Browsing by Subject "chronic obstructive"
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Atualização on-line sobre doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica para enfermeiros
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2015-08-26)Introduction: The Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable respiratory disease. The obstruction of airflow is commonly progressive and it is associated with abnormal inflammatory response ...
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Avaliação da capacidade de exercício em portadores de doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica: comparação do teste de caminhada com carga progressiva com o teste de caminhada com acompanhamento
(Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia, 2006-04-01)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the applicability of the incremental (shuttle) walk test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and compare the performance of those patients on the shuttle walk test to that of the ...
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Can bronchodilators improve exercise tolerance in COPD patients without dynamic hyperinflation?
(Soc Brasileira Pneumologia Tisiologia, 2014-03-01)Objective: To investigate the modulatory effects that dynamic hyperinflation (UFO, defined as a reduction in inspiratory capacity (lC), has on exercise tolerance after bronchodilator in patients with COPD. Methods: An ...
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Fractal correlation property of heart rate variability in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2011-01-01)Background: It was reported that autonomic nervous system function is altered in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We evaluated short-and long-term fractal exponents of heart rate variability (HRV) ...
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Influência das características sociodemográficas e clínicas e do nível de dependência na qualidade de vida de pacientes com DPOC em oxigenoterapia domiciliar prolongada
(Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia, 2012-06-01)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and correlate the quality of life (QoL) of COPD patients on long-term home oxygen therapy (LTOT) with their sociodemographic/clinical characteristics and level of dependence. METHODS: This was a ...
