master's degree theses and dissertations in the area of respiratory diseases

Adequação dos descritores em Ciências da Saúde para a indexação de dissertações acadêmicas, na área de doenças respiratórias

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Hospital admission and mortality rates for non-COVID-19 respiratory diseases in Brazil’s public health system during the covid-19 pandemic: a nationwide observational study

Internações hospitalares e taxas de mortalidade por doenças respiratórias não COVID-19 no sistema público de saúde do Brasil durante a pandemia de COVID-19: um estudo observacional nacional

Diogo de Azevedo Resende de Albuquerque1, Marcelo Dantas Tavares de Melo1, Thiago Lins Fagundes de Sousa2, Paulo Garcia Normando1, Juliana Góes Martins Fagundes2, Jose de Arimateia Batista Araujo-Filho3

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Effectiveness of a photogrammetric model for the analysis of thoracoabdominal respiratory mechanics in the assessment of isovolume maneuvers in children

Efetividade de um modelo fotogramétrico para a análise da mecânica respiratória toracoabdominal na avaliação de manobras de isovolume em crianças

Denise da Vinha Ricieri, Nelson Augusto Rosário Filho

J Bras Pneumol.2009;35(2):144-150

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Respiratory manifestations and esophageal diseases

Manifestações respiratórias e doenças esofágicas

Elie Fiss

J Bras Pneumol.2008;34(12):993-994

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Spatial analysis of deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis in the city of São Luís, Brazil

Análise espacial dos óbitos por tuberculose pulmonar em São Luís, Maranhão

Marcelino Santos-Neto, Mellina Yamamura, Maria Concebida da Cunha Garcia, Marcela Paschoal Popolin, Tatiane Ramos dos Santos Silveira, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

J Bras Pneumol.2014;40(5):543-551

The outcome of tuberculosis treatment in subjects with chronic kidney disease in Brazil: a multinomial analysis

Desfecho do tratamento da tuberculose em indivíduos com doença renal crônica no Brasil: uma análise multinomial

Barbara Reis-Santos, Teresa Gomes, Bernardo Lessa Horta, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel

J Bras Pneumol.2013;39(5):585-594

A critical analysis of the decreasing trends in tuberculosis cure indicators in Brazil, 2001–2022

Gabriel Pavinati1, Lucas Vinícius de Lima1, Pedro Henrique Paiva Bernardo1, Jhenicy Rubira Dias2, Bárbara Reis-Santos3, Gabriela Tavares Magnabosco1

J Bras Pneumol.2024;50(2):e20240018

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A critical analysis of the decreasing trends in tuberculosis cure indicators in Brazil

Hinpetch Daungsupawong1, Viroj Wiwanitki2

J Bras Pneumol.2024;50(4):e20240186

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