Las bronquiectasias se encuentran dentro del espectro de enfermedad pulmonar crónica caracterizada por la dilatación bronquial progresiva y, a menudo, irreversible, causada por cambios estructurales en la pared bronquial e inflamación crónica de las vías respiratorias. El sínt...
OBJECTIVE: To report initial experience from the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients who received lung transplantation. METHODS: Retrospective study of a single tertiary center in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, a national reference in lung transplantation, based on the pros...
ABSTRACT Bronchiectasis is a condition that has been increasingly diagnosed by chest HRCT. In the literature, bronchiectasis is divided into bronchiectasis secondary to cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis not associated with cystic fibrosis, which is termed non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Many causes ...
Os autores avaliaram 120 pacientes portadores de bronquiectasias no interregno de abril de 1986 a abril de 1996, no Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (HULW/UFPB), sob as ópticas clínica, radiológica e terapêutica, dos quais 60, também do ponto de vista histo...