[PDF] Top 20 Chronic symptoms and pulmonary dysfunction in post-tuberculosis Brazilian patients

... Conclusion: The high prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms and pulmonary dysfunc-.. tion in post-tuberculosis patients indicates a need for further interventions to reduce social.[r] ... See full document

... increased in patients with severe/very severe obstruction relative to those with mild or moderate ...the patients presented with mild diastolic dysfunction, the higher EDT values in ... See full document

... obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent disease that has a large impact on quality of life for patients and their families and kills millions of people world wide 1-3 ... See full document

... dilatation and dysfunction are common complications of PE because of increased right ventricular ...failure and subsequently death [7, 12]. Echocardiograms are essential in ruling out ... See full document

... of brazilian men suffering from CRF and undergoing hemodialysis was ...of patients undergoing hemodialysis also complaint from ...deterioration in quality of life caused by the renal failure ... See full document

... chemicals and particulate matter; respiratory symptoms; use of medications; previous spirometry testing; previous medical diagnosis of tuberculosis, asthma, chronic bronchi- tis, emphysema, or ... See full document

... Respiratory dysfunction R ESUMO : Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) often complain about difficulties in performing activities above shoulders ...arms in ... See full document

... deficiency and iron excess are associated with cellular dysfunction ...mostly in the cells of the macrophage-monocyte system (especially in the liver, spleen, bone mar- row, and ... See full document

... that chronic kidney disease patients undergoing hemodialysis are more prone to worse oral health conditions than the general population ...Co-morbidities and systemic diseases associated with CKD can ... See full document

... volume in 1 second (FEV1) to forced vital capacity (FVC)] < 0.70 and a < 15% or 200-mL increase in FEV1 following inhalation of a β2 agonist; age ≥ 18 years; stable ischemic heart disease ... See full document

... COPD patients without ED was too ...COPD patients with ED were significantly older (p = ...0.015) and were more frequently receiving long term oxygen therapy (p = ...but in line ... See full document

... among patients with COPD and this restriction in performing activities of daily living can be explained by extra-pulmonary manifestations of the disease and musculoskeletal ...disease, ... See full document

... obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pro- gressively affects patients by causing physical con- straints, psychosocial disturbances and an economic ...therapies and other treatments such as ... See full document

... emergence and spread of HIV and are also related to lung infection in non-HIV individuals with structural lung ...sherrisii in a patient with silicosis and history of pulmonary ... See full document

... some patients who experienced some alleviation of symptoms within the early phase of intensive therapy during hospitalization, interrupted further treatment after ...non-compliant in taking anti-TB ... See full document

... exertional symptoms and improving functional status. In addition to that, PA levels in heart failure patients were associated with mortality in several studies and stood ... See full document

... We observed that 16% of the subjects experienced non- adherence during our study.The adherence was compared among different subgroups using univariate logistic regression analysis. It was found that those patients ... See full document

... bases and interm ediates of purine catabolism in plasm a of patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis and idiopathic interstitial pneum ...adenine and hypoxantine in ... See full document

... recruited in two outpatient pulmonary TB treatment facilities in Durban (South Africa) between August 2000 and November ...age and consenting to HIV pre- and post-test ... See full document

... M2 and M3 of anti- tuberculosis treatment from pulmonary TB patients by the TRIzol method (Gibco-BRL, Sa˜o Paulo, ...IL-17 and iNOS mRNA levels were determined by real- time ...shown ... See full document