Miguel Capão-Filipe

Hospital de Aveiro · Department of Internal Medicine

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, otherwise known as exercise-induced bronchoconstriction with asthma or without asthma, is an acute airway narrowing that occurs as a result of exercise and can occur in patients with asthma. A panel of members from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Sports, Exercise, & Fitness Committee review...

Objective: To investigate how changes to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) guidelines on asthma medication requests have impacted the management of asthmatic athletes in Portugal. Design: Retrospective analysis of asthma medication requests submitted in 2008 to 2010. Setting: Portuguese Anti-Doping Authority database. Participants: Athlete...

Background: This paper reviews the recent literature on rhinitis in athletes and the relationship of nasal and exercise physiology with environmental factors with a negative impact on sport performance, including the relationship between allergic rhinitis and exercise-induced asthma. The management and therapeutic plan for the elite athlete with rh...

Monitoring antibiotic consumption is a valuable tool which has been increasingly used in the last years due to the current concern with the emergence of resistant microbial strains. The present study aimed at monitoring antibiotic consumption, evaluating the economic impact of hospital antibiotic prescription and assessing the relationship between...