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ERS International Congress 2023: highlights from the Allied Respiratory Profess...
Jacinto, Tiago; Smith, Elizabeth; Diciolla, Nicola S.; van Herck, Maarten; Silva, Liliana; Granados Santiago, Maria; Volpato, EleonoraThis article summarises some of the outstanding sessions that were (co)organised by the Allied Respiratory Professionals Assembly during the 2023 European Respiratory Society International Congress. Two sessions from each Assembly group are outlined, covering the following topics: Group 9.01 focuses on respiratory physiology techniques, specifically on predicted values and reference equations, device developmen...
Multidisciplinary development and initial validation of a clinical knowledge ba...
Pereira, Ana Margarida; Jácome, Cristina; Jacinto, Tiago; Amaral, Rita; Pereira, Mariana; Sá-Sousa, Ana; Couto, Mariana; Vieira-Marques, PedroMost mobile health (mHealth) decision support systems currently available for chronic obstructive respiratory diseases (CORDs) are not supported by clinical evidence or lack clinical validation. The development of the knowledge base that will feed the clinical decision support system is a crucial step that involves the collection and systematization of clinical knowledge from relevant scientific sources and its...
ERS International Congress 2023: Highlights from the Allied Respiratory Profess...
Jacinto, Tiago; Smith, Elizabeth; Diciolla, Nicola S.; van Herck, Maarten; Silva, Liliana; Santiago, Maria Granados; Volpato, EleonoraThis paper summarises some of the outstanding sessions that were (co)organised by the Allied Respiratory Professionals Assembly during the 2023 European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress. Two sessions from each Assembly group are outlined in the present paper, covering the following topics: Group 9.1 focuses on respiratory physiology techniques, specifically on predicted values and reference equa...
Allergen sensitization associates with worse lung function parameters
Gonçalves, I.; Pereira, A. M.; Jacinto, Tiago; Amaral, Rita; Fonseca, J. de Almeida Lopes daTo assess the association between the number of allergen sensitizations and lung function variables in individuals with airway symptoms. Methods. Retrospective study with all individuals who performed lung function and skin-prick tests at CUF-Porto (01/2011-06/2016). Six allergen groups were considered. % predicted Pre-Bronchodilator test (BD) and % change after BD were analysed for spirometry and plethysmograp...
Predictors of acute kidney injury associated with cardiopulmonary bypass
Moreira, Raquel; Jacinto, Tiago; Neves, Paulo; Vouga, Luís; Baeta, CristinaTo study the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery in patients without preoperative renal insufficiency who underwent cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and to explore the association between the incidence of AKI and predictors related to CPB. Observational, cross-sectional study. Participants were divided in two groups, those who developed AKI in ...
InspirerMundi—remote monitoring of inhaled medication adherence through objecti...
Pedro, Vieira-Marques; Rute, Almeida; Teixeira, João F.; Valente, José; Jácome, Cristina; Cachim, Afonso; Guedes, Rui; Pereira, Ana; Jacinto, TiagoThe adherence to inhaled controller medications is of critical importance for achieving good clinical results in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. Self-management strategies can result in improved health outcomes and reduce unscheduled care and improve disease control. However, adherence assessment suffers from difficulties on attaining a high grade of trustworthiness given that patient self-reports o...
A systematic review of asthma phenotypes derived by data-driven methods
Cunha, Francisco; Amaral, Rita; Jacinto, Tiago; Sousa-Pinto, Bernardo; Fonseca, João A.Classification of asthma phenotypes has a potentially relevant impact on the clinical management of the disease. Methods for statistical classification without a priori assumptions (data-driven approaches) may contribute to developing a better comprehension of trait heterogeneity in disease phenotyping. This study aimed to summarize and characterize asthma phenotypes derived by data-driven methods. We performed...
The influence of individual characteristics and non-respiratory diseases on blo...
Amaral, Rita; Jacinto, Tiago; Malinovschi, Andrei; Janson, Christer; Price, David; Fonseca, João A.; Alving, KjellBlood eosinophil (B-Eos) count is an emerging biomarker in the management of respiratory disease but determinants of B-Eos count besides respiratory disease are poorly described. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the influence of non-respiratory diseases on B-Eos count, in comparison to the effect on two other biomarkers: fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and C-reactive protein (CRP), and to identify indivi...
PREDICTORS OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
Moreira, Raquel; Jacinto, Tiago; Neves, Paulo; Vouga, Luís; Baeta, CristinaObjectives: To study the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery in patients without preoperative renal insufficiency who underwent cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and to explore the association between the incidence of AKI and predictors related to CPB. Methods: Observational, cross-sectional study. Participants were divided in two groups, those ...
Combined image-based approach for monitoring the adherence to inhaled medications
Vieira-Marques, Pedro; Teixeira, João Fonseca; Valente, José; Pinho, Bernardo; Guedes, Rui; Almeida, Rute; Jácome, Cristina; Pereira, AnaThe adherence to inhaled controller medications is of critical importance to achieve good clinical results in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. To objectively verify the adherence, a detection tool was previously developed and integrated in the mobile application InspirerMundi, based on image processing methods. In this work, a new approach for enhanced adherence verification was developed. In a first...