A5027564469- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Indigenous Health and Education
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Palliative and Oncologic Care
Universidade Federal do Ceará
2021-2022
Hospital de Messejana
2006-2021
Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Clínica
2009
ABSTRACT Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Despite vast diversity respiratory microbiota, Streptococcus pneumoniae remains most prevalent pathogen among etiologic agents. significant decrease in mortality rates for lower tract infections recent decades, CAP ranks third as a Brazil. Since latest Guidelines on from Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia (SBPT, Brazilian Thoracic Association) were published (2009), there have been major...
A pneumonia adquirida na comunidade mantém-se como a doença infecciosa aguda de maior impacto médico-social quanto à morbidade e custos relacionados ao tratamento. Os grupos etários mais suscetíveis complicações graves situam-se entre os extremos idade, fato que tem justificado adoção medidas prevenção dirigidas esses estratos populacionais. Apesar do avanço no conhecimento campo da etiologia fisiopatologia, assim aperfeiçoamento dos métodos propedêuticos terapêuticos, inúmeros pontos...
Bronchiectasis is a condition that has been increasingly diagnosed by chest HRCT. In the literature, bronchiectasis divided into secondary to cystic fibrosis and not associated with fibrosis, which termed non-cystic bronchiectasis. Many causes can lead development of bronchiectasis, patients usually have chronic airway symptoms, recurrent infections, CT abnormalities consistent condition. The first international guideline on diagnosis treatment was published in 2010. Brazil, this review...
To evaluate patient profiles and factors associated with successful treatment.A retrospective study of patients enrolled in the smoking cessation program at Hospital de Messejana, located state Ceará, Brazil, from October 2002 to April 2005. The treatment was evaluated based on profile, type medication prescribed time that medication.Of 320 enrolled, 65.5% were women. mean age outset 48 years, duration habit 33 years. More than 90% had started before 20. Of 258 individuals who least one year...
Vaccines, Vaccination, Immunization, Immunization Schedule*, Pro-grams, Mass vaccination, Inactivated; Vaccines Attenua -ted, Vaccines,Synthetic; Antiviral Agents, Antibodies, Viral; Virus Shedding*, Disease Notification, Outbreaks, Influenza A Virus, Influenza, Human/prevention & control, Bacterial Acellular; Bacte -rial; Diphtheria Vaccine, Pertussis Bordetella pertussis*, Diphtheria/prevention control; Whooping Cough; Com -bined; DTPP vaccine, Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Di-phteria...
To identify microorganisms in sputum samples of patients with stable non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis and to determine risk factors related the isolation Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) those patients.
CASE REPORTSa middle-aged man with acute intestinal obstruction due to an ileo-ileal intussusception of inverted Meckel's diverticulum a lipoma that was managed by laparoscopy.Worthy note is the very scarce number case reports on this exceeding uncommon association.
CASE REPORTSa middle-aged man with acute intestinal obstruction due to an ileo-ileal intussusception of inverted Meckel's diverticulum a lipoma that was managed by laparoscopy.Worthy note is the very scarce number case reports on this exceeding uncommon association.
Introduction Bronchiectasis is a growing global health problem.Objective and Methods To evaluate the functional status of stable bronchiectasis patients recruited from terciary hospital in Fortaleza, Brazil.The were submitted to spirometry, six minute walking test (6MWT), step (6MST), measurement fibrinogen,E-FACED scores(incorporates FEV1 ,age,colonisation by Pseudomonas,radiological extension, dyspnoea exarcebation) Duke Activity Status Index(DASI) test.Each item DASI scored proportionally...