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Critical asthma syndrome is the most severe consequence of an acute asthma exacerbation. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is one of the most frequent pathologies that mimic critical asthma syndrome and is associated with a high mortality risk when timely diagnosis is not achieved in difficult-to-control asthmatic patients. We present the case of a 15-year-old male who was admitted to the intensive care unit with critical asthma signs and symptoms, where a diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis was made. He responded favorably with voriconazole and corticoids. In our context, the diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis should be considered in all patients with critical asthma or with a chronic lung disease that is difficult to control. Early diagnosis and treatment improve the quality of life and prognosis of patients.We present the case of an immunocompetent patient whose illness began at age 49 with a cough, followed by purulent and hemoptoic sputum; bronchiectasis was diagnosed. Three years later, after hemoptysis, she underwent medial segmentectomy of the middle lobe and was asymptomatic for months. When tuberculosis was found in the pathology report, she was treated with 4HREZ2R2H2. Five years later her BK was 2+, thus receiving a new scheme of 4HREZ2R2H2, which did not succeed in obtaining negative results and the treatment was declared as a failure. After genotyping her Mycobacterium intracellulare culture, the patient received azithromycin, moxifloxacin and ethambutol. There was improvement, but she abandoned the treatment at 8 months; she restarted it 18 months later, along with treatment for depression and gastroesophageal reflux. After one month the patient was asymptomatic, but she had a dermal reaction to moxifloxacin which was replaced with amikacin. Baf-A1 manufacturer One year later, she was cured and discharged, at the age of 64.COVID-19 represents a global crisis. Rapidly conducting a clinical trial with the rigor necessary to obtain reliable results requires the collaboration of various participants involved in the development, evaluation and authorization of clinical trials (CT) such as the trial sponsor, researchers, regulatory authority and the ethics committee (EC). Carrying out these studies is not only scientifically appropriate, but an ethical and moral obligation to guarantee our patients effective treatment. SOLIDARITY is a mega clinical trial that recruited thousands of subjects with moderate to severe disease, who were randomly assigned to one of the treatment groups under evaluation, including hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir associated or not with interferon; or remdesivir compared to standard therapy. Peru has joined the list of countries where the trial will be reproduced, through which it will be possible to quickly identify if any of these drugs offers a real benefit to patients.Based on the knowledge of the social determination of health, the challenge and the strategy of action to promote integrated public policies are posed, focusing on the concept of expanded health in territories where populations with high social exclusion prevail. For this purpose, the dialectic relationship between social classes, territories and health is considered. Based on the founding objectives of primary health care, the family health teams in the municipality of Petrópolis, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were trained to carry out a participatory rapid assessment related to the goals of the sustainable development objectives, in their areas of operation. This diagnosis guided the action plan for health promotion in eight pilot areas, within which conglomerates of greater social exclusion are defined through participatory mapping. Following criteria for the social control of the health system, established in the country's legislation, the creation of community forums is encouraged, which will elect legitimate community representatives to serve on local health councils, whose main mission is to discuss health and welfare problems on the basis of an intersectoral and expanded vision. The community forums, in conjunction with other local society organizations, discuss the main problems and propose alternative solutions that will collectively transform the reality of the territories. As an initial alternative, agro-ecological urban agriculture projects are established to promote sovereign and resilient transformations.Social participation is defined as the integration of people into community activities in voluntary or mandatory, formal and informal social groups, which could have consequences concerning the health of the older population. A search was conducted on Pubmed, Scielo, Scopus and Google Scholar. For this review, 16 articles studying the impact of social participation on older adults were analyzed, including a total of 73,698,096 individuals from North America, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Social participation is considered a protective factor for the mental and physical health of older adults, which has been associated with decreases in disability, co-morbidities, and mortality. For this reason, it is suggested that it should be evaluated in clinical practice. This would make it possible to orient and refer older adults to participate in certain community organizations, mainly those who do not have support networks, who are not linked to community groups, who have symptoms of depression or who are beginning to show physical or cognitive deterioration. In this way, public health could increase its prevention and health promotion actions through community organizations. On the other hand, the lack of instruments and consensus to evaluate social participation was discussed in this review where a questionnaire to evaluate the social participation of the older adult has been proposed to be validated and studied in the future.COVID-19 is rarely reported in children and they are mildly affected in most cases. The most common clinical presentation of COVID-19 is cough, fever and sore throat; severe cases show tachypnea. The course of the disease is from one to two weeks. Laboratory findings are nonspecific; lymphopenia, elevation of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin have been described. Early chest X-ray is usually normal, and the most common tomographic findings are consolidations with halo, ground-glass opacities and tiny nodules which mainly affects subpleural areas. Management of the disease is supportive; in severe cases, it should be focused on respiratory support. It is recommended to limit the handling of respiratory secretions and to follow the same preventive measures provided to adults.