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Who are the patients with tuberculosis who are diagnosed in emergency facilitie...
Ranzani,Otavio Tavares; Rodrigues,Laura Cunha; Waldman,Eliseu Alves; Prina,Elena; Carvalho,Carlos Roberto RibeiroABSTRACT Objective: Early tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment are determinants of better outcomes and effective disease control. Although tuberculosis should ideally be managed in a primary care setting, a proportion of patients are diagnosed in emergency facilities (EFs). We sought to describe patient characteristics by place of tuberculosis diagnosis and determine whether the place of diagnosis is associated...
Identifying decreased diaphragmatic mobility and diaphragm thickening in inters...
Santana,Pauliane Vieira; Prina,Elena; Albuquerque,André Luis Pereira; Carvalho,Carlos Roberto Ribeiro; Caruso,PedroObjective: To investigate the applicability of ultrasound imaging of the diaphragm in interstitial lung disease (ILD). Methods: Using ultrasound, we compared ILD patients and healthy volunteers (controls) in terms of diaphragmatic mobility during quiet and deep breathing; diaphragm thickness at functional residual capacity (FRC) and at total lung capacity (TLC); and the thickening fraction (TF, proportional dia...
Diagnostic methods to assess inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength
Caruso,Pedro; Albuquerque,André Luis Pereira de; Santana,Pauliane Vieira; Cardenas,Leticia Zumpano; Ferreira,Jeferson George; Prina,ElenaImpairment 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. Although such impairment is common, its recognition is usually delayed because its signs and symptoms are nonspecific and late. This delayed recognition, or even the lack thereof, occurs because t...
Pneumonia nosocomial na unidade de terapia intensiva: é possível prever a falha...
Ranzani,Otavio T.; Prina,Elena; Torres,Antoni