Browsing by Subject "Bronchiectasis"
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Aspergilose broncopulmonar alérgica com imagem radiológica em dedo de luva
(Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia, 2006-10-01)Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is a lung disease occurring in patients with asthma or cystic fibrosis, triggered by a hypersensitivity reaction to the presence of Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways. We report ...
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Avaliação da resposta clínica ao uso de antibióticos por via oral e via inalatória em pacientes portadores de bronquiectasias
(Associação Médica Brasileira, 1999-07-01)INTRODUCTION. The aim of this technique was to achieve high concentration of the antibiotic that excedeed the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the microbial load present in the sputum. METHOD. To evaluate the ...
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Clinical significance in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis followed in a real practice
(Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, 2013-12-01)INTRODUCTION: Bronchiectasis is a chronic disorder characterized by permanent dilation of the bronchi and bronchioles accompanied by inflammatory changes in the walls of these structures and adjacent lung parenchyma. ...
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Concordância entre radiologistas na quantificação de bronquiectasias pela tomografia computadorizada de alta resolução
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2014-11-26)OBJECTIVES: To determinethe agreement on the quantification of HRCT. METHODS: HRCT scans of 43 patients with bronchiectasis were analyzed by two radiologists. Findings were graded with a score, and kappa values and overall ...
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Influência da técnica de pressão expiratória positiva oscilante utilizando pressões expiratórias pré-determinadas na viscosidade e na transportabilidade do escarro em pacientes com bronquiectasia
(Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia, 2009-12-01)OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of oscillating positive expiratory pressure (OPEP) using predetermined expiratory pressures on the viscosity and transportability of sputum in patients with bronchiectasis. METHODS: ...
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Pneumonias de repetição em paciente com deficiência de anticorpos e imunoglobulinas normais
(Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia, 2002-06-01)The authors report the case of a 7-year-old girl, with a history of recurrent respiratory infections since five months of age. Immunological evaluation at four years of age revealed a normal level of total serum immunoglobulins, ...
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Pulmonary complications in patients with antibody deficiency
(Elsevier B.V., 2011-05-01)Objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate pulmonary complications in patients with primary antibody deficiency (X-linked agammaglobulinaemia [XLA] and common variable immunodeficiency [CVID]).Methods: Thirty patients ...
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Transport of mucoid mucus in healthy individuals and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis
(Elsevier B.V., 2013-09-01)Objective: To characterise and compare the in vitro transport properties of respiratory mucoid secretion in individuals with no lung disease and in stable patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and ...