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ELMO, a new helmet interface for CPAP to treat COVID-19-related acute hypoxemic...
Tomaz,Betina Santos; Gomes,Gabriela Carvalho; Lino,Juliana Arcanjo; Menezes,David Guabiraba Abitbol de; Soares,Jorge Barbosa; Furtado,VascoABSTRACT Objective: To assess the feasibility of using a new helmet interface for CPAP, designated ELMO, to treat COVID-19-related acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) outside the ICU. Methods: This was a proof-of-concept study involving patients with moderate to severe AHRF secondary to COVID-19 admitted to the general ward of a public hospital. The intervention consisted of applying CPAP via the ELMO in...
Isolation of and risk factors for airway infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...
Figueiredo,Mara Rúbia; Lomonaco,Isabella; Araújo,Amanda Souza; Lundgren,Fernando; Pereira,Eanes Delgado BarrosABSTRACT Objective: To identify microorganisms in sputum samples of patients with stable non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis and to determine risk factors related to the isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) in those patients. Methods: Consecutive patients were recruited from a tertiary hospital outpatient clinic in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil. The patients were submitted to spirometry, six-minute walk test...
Aplicabilidade das equações de referência brasileiras para o teste de caminhada...
Vasconcelos,Nara Naone Lino de; Martins,Neilane da Silva; Pereira,Eanes Delgado Barros; Almeida,Amanda Souza Araújo; Mesquita,RafaelRESUMO O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar o impacto da utilização de diferentes equações de referência brasileiras para a distância percorrida no teste da caminhada de 6 minutos (TC6min) na avaliação da capacidade funcional de exercício em pacientes com câncer de pulmão (CP). Este estudo transversal incluiu 48 pacientes com CP (idade média de 60±12 anos). Os participantes foram submetidos à avaliação de cara...
Assessment of religious coping in patients with COPD
Nascimento,Francisco Alessandro Braga do; Silva,Guilherme Pinheiro Ferreira da; Prudente,Geisyani Francisca Gomes; Mesquita,RafaelABSTRACT Objective: To compare religious coping (RC) in patients with COPD and healthy individuals, as well as to determine whether RC is associated with demographic characteristics, quality of life, depression, and disease severity in the patients with COPD. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted between 2014 and 2016, involving outpatients with moderate to severe COPD seen at one of two hospitals...
Influence of the ventilatory mode on acute adverse effects and facial thermogra...
Pontes,Suzy Maria Montenegro; Melo,Luiz Henrique de Paula; Maia,Nathalia Parente de Sousa; Nogueira,Andrea da Nóbrega CirinoABSTRACT Objective: To compare the incidence and intensity of acute adverse effects and the variation in the temperature of facial skin by thermography after the use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV). Methods: We included 20 healthy volunteers receiving NIV via oronasal mask for 1 h. The volunteers were randomly divided into two groups according to the ventilatory mode: bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) o...
Recommendations for the pharmacological treatment of COPD: questions and answers
Fernandes,Frederico Leon Arrabal; Cukier,Alberto; Camelier,Aquiles Assunção; Fritscher,Carlos Cezar; Costa,Cláudia Henrique daABSTRACT The treatment of COPD has become increasingly effective. Measures that range from behavioral changes, reduction in exposure to risk factors, education about the disease and its course, rehabilitation, oxygen therapy, management of comorbidities, and surgical and pharmacological treatments to end-of-life care allow health professionals to provide a personalized and effective therapy. The pharmacological...
Sponsored multicentric clinical research conducted in Brazil in the respiratory...
Carvalho,Andréa Kelly da Silveira; Nascimento,Oliver Augusto; Fonseca,Marcelo Cunio Machado; Pereira,Eanes Delgado Barros; Jardim,José RobertoSummary Objective: To evaluate the sponsored centers for clinical trial in the respiratory care setting in Brazil: profile; logistics and structure. Methods: Principal investigators (29) and subinvestigators (30) of 39 research centers completed the questionnaires that addressed personal identification and training of researchers, the centers' facilities and advantages and/or disadvantages of performing sponsor...
Patients with severe accidental tetanus admitted to an intensive care unit in N...
Nóbrega,Marcus Vinícius Dantas da; Reis,Ricardo Coelho; Aguiar,Isabel Cristina Veras; Queiroz,Timóteo Vasconcelos; Lima,Ana Claudia FeitosaAbstract Introduction Tetanus, an acute infectious disease, is highly prevalent worldwide, especially in developing countries. Due to respiratory failure and hemodynamic instability associated with dysautonomia, severe cases require intensive care, but little has been published regarding the management in the Intensive Care Unit. Objective To draw a 10-year clinical–epidemiological profile of Intensive Care Uni...
Lesão renal aguda em pacientes com doença pulmonar: interação rim-pulmão
Abreu,Krasnalhia Lívia Soares de; Silva Junior,Geraldo Bezerra da; Muniz,Thalita Diógenes; Barreto,Adller Gonçalves Costa; Lima,Rafael Siqueira AthaydeOBJETIVO: Investigar os fatores associados à lesão renal aguda e o prognóstico em pacientes com doença pulmonar. MÉTODOS: Foi realizado estudo prospectivo com cem pacientes consecutivos admitidos em uma unidade de terapia intensiva respiratória em Fortaleza (CE). Foram investigados fatores de risco para lesão renal aguda e mortalidade em um grupo de pacientes com doenças pulmonares. RESULTADOS: A média de idade...
Portuguese-language version of the COPD Assessment Test: validation for use in ...
Silva,Guilherme Pinheiro Ferreira da; Morano,Maria Tereza Aguiar Pessoa; Viana,Cyntia Maria Sampaio; Magalhaes,Clarissa Bentes de AraujoOBJECTIVE: To validate a Portuguese-language version of the COPD assessment test (CAT) for use in Brazil and to assess the reproducibility of this version. METHODS: This was multicenter study involving patients with stable COPD at two teaching hospitals in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil. Two independent observers (twice in one day) administered the Portuguese-language version of the CAT to 50 patients with COPD....