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Guia para o manejo da asma grave 2019 – Associação Brasileira de Alergia e Imunologia

Antes de rotular um paciente como tendo asma grave, é crucial confirmar o diagnóstico da doença e de sua gravidade, além de excluir diagnósticos diferenciais de condições que podem se assemelhar ou se confundir com a asma, tais como: tuberculose, doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica, disfunção d...

Microbiological characterization of severe exacerbations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in patients admitted to the ICU with or without associated pneumonia: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Infectio; 23 (4), 2019
Objective: The goal of this study was to compare the microbiology of severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), in patients with pneumonia compared to those that did not have. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cross-se...

Efeitos do treinamento resistido na capacidade funcional de pacientes com DPOC hospitalizados: revisão sistemática

Rev. Pesqui. Fisioter; 9 (4), 2019
INTRODUÇÃO: A reabilitação pulmonar (RP) vem sido descrita como uma forma de tratamento para pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica (DPOC), tendo o treino resistido como seu principal componente. Apesar de estar clara na literatura a importância e reais benefícios adquiridos com program...

Wildfires as a Public Health Problem: a Setting for Nursing in Disasters

Invest. educ. enferm; 37 (3), 2019
Climate change and global warming are phenomena that are progressively affecting the planet. Temperature changes bring about various threats in distinct sectors and environments of human society, among them, threats to health secondary to extreme temperatures and natural disasters. Thus, it is constitute...

Prevalence of carotid stenosis and incidence of ischemic stroke in patients undergoing non-coronary cardiac surgery

Abstract Introduction: Many publications on coronary surgery and carotid stenosis (CS) can be found, but we do not have enough information about the relationship between ischemic stroke, CS and non-coronary cardiac surgery. Objectives: To evaluate the incidence and risk factors associated with the stro...

Mortalidad y fracaso renal agudo en pacientes con ventilación no invasiva
Mortality and acute kidney injury in patients with noninvasive ventilation

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (5), 2019
Se efectuó un estudio prospectivo observacional, obteniendo datos clínicos y analíticos de pacientes ingresados en la unidad de cuidados intensivos del Hospital Reina Sofía, que precisaron de ventilación mecánica no invasiva. El estudio se llevó a cabo desde el 1 de enero 2013 al 31 de diciembre d...

Calidad de vida de pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica, participantes en un programa educativo integral

Resumen Introducción: La Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica (EPOC) es una enfermedad altamente prevalente que se caracteriza principalmente por la disnea, la cual genera un impacto sobre la calidad de vida del individuo. El programa de cuidado respiratorio integral ofrece una intervención esenc...

The perceptions of physical therapists about facilitators and challenges in the use of different tools for resistance training in COPD patients: a mixed-method study

ABSTRACT This study sought to quantify and qualitatively analyze the perception of physical therapists about facilitators and the challenges in the use of different types of tools for resistance training in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. This was a mixed-model study with qualitati...

Pulmonary Hypertension in General Cardiology Practice

Arq. bras. cardiol; 113 (3), 2019
Abstract The finding of pulmonary hypertension (PH) by echocardiography is common and of concern. However, echocardiography is just a suggestive and non-diagnostic assessment of PH. When direct involvement of pulmonary circulation is suspected, invasive hemodynamic monitoring is recommended to establish ...

Experiencia de rehabilitación respiratoria en EPID en un Centro Latinoamericano

Rev. am. med. respir; 19 (4), 2019
La rehabilitación respiratoria (RR) ha demostrado claramente ser una herramienta terapéutica beneficiosa en pacientes con EPOC por lo cual es recomendada en forma sistemática en todas las guías y consensos sobre el manejo de la enfermedad. Mientras tanto la evidencia sigue siendo más limitada en pac...