[PDF] Top 20 Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associated factors: the PLATINO Study in São Paulo, Brazil

... Within the 1,113 households sampled, there were 1,150 individuals eligible for the study; of these, 963 performed ...spirometry. The overall non-response rate was ...household ... See full document

... estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the elderly in São Paulo city, Brazil (SABE Study), in 2006 and to identify risk ... See full document

... frequency the last year were not associated with vitamin D ...phenomenon in elderly populations [2,3]. In line with these observations, also in our study population we observed a ... See full document

... is the first study to confirm objectively the prior finding from lab-based polysomnography that COPD patients have marked sleep disruption, including prolonged sleep latency, decreased total sleep ... See full document

... estimate the prevalence of chronic pain (CP) in the adult population living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and to identify ... See full document

... after the 3-year ...women and 876 men) and reported that the mean weight loss was greater in patients with severe and very severe degrees compared to those with mild to moderate ... See full document

... size of this study was determined based on the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary ...a prevalence of chronic obstructive ... See full document

... 1.6% of total hospital NHS budget, and over 40% of this burden is associated to patients rehospitalised at least once in the 365-day follow-up ...22.1% of the ... See full document

... lifestyle, and, to a lesser extent by energy ...previous study has evaluated geographical variations of BMI in ...that, in subjects with COPD, the overall differences in ... See full document

... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common disease in adults over 40 years of age and has a great social and economic ...recognized and ... See full document

... art of medical practice focused on the stabilization or reversion of the physiological and psychological effects of the pathogenesis of pulmonary ... See full document

... inclusion in the study were between 30 and 70 years of age and had been diagnosed with infectious exacerba- tion of ...COPD. The diagnosis was confirmed based on ... See full document

... COPD and bronchiectasis in the upper left lobe for 20 ...diagnosis of COPD was made by calculating the ratio of the forced expiratory volume in one second/forced ... See full document

... this study described functional and clinical alterations consistent with COPD in patients exposed only to wood smoke for a long period, suggesting that the functional alterations in ... See full document

... is the most frequent pneumoconiosis, resulting from the inhalation of mineral dust containing silica or ...being associated with the development of other diseases, such as ... See full document

... One of the following versions of the SGRQ was administered during each visit: the original, previously validated Portuguese version (SGRQ), containing "yes" and ... See full document

... signing the Informed Consent Form (ICF), data collection was ...function. The analysis of Quadriceps performance was performed by means of a computerized isokinetic ...dynamometer. The ... See full document

... 5. Webb GD, Smallhorn JF, Therrien J, Redington AN. Congenital heart disease. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, editors. Braunwald’s Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular ... See full document

... by the subjects after melatonin ...years in several countries where it is available freely or by prescription, without reports of major adverse ...review of 17 ran- domized controlled trials ... See full document

... through the analysis of clinical history of exposure to COPD risk factors and confirmed by ...spirometry. In accordance with the Global Initiative for Chronic ... See full document