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2022 Brazilian Thoracic Association recommendations for long-term home oxygen t...
Castellano,Maria Vera Cruz de Oliveira; Pereira,Luiz Fernando Ferreira; Feitosa,Paulo Henrique Ramos; Knorst,Marli Maria; Salim,CarolinaABSTRACT Some chronic respiratory diseases can cause hypoxemia and, in such cases, long-term home oxygen therapy (LTOT) is indicated as a treatment option primarily to improve patient quality of life and life expectancy. Home oxygen has been used for more than 70 years, and support for LTOT is based on two studies from the 1980s that demonstrated that oxygen use improves survival in patients with COPD. There is...
2020 Brazilian Thoracic Association recommendations for the management of asthma
Pizzichini,Marcia Margaret Menezes; Carvalho-Pinto,Regina Maria de; Cançado,José Eduardo Delfini; Rubin,,Adalberto Sperb; Cerci Neto,AlcindoABSTRACT The pharmacological management of asthma has changed considerably in recent decades, as it has come to be understood that it is a complex, heterogeneous disease with different phenotypes and endotypes. It is now clear that the goal of asthma treatment should be to achieve and maintain control of the disease, as well as to minimize the risks (of exacerbations, disease instability, accelerated loss of lu...
Effectiveness of a multistep Pseudomonas aeruginosa eradication treatment proto...
Riquena,Barbara; Silva Filho,Luiz Vicente Ribeiro Ferreira da; Nakaie,Cleyde Myriam Aversa; Almeida,Marina Buarque de; Rodrigues,Joaquim CarlosABSTRACT Objective: Although various strategies have been proposed for eradicating Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), only a few employ multistep treatment in children colonized by that pathogen for the first time. The aim of this study was to describe the effectiveness of a three-phase eradication protocol, initiated after the first isolation of P. aeruginosa, in children with CF in ...
Brazilian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis
Athanazio,Rodrigo Abensur; Silva Filho,Luiz Vicente Ribeiro Ferreira da; Vergara,Alberto Andrade; Ribeiro,Antônio Fernando; Riedi,Carlos AntônioABSTRACT Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by dysfunction of the CFTR gene. It is a multisystem disease that most often affects White individuals. In recent decades, various advances in the diagnosis and treatment of CF have drastically changed the scenario, resulting in a significant increase in survival and quality of life. In Brazil, the current neonatal screening ...