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| Ziegler,B.; Fernandes,A.K.; Sanches,P.R.S.; Junior,D.P. Silva; Thomé,P.R.O.; Dalcin,P.T.R.. |
| We evaluated dyspnea perception in cystic fibrosis patients compared with normal subjects, during an inspiratory resistive loading test and 6-min walk test. We also evaluated the correlation between dyspnea scores induced by resistive loads and by the 6-min walk test. In this prospective, cross-sectional study, 31 patients with cystic fibrosis (≥15 years of age) and 31 age-, gender-, and ethnicity-matched healthy volunteers (20 females and 11 males per group) underwent inspiratory resistive loading, spirometry, and the 6-min walk test. As the magnitude of the inspiratory loads increased, dyspnea scores increased (P<0.001), but there was no difference between groups in dyspnea score (P=0.654). Twenty-six (84%) normal subjects completed all the resistive... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cystic fibrosis; Dyspnea perception; Pulmonary function test; Six-min walk test; Inspiratory resistive load testing. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013001000897 |
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| Mallmann,F.; Fernandes,A.K.; Ávila,E.M.; Nogueira,F.L.; Steinhorst,A.M.P.; Saucedo,D.Z.; Machado,F.J.; Raymundi,M.G.; Dalcin,P.T.R.; Menna Barreto,S.S.. |
| Early identification of patients who need hospitalization or patients who should be discharged would be helpful for the management of acute asthma in the emergency room. The objective of the present study was to examine the clinical and pulmonary functional measures used during the first hour of assessment of acute asthma in the emergency room in order to predict the outcome. We evaluated 88 patients. The inclusion criteria were age between 12 and 55 years, forced expiratory volume in the first second below 50% of predicted value, and no history of chronic disease or pregnancy. After baseline evaluation, all patients were treated with 2.5 mg albuterol delivered by nebulization every 20 min in the first hour and 60 mg of intravenous methylprednisolone.... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Asthma; Outcome; Index; Prognosis; Emergency medicine. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000100006 |
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| Dalcin,P.T.R.; Piovesan,D.M.; Kang,S.; Fernandes,A.K.; Franciscatto,E.; Millan,T.; Hoffmann,C.; Innocente,C.; Pereira,R.P.; Menna Barreto,S.S.. |
| It is important to identify characteristics related to poor disease control and frequent visits to the emergency department (ED). The objective of the present study was to compare the characteristics of patients attending the adult ED for treatment of asthma exacerbation with those attending an asthma specialist clinic (AC) in the same hospital, and to determine the factors associated with frequent visits to the ED. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of consecutive patients (12 years and older) attending the ED (N = 86) and the AC (N = 86). Significantly more ED patients than AC patients reported ED visits in the past year (95.3 vs 48.8%; P < 0.001) and had difficulty performing work (81.4 vs 49.4%; P < 0.001. Significantly more AC than ED patents... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Asthma; Acute exacerbation; Emergency medicine; Emergency room visits. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000900007 |
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| Dalcin,P.T.R.; Menegotto,D.M.; Zanonato,A.; Franciscatto,L.; Soliman,F.; Figueiredo,M.; Pereira,R.P.. |
| The prevalence of uncontrolled and controlled asthma, and the factors associated with uncontrolled asthma were investigated in a cross-sectional study. Patients aged 11 years with confirmed asthma diagnosis were recruited from the outpatient asthma clinic of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil. Patients were excluded if they had other chronic pulmonary disease. They underwent an evaluation by a general questionnaire, an asthma control questionnaire (based on the 2006 Global Initiative for Asthma guidelines), assessment of inhaled device technique and pulmonary function tests. Asthma was controlled in 48 of 275 patients (17.5%), partly controlled in 74 (26.9%) and uncontrolled in 153 (55.6%). In the univariate analysis, asthma severity was... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Control level; Prevalence; Disease control; Associated factors; Treatment and control. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009001100016 |
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| Dalcin,P.T.R.; Barreto,S.S.M.; Cunha,R.D.; Xavier,R.M.; Brenol,J.C.T.; Marroni,B.J.. |
| The early demonstration of lung involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients is a difficult but important task. In the present study we attempted to identify abnormalities in pulmonary clearance of 99mTc-DTPA in SLE, correlating their clearance data with clinical findings and disease activity. Forty-six consecutive SLE patients with and without active disease (LACC score) and 30 normal volunteers were studied. All subjects were submitted to pulmonary scintigraphy with 99mTc-DTPA to evaluate the pulmonary clearance, and to a chest X-ray, and SLE patients were submitted to tests of disease activity, spirometry, arterial blood gases and tests to assess acute-phase proteins. Pulmonary clearance was faster in SLE patients with active disease when... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pulmonary epithelial permeability; Lung clearance; Technetium-99m-labeled diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid; Systemic lupus erythematosus. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000600005 |
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