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This document constitutes a summary of the clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) prepared at the initiative of the Latin American Thoracic Society (ALAT). Due to new evidence in the treatment of severe asthma, it was agreed to select six clinical questions, and the corresponding recommendations are provided herein. After considering the quality of the evidence, the balance between desirable and undesirable impacts and the feasibility and acceptance of procedures, the following recommendations were established. 1) We do not recommend the use of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) plus formoterol as rescue medication in the treatment of severe asthma. 2) We suggest performing many more high-quality randomised studies to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tiotropium in patients with severe asthma. 3) Omalizumab is recommended in patients with severe uncontrolled allergic asthma with serum IgE levels above 30 IU. 4) Anti-interleukin (IL)-5 drugs are recommended in patients with severe uncontrolled eosinophilic asthma (cut-off values above 150â cells·µL-1 for mepolizumab and above 400â cells·µL-1 for reslizumab). 5) Benralizumab is recommended in adult patients with severe uncontrolled eosinophilic asthma (cut-off values above 300â cells·µL-1). 6) Dupilumab is recommended in adult patients with severe uncontrolled allergic and eosinophilic asthma and in adult patients with severe corticosteroid-dependent asthma.
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Cada vez se observa con más frecuencia una tendencia mundial hacia el crecimiento en las tasas de cesáreas, y Cuba no es la excepción. Objetivos: determinar las causas del aumento de las tasas de cesáreas en la Ciudad de la Habana, e identificar las posibles intervenciones que pudieran detener dicha tendencia; así como las preferencias de los obstetras cuando enfrentan ciertas situaciones clínicas. Metodología: se realizó un estudio descriptivo y exploratorio, para lo cual se administró un cuestionario anónimo a 132 obstetras que laboran en 5 hospitales maternos de la Ciudad de la Habana...