[PDF] Top 20 J. bras. pneumol. vol.35 número2 pt v35n2a01

... 2. Keenan SP, Sinuff T, Cook DJ, Hill N. Which patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease benefit from noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation? A systematic review of the literature. Ann ... See full document

... Other major factors related to the delayed diagnosis and the increase in nosocomial transmission include the lack of training of the professionals in detecting patients with [r] ... See full document

... The exclusion criteria were as follows: being older than 55 years of age; medical history being incompletely documented regarding age, gender, smoking habits and side of the intervention; and being lost to long-term ... See full document

... Objective: To assess the 24-month effects of a pulmonary rehabilitation program (PRP) on anxiety, depression, quality of life and physical performance of COPD patients.. Methods: Thir[r] ... See full document

... We can conclude that the nutritional status of the patients treated at the center in ques- tion varied widely according to the parameters used for classification, with a [r] ... See full document

... as contribuições relativas (CRs) dos subcompartimentos em relação ao seu compartimento de origem e à parede torácica (PT). Resultados: O modelo foi medido a partir de 55 imagens de MIV torácicas e de 55 de MIV ... 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

... Some authors have reported that women with lung cancer present higher survival rates than do men, regardless of stage at diagnosis, cell type or treatment instituted.. (14) In ad[r] ... See full document

... 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

... The present study aims at comparing levels of venous mixture (intrapulmonary shunt) obtained with two methods (radioisotope scintigraphy and blood gas analysis after pure oxygen breat[r] ... See full document

... * Study carried out at the Hospital Central da Polícia Militar do Rio de Janeiro – HCPM, Central Hospital of the Rio de Janeiro Military Police – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.. Correspondence[r] ... See full document

... In summary, we have presented the case of a patient with a Pancoast tumor, Pancoast syndrome (without Horner’s syndrome) and a histopathological diagnosis of smal[r] ... See full document

... 12. Silvestri L, van Saene HK, Milanese M, Gregori D, Gullo A. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract reduces bacterial bloodstream infections and mortality in critically ill patients. Systematic review of ... See full document

... 5. Oostdijk EA, de Smet AM, Blok HE, Thieme Groen ES, van Asselt GJ, Benus RF, et al. Ecological effects of selective decontamination on resistant gram-negative bacterial colonization. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. ... See full document

... This study aimed to identify socioeconomic, demo- graphic, nutritional and laboratory factors associated with poor QOL in adults undergoing HD treatment in the city of São Luis, Maranh[r] ... See full document

... In a study carried out at the Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital, in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, only 19.7% of the patients at moderate or high risk for DVT received [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

... A los tres años de la intervención los pacientes sometidos a VATS expresaron mayor satisfacción con el procedimiento incluyendo la calidad de vida y resultados cosméticos que lo[r] ... See full document

... The comfort, short-term adverse effect inci- dence/intensity and the physiological variables were compared in two ways: between the two pressure settings (LoP vs. MoHiP) [r] ... See full document

... 6. Holanda MA, Reis RC, Winkeler GF, Fortaleza SC, Lima JW, Pereira ED. Influence of total face, facial and nasal masks on short-term adverse effects during noninvasive ventilation. J Bras Pneumol. ... See full document