Results: 55

Bronquiolitis aguda: tratamiento de la insuficiencia respiratoria

The severe respiratory insufficiency (SRI) caused by acute bronchitis whose main etiology is the respiratory syncytial virus is the main cause of under 2-year-old children hospitalization during the winter months, especially in the risk groups. Its treatment is mainly based in general measures, administr...

Pandemia de coronavírus (COVID-19): o que os fonoaudiólogos devem saber

Codas; 32 (3), 2020

Predictors of difficulty in bedside percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: pilot study

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT Introduction: percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy is currently one of the main procedures performed in an intensive care unit (ICU). However, there are no well-defined indicators of technical difficulty in performing the procedure. Objectives: to define predictors of difficulty in perform...

Consideraciones hipotéticas sobre el comportamiento viral del SARS-Cov-2 (covid-19): enfermedad multisistémica
Hypothetical considerations on the viral behavior of SARS-Cov-2 (covid-19): multisystemic disease

Rev. Asoc. Méd. Argent; 133 (4), 2020
El virus provoca una reacción vascular inflamatoria en el endotelio arterial de varios órganos, entre ellos el pulmón (afectando el intercambio de gases en la membrana alveolo-capilar), de ahí la insuficiencia respiratoria, pero también afecta a otros órganos. Cuando una persona adquiere el nuevo c...

Ventilatory support recommendations in children with Sars-CoV-2

Neumonía eosinofílica en pediatría, a propósito de dos casos clínicos

Rev. chil. pediatr; 90 (6), 2019
INTRODUCCIÓN: La Neumonía Eosinofílica (NE) es una entidad muy poco frecuente en pediatría y se caracteriza por infiltración de eosinófilos en el intersticio pulmonar y alveolar, pudiendo ser primaria o secundaria, así como también presentar un curso agudo o crónico. OBJETIVO: Presentar dos c...

A multivariate prognostic score for predicting mortality of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure and Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia

Rev. invest. clín; 71 (5), 2019
Background Severe hypoxemic respiratory failure (SHRF) due to Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) in AIDS patients represents the main cause of admission and mortality in respiratory intensive care units (RICUs) in low- and middle-income countries. Objective The objective of this study was to develop ...

Exercise capacity in children and adolescents with post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans: a systematic review

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate exercise capacity in children and adolescents with post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans. Data source: This is a systematic review based on data from PubMed, Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Onlin...

Factores pronóstico de mortalidad asociados al síndrome de insuficiencia respiratoria aguda por ventilación mecánica
Mortality prognosis factors associated with the acute respiratory failure due to mechanical ventilation

Medisan; 22 (9), 2018
Se realizó una investigación descriptiva, de serie de casos, de 31 pacientes ingresados en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Saturnino Lora Torres de Santiago de Cuba, de enero de 2014 a igual mes de 2017, quienes presentaron el síndrome de insuficienc...