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Clusters of functional status in COPD: an exploratory analysis
Rodrigues, G; Afreixo, V; Souto-Miranda, S; Machado, F; Rocha, V; Mendes, A; Martins, V; Simão, P; Marques, AFunctional status is highly meaningful to the daily life of people with COPD but is often overlooked by treatmentoptions. Understanding its heterogeneity, might contribute to better personalised care. We aimed to explore clustersof functional status in people with COPD. Lung function, impact of the disease, activity-related dyspnoea and functional status were collected cross-sectionally.The 6-minute walk test, ...
Treatable Traits in COPD - A Proposed Approach
Cardoso, J; Ferreira, AJ; Guimarães, M; Oliveira, AS; Simão, P; Sucena, MThe well-recognized individual heterogeneity within COPD patients has led to a growing interest in greater personalization in the approach of these patients. Thus, the treatable traits strategy has been proposed as a further step towards precision medicine in the management of chronic airway disease, both in stable phase and acute exacerbations. The aim of this paper is to perform a critical review on the treat...
Clinical and Molecular Markers in COPD
Gonçalves, I; Guimarães, MJ; van Zeller, M; Menezes, F; Moita, J; Simão, PChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex and heterogeneous disease, and there is a clinical need for validated markers and biomarkers that can contribute to the assessment of patients, risk prediction, treatment guidance, and assessment of response. Although according to the 2018 GOLD guidelines clinically useful biomarkers for COPD patients in stable condition have yet to be identified, severa...
Benefícios da reabilitação respiratória “long-term” – a propósito de 3 casos cl...
Pacheco, C; Pinto, C; Simão, P; Amado, J; Almeida, P
Prevalência de Obstrução numa População Exposta ao Fumo do Tabaco - Projecto PN...
Reis Ferreira, JM; Matos, MJ; Rodrigues, F; Belo, A; Brites, H; Cardoso, J; Simão, P; Moutinho dos Santos, J; Almeida, J; Gouveia, A; Bárbara, CA espirometria não atingiu ainda a divulgação que se justificaria em patologia respiratória, ou indivíduos que se encontram em risco relativamente a esta patologia, cujo diagnóstico é insuficiente, havendo um escasso conhecimento, e consequente controlo, dos custos atribuíveis a estas doenças, com destaque para a doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónica (DPOC). O PNEUMOBIL, iniciativa que visa esta divulgação entre f...