Results: 13

Adaptation and acceptability testing of the Expector® vibration vest in horses

The project is based on a test of a thoracic vibration vest prototype, adapted to equines by the Expector® vest’s company, on healthy animals. Ten (10) equines were used in the project, male or female, adults, healthy, belonging to FMVZ-USP or private owners. Each animal went through two phases: A and...

Subfenótipos baseados em dados clínicos de beira-leito de pacientes críticos com COVID-19: um estudo de coorte

RESUMO Objetivo: Identificar apresentações mais graves de COVID-19. Métodos: Pacientes consecutivamente admitidos à unidade de terapia intensiva foram submetidos à análise de clusters por meio de método de explorações sequenciais Resultados: Analisamos os dados de 147 pacientes, com média de...

Performance of the Pandemic Medical Early Warning Score (PMEWS), Simple Triage Scoring System (STSS) and Confusion, Uremia, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure and age ≥ 65 (CURB-65) score among patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in an emergency department triage setting: a retrospective study

Säo Paulo med. j; 139 (2), 2021
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Healthcare institutions are confronted with large numbers of patient admissions during large-scale or long-term public health emergencies like pandemics. Appropriate and effective triage is needed for effective resource use. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of the Pandem...

Monitorización cardio respiratoria domiciliaria en lactantes

Home cardio-respiratory monitoring began over 40 years ago with the aim of preventing sudden infant death. Although it has been shown that monitoring does not meet this objective, its prescription has been maintained in various clinical situations and with very different criteria. Consensus on the subjec...

Effects of dry and traditional bed bathing on respiratory parameters: a randomized pilot study

Objective: to compare the time for performance of dry and traditional bed bathing and its effects on transcutaneous arterial oxygen saturation and respiratory rates in critical adult patients. Method: pilot study of a randomized, open, crossover clinical trial, performed with 15 adult critically ill pat...

Factores de riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular en estudiantes de preuniversitario
Risk factors for cardiovascular disease among senior high school students

Introducción: Las enfermedades cardiovasculares incluyen un grupo de entidades cuya aparición está asociada a similares factores de riesgos. Objetivo: Caracterizar a los estudiantes con factores de riesgos de la enfermedad cardiovascular. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal. E...

Presión inspiratoria mantenida en pacientes pediátricos traqueostomizados como indicador de tolerancia al uso de cánula tapada

INTRODUCCIÓN: El uso prolongado de traqueostomía (TQT) conlleva a complicaciones que pueden minimizarse con una decanulación segura y temprana. La presión inspiratoria mantenida (PiMant) evalúa el comportamiento dinámico de la vía aérea en inspiración, la que puede relacionarse con la tolerancia...

Parâmetros cardiorrespiratórios em bebês cardiopatas: variações durante a alimentação

CoDAS; 31 (2), 2019
RESUMO Objetivo Verificar a variação dos parâmetros cardiorrespiratórios na alimentação de bebês cardiopatas. Método Estudo transversal controlado, realizado com bebês de 0 a 6 meses de idade, de ambos os gêneros, em um hospital de referência para cirurgia cardíaca pediátrica. Foram divi...

Patient-ventilator asynchrony

J. bras. pneumol; 44 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Patient-v entilator asynchrony (PVA) is a mismatch between the patient, regarding time, flow, volume, or pressure demands of the patient respiratory system, and the ventilator, which supplies such demands, during mechanical ventilation (MV). It is a common phenomenon, with incidence rates rangin...

Is the early or delayed remote ischemic preconditioning the more effective from a microcirculatory and histological point of view in a rat model of partial liver ischemia-reperfusion?

Acta cir. bras; 33 (7), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To compare early- and late-effect remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) by analysing the microcirculatory, hemodynamic and histological changes in partial liver ischemia-reperfusion of rats. Methods: 60-minute partial liver ischemia followed by 120-minute reperfusion was performed ...