Browsing by Subject "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease"
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Additive effects of non-invasive ventilation to hyperoxia on cerebral oxygenation in COPD patients with exercise-related O2 desaturation
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-07-01)Background It is currently unknown whether potential haemodynamic improvements induced by non-invasive ventilation (NIV) would positively impact upon cerebral oxygenation (COx) in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic ...
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Caracterização da tolerância e das respostas fisiológicas a diferentes protocolos de exercício intervalado de alta intensidade em pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2016-05-31)to the limit of tolerance (Tlim) or up to 30 min: a CWE test at 75-80% of the previously-determined peak work rate (WR); and four HIIE tests with 100% peak WR during high-intensity bouts, in which both duty cycle duration ...
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The chronic bronchitis phenotype in subjects with and without COPD: the PLATINO study
(European Respiratory Soc Journals Ltd, 2012-07-01)Little information exists regarding the epidemiology of the chronic bronchitis phenotype in unselected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) populations. We examined the prevalence of the chronic bronchitis phenotype ...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and body mass index in five Latin America cities: the PLATINO study
(W B Saunders Co Ltd, 2008-05-01)Background: the body mass index (BMI) is a prognostic factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Despite its importance, little information is available regarding BMI alteration in COPD from a population-based ...
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Clinical value of anthropometric estimates of leg lean volume in nutritionally depleted and non-depleted patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2008-08-01)This study aimed to investigate the clinical usefulness of an anthropometrically based method for estimating leg lean volume (LLV) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who presented or not with ...
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Comparação entre treino resistido com cordas elásticas e treino convencional na modulação autonômica cardíaca de pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2016-09-26)Introduction: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents both autonomic impairment and muscle dysfunction. This is related to functional limitations and disease prognosis and that is related to cardiac arrhythmia ...
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A comparison of symptom prevalence in far advanced cancer, AIDS, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and renal disease
(Elsevier B.V., 2006-01-01)Little attention has been paid to the symptom management needs of Patients with life-threatening diseases other than cancer. in this study, we aimed to determine to what extent patients with progressive chronic diseases ...
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Complicaciones pulmonares y mortalidad en el postoperatorio de pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica leve y moderada sometidos a cirugía general electiva
(Ediciones Doyma S A, 2001-05-01)Objective: To verify the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) and mortality in patients with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who undergo elective general surgery. Incidence ...
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Desenvolvimento e validação da escala copas - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease activity scale em pacientes com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica (dpoc) no Brasil
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2014-03-31)Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable disease, which is characterized by persistent obstruction of airflow and is usually progressive and associated with a chronic ...
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Discriminative properties and validity of a health status questionnaire in obstructive airway disease patients: the Airway Questionnaire 20
(Ediciones Doyma S/l, 2007-12-01)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the discriminative properties and validity of the Airways Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) in a sample of patients with airway obstruction and to compare its properties with those of the St George's Respiratory ...
