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... The data currently available in the medical literature indicate that PAH and thyroid diseases often occur in conjunction. A signifi- cant percentage of patients with PAH (between 35% and 65%, according to the ... See full document

... 1. Lundgren FL, Cabral MM, Clímaco DC, de Macedo LG, Coelho Mde A, Dias AL. Determination of the efficacy of FEV6 as a surrogate for FVC in the diagnostic screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease through the ... See full document

... Risk factors for ER visits due to asthma exacerbations in patients enrolled in a program for the control of asthma and allergic rhinitis in Feira de Santana, Brazil*.. Fatores de ris[r] ... See full document

... Methods: We evaluated pulmonary function, diaphragm mobility and quality of life, as well as determining the Body mass index, airway Obstruction, Dyspnea, and Exercise capacity (BODE)[r] ... See full document

... Objective: To determine the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and to evaluate its clinical presentation, as well as the esophageal function prof[r] ... See full document

... Sector of Inpatient Nutritional Assistance the Patients, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Instituto do Coração – InCor, Heart Institute – Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Med[r] ... See full document

... (7) Oxidative stress and chronic inflammation are some of the factors involved in the mechanism that generates the systemic manifestations (e.g., weight loss and [r] ... See full document

... IPA: invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; LAB: liposomal amphotericin B; ABLC: amphotericin B lipid complex; CNPA: chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis; CCPA: chronic cavitary pulmon[r] ... See full document

... The acute/subacute form of paracoccidioid- omycosis is the clinical form of the disease in children, adolescents and adults up to 35 years of age. This form accounts for 3-5% of the cases of ... See full document

... (4) Among the causes of tracheo- bronchial lesions after esophageal resection are surgical trauma with direct injury to the struc- tures, esophagogastric anastomotic dehiscence[r] ... See full document

... 3. American Thoracic Society; European Respiratory Society. American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Consensus Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias. This ... See full document

... (7) Here, we report the case of a young adult who presented with lung injury, hilar lymph node enlargement and hypereosinophilia as mani- festations of the initial phase [r] ... See full document

... 5. Andrade CF, Martins LK, Tonietto TA, Koefender C, Anflor LC Jr, da Silva NB, et al. Partial liquid ventilation with perfluorodecalin following unilateral canine lung allotransplantation in non-heart-beating donors. ... See full document

... Prevalence of symptoms of asthma, rhinitis, and atopic eczema among Brazilian children and adolescents identified by the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in [r] ... See full document

... Based on this analysis, the authors recom- mended the use of video-assisted thoracoscopy for the evaluation of lymph node tumors in the left upper lobe (MD: 5 and 6), mediastinos[r] ... See full document

... Objective: To estimate the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia (SCA); to investigate the possible correlation betw[r] ... See full document

... Figure 3 - Differences in time on mechanical ventilation (TMV), time in ICU (TICU) and overall length of hospital stay (LHS) between the control group (light bars) and the ven[r] ... See full document

... Our research protocol began in January of 2009, after having been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Univ[r] ... See full document

... 8. Henry M, Arnold T, Harvey J; Pleural Diseases Group, Standards of Care Committee, British Thoracic Society. BTS guidelines for the management of spontaneous pneumothorax. Thorax. 2003;58 Suppl 2:ii39-52. 9. ... See full document

... Therefore, the objective of the present study was to compare the PEF reference values suggested in the 2001, (6) 1989 (10) and 1963 (8) studies with PEF values obtained fr[r] ... See full document