Results: 444

Assessment of religious coping in patients with COPD

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare religious coping (RC) in patients with COPD and healthy individuals, as well as to determine whether RC is associated with demographic characteristics, quality of life, depression, and disease severity in the patients with COPD. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study c...

Treinamento Físico Combinado Melhora a Tolerância ao Exercício e o Prognóstico em Indivíduos com DPOC

REVISA (Online); 9 (2), 2020
Objetivo: Avaliar o efeito deste treinamento sobre a tolerância ao exercício em pessoas com DPOC e sobre o prognóstico da doença. Método: Nove idosos com DPOC (GDPOC) e nove idosos saudáveis (GS) foram avaliados antes e após TFC por Teste de caminhada de seis minutos (TC6’), teste incremental no...

Evaluating the disease and treatment information provided to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the time of discharge according to GOLD discharge guidelines

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the disease and treatment information provided to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at hospital discharge. Methods This was a cross-sectional study including hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at three tertiary hospitals. Th...

Legal demands of the tiotropium bromide for treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and their financial impact for the State of Paraná, Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the legal demands of tiotropium bromide to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Methods We included secondary data from the pharmaceutical care management systems made available by the Paraná State Drug Center. Results Public interest civil action and ordinary...

Impacto de uma intervenção educacional de enfermagem em pacientes portadores de DPOC

Objetivo: avaliar os efeitos imediatos da orientação do plano de alta hospitalar aos pacientes com DPOC. Método: estudo prospectivo, comparativo, realizado num hospital privado de São Paulo, com pacientes com DPOC. Na primeira etapa foi aplicado questionário “Plano educacional para pacientes com D...

Frequency of emergency department visits and hospitalizations due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations in patients included in two models of care

Biomédica (Bogotá); 39 (4), 2019
Introduction: Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a huge impact on lung function, quality of life and mortality of patients. Emergency Department visits and hospitalizations due to exacerbations cause a significant economic burden on the health system. Objective: To describ...

Comparación clínica y funcional entre pacientes con diagnóstico de enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica severa y muy severa

Rev. cuba. med; 58 (4), 2019
Introducción: La enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica es el problema respiratorio de mayor prevalencia e impacto socioeconómico en el mundo a pesar de ser una enfermedad potencialmente prevenible. Objetivo: Comparar clínica y funcionalmente pacientes con diagnóstico de enfermedad pulmonar obst...

"Overtime Hours Effect" on emergency surgery of acute type A aortic dissection

Abstract Objective: Treatment of acute diseases of the aorta is still associated with high mortality and morbidity. It is believed that interventions for these diseases on overtime hours (night shifts or weekend shifts) may increase mortality. In this study, we investigated the effect of performing acut...

Medición de la saturación arterial de oxígeno en enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica

Med. UIS; 32 (3), 2019
Resumen La terapia con oxígeno a largo plazo mejoró la supervivencia de los pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica. Las medidas propuestas en las guías clínicas para evaluar la indicación y seguimiento de esta terapia son la presión arterial de oxígeno y la saturación arterial de ...