Browsing by Subject "pulmonary disease"
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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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Complicações cardiovasculares em usuário de cocaína: relato de caso
(Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB, 2006-12-01)BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Cocaine is the most commonly used illicit drug and its acute and chronic effects are related to a variety of physiological changes, mainly in the cardiovascular system. This study is a case report ...
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Evaluation of effects of shoulder girdle training on strength and performance of activities of daily living in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(Dove Medical Press Ltd, 2013-01-01)Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have some limitations during activities of daily living that involve the arms. There is little information on the benefits of shoulder girdle training ...
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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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Prevalência da deficiência de alfa-1 antitripsina e frequência alélica em pacientes com DPOC no Brasil
(Soc Brasileira Pneumologia Tisiologia, 2016)Objective: To determine the prevalence of alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency (AATD), as well as allele frequency, in COPD patients in Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving 926 COPD patients 40 years ...