OBJECTIVE: To compare balance between older adults with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in tasks involving proprioceptive changes and respiratory muscle load, and to investigate the association between balance, functional capacity, and peripheral and respiratory muscle strength. ...
INTRODUCTION: Long-term disabilities are frequently related to postoperative complications on breast cancer patients.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of breast cancer surgery on pulmonary function and respiratory muscle strength over the course of 60 days after the surgery.
METHODS: Prospective study wi...
Introdução: A resposta ao broncodilatador (RBD) é frequentemente utilizada no apoio diagnóstico e na tomada de decisões terapêuticas em crianças com sintomas respiratórios. Entretanto, não há um consenso do ponto de corte da RBD em crianças pré-escolares. Objetivo: Avaliar RBD através da por...
Broncodilatadores,
Alergia e InmunologÃa,
Capacidad Vital,
Diagnóstico,
EspirometrÃa,
Hipersensibilidad,
Métodos,
Signos y SÃntomas,
Terapéutica,
Volumen Espiratorio Forzado,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Asma,
Comparación Transcultural
Los adaptados genéticamente a la altura son los tibetanos, sherpas y etÃopes; los aymaras y quechuas están aclimatados (Bolivia, Perú y norte de Chile). En Bolivia el mal crónico de montaña afecta 10% de la población masculina. El objetivo fue determinar la función ventricular derecha en resident...
Mal de Altura,
Función Ventricular Derecha/fisiologÃa,
Adaptación Fisiológica/genética,
EcocardiografÃa,
EspirometrÃa/métodos,
Análisis de los Gases de la Sangre,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Estudios Transversales,
Bolivia,
Valores de Referencia,
Pueblos IndÃgenas
Abstract Objective: To compare the values of the markers for volumetric capnography and spirometry and their ability to classify children and adolescents with asthma, cystic fibrosis (CF), and healthy controls. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that included 103 patients with controlled persist...
Introduction: Patients receiving cardiac surgeries present high risk of developing postoperative
complications. Incentive spirometry (IS) is used for the prevention and treatment of postoperative
pulmonary complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgeries. Publications have suggested
that IS is inef...
Las guÃas ATS/ERS recomiendan utilizar valores de referencia nacionales para la interpretación de la espirometrÃa. En 2014 se publicaron valores de referencia en población general chilena adulta, que difieren de los de Knudson actualmente en uso. Sin embargo, la mayorÃa de los laboratorios de funciÃ...
Machado, Adelmir de Souza;
Falcão, Ana Carla Augusto Moura;
Serpa, Faradiba Sarquis;
Sano, Flávio;
Rizzo, José Ângelo;
Elabras Filho, José;
Bianchi Jr, Pedro Francisco Giavina;
Gonçalves, Tessa Rachel Tranquillini;
Solé, Dirceu;
Wandalsen, Gustavo Falbo.
Pulmonary function testing in children includes a large number of methods and aspects. Children constitute a very heterogeneous group of individuals, among which are non-collaborative infants and preschoolers who represent a challenge in the development of new methods that do not require collaboration or...
RESUMO O objetivo do estudo foi correlacionar a diferença entre capacidade vital lenta (CVL) e capacidade vital forçada (CVF) (CVL-CVF) com a atividade fÃsica na vida diária (AFVD) em pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica (DPOC); e verificar as diferenças na AFVD entre indivÃduos com C...
