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Controversies and limitations in the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Rev. invest. clín; 71 (1), 2019
Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of chronic morbidity and mortality worldwide. While the cut-off point to define airflow obstruction has been controversial, it is widely accepted that the spirometry test is vital, as well as performing it after using a bronchodilator...

Symptomatic and asymptomatic smokers without airflow obstruction: a new clinical entity?

Rev. invest. clín; 71 (1), 2019
Abstract Non-obstructed ever-smokers, with or without symptoms, have generated a great deal of information recently, but few reviews. Even individuals with normal spirometry can present changes in sputum with inflammatory biomarkers (cellular and molecular) and airways and parenchyma with remodeling; whe...

Hiperlactatemia en pacientes hospitalizados por asma: Frecuencia e implicaciones clínicas
Hyperlactatemia in hospitalized patients with asthma. Frequency and clinical implications

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (1), 2019
Se ha descrito un incremento del lactato sanguíneo en algunos pacientes tratados por agudización del asma. Sin embargo, se desconoce su frecuencia y el significado clínico en la práctica clínica habitual. El objetivo del estudio ha sido evaluar las características asociadas a la presencia de hiperl...

Supervivencia en una cohorte de pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica acorde a la clasificación GOLD 2017
Survival in a cohort of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to GOLD 2017 classification

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (1), 2019
Hasta el momento, no existe información sobre la evolución de los pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) de acuerdo con la nueva clasificación GOLD 2017. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar, en una cohorte de pacientes con EPOC seguidos por veinte años, la influencia del...

Evaluation of respiratory dynamics by volumetric capnography during submaximal exercise protocol of six minutes on treadmill in cystic fibrosis patients

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 95 (1), 2019
Abstract Objectives: Volumetric capnography provides the standard CO2 elimination by the volume expired per respiratory cycle and is a measure to assess pulmonary involvement. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the respiratory dynamics of healthy control subjects and those with cystic fib...

Influence of obesity in pulmonary function and exercise tolerance in obese women with obstructive sleep apnea

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the influence of obesity on pulmonary function and exercise tolerance in women with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Subjects and methods: A descriptive analytic cross- sectional study was carried out. Thirty-nine (39) sedentary climacteric women, aged 45 to 60 years, were...

Estrategias de problematización e intervención de Kinesiología / Fisioterapia para un paciente con una afección ventilatoria crónica reagudizada

La Clasificación Internacional del Funcionamiento, de la Discapacidad y de la Salud (CIF), permite organizar la información mediante un lenguaje trans-disciplinario. Al respecto, es fundamental complementarlo con una epistemología propia para generar prácticas clínicas eficientes. La enfermedad pulm...

Lipoabdominoplasty: repercussions for diaphragmatic mobility and lung function in healthy women

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the impact of lipoabdominoplasty on diaphragmatic mobility (DM) and lung function in healthy women. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study using high-resolution ultrasound and forced spirometry to assess DM and lung function, respectively, prior to lipoabdominoplas...

Evaluating the extremely elderly at a pulmonary function clinic for the diagnosis of respiratory disease: frequency and technical quality of spirometry

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency of spirometry in elderly people, by age group, at a pulmonary function clinic, to assess the quality of spirometry in the extremely elderly, and to determine whether chronological age influences the quality of spirometry. Methods: This was a cross-sectiona...

Anthropometric status of individuals with COPD in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, over time - analysis of a population-based study

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the anthropometric data obtained for residents of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in a study of Latin America conducted in two phases (baseline, in 2003, and follow-up, in 2012). Methods: This was an analysis of data obtained for São Paulo residents in a two-phase popul...