Guayaquil Centre

Personnel

• Dr César Bustos Cajas
• Rocío De Janón
• Mireya Rodas Suárez
• Alfredo Sierra Rabascal
• Dr Jose Ulloa Correa

GUAYAQUIL ISAAC CENTER

Ecuador is a country of 14.3 million inhabitants, the most densely populated is Guayaquil with 2.3 million inhabitants. It is located in coastal region where the climate is tropical, with high temperatures most of the year, with an average of 25 ° C approximately. It has two seasons, winter or rainy season, which runs from January to May and summer or dry season from June to December.

There was no specific epidemiological data of asthma or related diseases in our population before our participation in the ISAAC study. In our center with the principal investigator was Dr. Jose Ulloa Correa, Mireya Rodas Suárez, Rocío De Janón, Alfredo Sierra Rabascal, latter pediatric pulmonologist.

Through Dr. Javier Mallol, coordinator for Latin America of ISAAC, we had knowledge of the implementation of phase III of the study. We started our business on September 11, 2001 for two consecutive years. 3082 students were surveyed belonging to the group of 13-14 years.

The sample was chosen for convenience according to the school agreed to participate in the ISAAC study. We were always trying to cover diverse socioeconomic and different geographical areas of the city.

In this study also allowed us to establish data on the prevalence of asthma in our city, the environmental questionnaire allowed us to learn more about the relationship between feeding our young and bronchial asthma.