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CT densitovolumetry in children with obliterative bronchiolitis: correlation with clinical scores and pulmonary function test results

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2013
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether air trapping (expressed as the percentage of air trapping relative to total lung volume [AT%]) correlates with clinical and functional parameters in children with obliterative bronchiolitis (OB).METHODS: CT scans of 19 ...
Helena Mocelin   +6 more
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Pulmonary function in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease: have we paid proper attention to this problem?

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Objective: To evaluate pulmonary function and functional capacity in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 70 children and adolescents (8-15 years of age) with sickle cell disease who ...
Ana Karine Vieira   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical characteristics of children and adolescents with severe therapy-resistant asthma in Brazil

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2015
Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, lung function, radiological findings, and the inflammatory cell profile in induced sputum in children and adolescents with severe therapy-resistant asthma (STRA) treated at a referral center in ...
Andrea Mendonça Rodrigues   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

O sistema respiratório e o idoso: implicações anestésicas

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Anestesiologia, 2002
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: As complicações respiratórias são responsáveis por grande parte dos óbitos após procedimentos cirúrgicos que ocorrem na população geriátrica.
Fernandes Cláudia Regina   +1 more
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Analysis of quality of life among asthmatic individuals with obesity and its relationship with pulmonary function: cross-sectional study

open access: yesSão Paulo Medical Journal, 2017
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The combined effect of obesity and asthma may lead to significant impairment of quality of life (QOL). The aim here was to evaluate the prevalence of asthma among obese individuals, characterize the severity of impairment of ...
Letícia Baltieri   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between physical activity in daily life and pulmonary function in adult smokers

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2016
Objective: To determine whether the level of physical activity in daily life (PADL) is associated with pulmonary function in adult smokers. Methods: We selected 62 adult smokers from among the participants of an epidemiological study conducted in the ...
Miriane Lilian Barboza   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic methods to assess inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2015
Impairment of (inspiratory and expiratory) respiratory muscles is a common clinical finding, not only in patients with neuromuscular disease but also in patients with primary disease of the lung parenchyma or airways.
Pedro Caruso   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

RELAÇÃO ENTRE FORÇA MUSCULAR RESPIRATÓRIA E FAIXA ETÁRIA EM IDOSOS PARTICIPANTES DE GRUPOS DE CONVIVÊNCIA

open access: yesRevista Enfermagem Contemporânea, 2015
O presente estudo tem por objetivo identificar a relação entre força muscular respiratória e faixa etá- ria em idosos participantes de grupos de convivência. Trata-se de uma pesquisa do tipo analítica.
Rebeca Fernanda Ferraz de Almeida   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pacientes com doença de Parkinson sob assistência fisioterapêutica apresentam parâmetros pulmonares melhores do que controles sedentários

open access: yesFisioterapia e Pesquisa, 2016
RESUMO Este estudo teve como objetivo investigar os parâmetros pulmonares (espirometria e oscilometria de impulso) de pacientes com doença de Parkinson (DP) e controles eutróficos, comparando os valores dos sujeitos participantes e os não participantes ...
Jéssica dos Santos Thomé   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Avaliação da qualidade de vida e função pulmonar em pacientes com câncer de pulmão

open access: yesClinical and Biomedical Research, 2014
Introdução: O câncer de pulmão é uma doença muito prevalente e altamente fatal. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a qualidade de vida (QV) e função pulmonar de pacientes com câncer de pulmão do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre que receberam ...
Alice Mânica Müller   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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