ABSTRACT Objective: To test the reliability, validity, and interpretability of the Brazilian version of the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) in patients with COPD. Methods: Fifty patients with COPD completed the CCQ by interview on two occasions. At the first visit, the CCQ was administered twice, by ...
Los pacientes que padecen de patologías crónicas, como la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva, experimentan diversos cambios en su estado de salud, que los lleva a modificar su percepción de bienestar. Por ello, la evaluación de la calidad de vida se hace necesaria. Objetivo: describir, de forma global y...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the frequency of asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) in patients with COPD and to compare, from a clinical, laboratory, and functional point of view, patients with and without ACO, according to different diagnostic criteria. Methods: The participants underwent evaluation by a pulm...
RESUMO Objetivo Relacionar o tempo de trânsito faríngeo e a presença de resíduos com a dispneia e a função pulmonar em indivíduos com Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica DPOC. Método Estudo realizado com 19 adultos (11 homens e 8 mulheres) com diagnóstico clínico e espirométrico de DPOC e i...
ABSTRACT Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) has been described as one of the components of the treatment of chronic lung conditions such as obstructive and restrictive lung diseases. Although the number of studies showing results of IMT in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) is scarce when compa...
ABSTRACT Objective: The identification of persistent airway obstruction is key to making a diagnosis of COPD. The GOLD guidelines suggest a fixed criterion-a post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio < 70%-to define obstruction, although other guidelines suggest that a post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio <...
Objetivo: Realizar uma revisão integrativa sobre os efeitos da abordagem osteopática na doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica. Metodos: Estudo seccional
e documental, realizado por meio de revisão integrativa da literatura disponível nas bibliotecas virtuais de saúde: National Library of Medicine (Pu...