[Principle of autonomy: right of self-disposal till the end? A case report].

abstract：:Tuberous sclerosis (TS) is a rare, sporadic or autosomal dominant disease characterized by the triad of seizures, mental retardation and angiofibromas. Lungs are rarely involved in TS, and pulmonary involvement is almost always found in females. We report the case of a 52 year -old female, nonsmoker, with a history of...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Ferreira S,Nogueira C,Ferreira D,Neves S,Taveira N

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower lung lobe tuberculosis is less common than the classical radiological forms of pulmonary tuberculosis. However this radiological presentation has a particular relevance in patients with some associated pathological conditions, such as diabetes mellitus, HIV infection and chronic alcoholism. We make a review of t...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Roberto Silva J,Carragoso A,Gil I,Torres S,Gaspar O

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a condition characterised by a chronic immunoinflammatory response to different triggers. Neopterin (NPT) is synthesised by human macrophages upon stimulation with interferon-gamma and is also capable of enhancing the oxidative potential of reactive oxygen species. NPT is useful for the monitoring of cell-me...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Mota Pinto A,Todo-Bom A,Vale Pereira S,Alves V,Santos Rosa M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign metastasizing leiomyomas of the lung are rare smooth muscle cells tumours. We report the case of a 48 year-old female who was evaluated due to persistent cough, progressive dyspnoea and constitutional symptoms. Chest computed tomography revealed a left endobronchial mass, multiple parenchyma nodules and a pleur...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Bugalho A,Oliveira A,Semedo J,Lourenço I,Carreiro L

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is a risk factor for bronchopulmonary dysplasia in the preterm newborn. Antioxidant defense is impaired in the preterm newborn. Oxidative stress is also involved in cell growth and development. The relationship between oxidative stress and cell growth needs to be understood before antioxidant therapy ...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Rocha G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old neuromuscular patient chronically treated with nocturnal noninvasive ventilation developed pulmonary lobar atelectasis and daytime hypoxemia. Twenty four-hour 5L/min oxygen was begun, while mechanical cough assist aids were applied for seven days. In the following three days, treatment with nebulized Dor...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Crescimanno G,Marrone O

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Allergen-specific immunotherapy has been used for successful treatment of atopic diseases. They may act by modifying the patterns of cytokines produced by T cells. However, the precise mechanism by which it accomplishes these effects is still incompletely understood. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of one ...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Rebordão M,Delgado L,Pinto H,Remédios A,Taborda-Barata L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Obesity has been associated with respiratory complications, and the majority of these complications occur in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome and incidence of adverse respiratory events (AREs) in obese patients during their stay in the PACU METHODS: We...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Mendonça J,Pereira H,Xará D,Santos A,Abelha FJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged stay in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) can cause muscle weakness, physical deconditioning, recurrent symptoms, mood alterations and poor quality of life. Physiotherapy is probably the only treatment likely to increase in the short- and long-term care of the patients admitted to these units. Recovery of physical a...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Ambrosino N,Janah N,Vagheggini G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immigrants are a tuberculosis risk group. In Portugal, in 2000, they had an incidence rate 3.6 times higher than the global incidence, and were native, predominantly, from Angola and Cabo Verde. Being the Chest Disease Center of Venda Nova located in a residential area with a great number of immigrants, most of them l...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Rifes G,Villar M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative neurological disorder that affects motor neurons. Involvement of respiratory muscles causes the failure of the ventilator pump with more or less significant bulbar troubles. ALS course is highly variable but, in most cases, this disease entails a very sig...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Escarrabill J,Vianello A,Farrero E,Ambrosino N,Martínez Llorens J,Vitacca M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lung cancers ranks the heterogeneous nonsmall cell lung cancer (N-SCLC) group, encompassing sarcoma or sarcoma-containing tumours under one heading: "carcinomas with pleomorphic, sarcomatoid or sarcomatous elements". This group contains entities such as pleomorphic...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： da Matta Abreu M,Marcondes Kozlowski B,de Biasi Cordeiro P,de Sousa A,F Nascimento M,Zamboni M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension is a rare but devastating disease, with poor prognosis and high mortality. The disease may present as Primary Pulmonary Hypertension where no clear aetiology can be identified, or be related to a variety of underlying conditions. This is a rare disease in paediatric age. The authors present the ...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Guardiano M,Maia AM,Correia C,Azevedo I,Lopes AR,da Silva ED,Moura CS,Marinho A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term low frequency noise exposure (LFN) (< or = 500 Hz, including infrasound) may lead to the development of vibroacoustic disease (VAD), a systemic pathology characterized by the abnormal growth of extra-cellular matrices. The respiratory system is a target for LFN. Fibrosis of the respiratory tract ep...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Mendes A,Alves-Pereira M,Castelo Branco NA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present four patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated in second and third line with Erlotinib. These are selected patients that obtained a good clinical response. Almost all presented cutaneous side effects. Rev Port Pneumol 2008; XIV (Supl 3): S65-S69. ...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Dionísio J,Almodôvar T,Matias D,Ferreira P,Mota P,da Costa JD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Asthma is a chronic illness of the airways that can reduce respiratory muscle strength due to the resulting hyperinflation or treatment with corticosteroids. One of the ways to evaluate this respiratory muscular weakness is the Maximal Inspiratory Pressure (PImax). METHODS:A systematic review of the databas...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Cavalcante Marcelino AM,Justino da Silva H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking cessation is one of the most important ways of improving the prognosis of COPD patients. Based on currently available evidence professional health workers should take a proactive and continuous role with smokers, motivating them to stop smoking and providing treatment to aid smoking cessation. The treatment sh...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Pamplona P,Mendes B

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is associated with adverse effects in cardiovascular physiology. Some studies have connected this pathology with Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). AIM:Determine the prevalence of CVD in patients with OSA of different severity and verify the association between CVD and OSA. MATER...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Drummond M,Winck JC,Pereira S,Almeida J,Marques JA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pulmonary sequestration corresponds to pulmonary tissue intra or extra-lobar with systemic arterial nutrition and collateral bronchial ramification. It is infrequent and the intra-lobar identification depends on the correct clinical signs and morphology. The correct study includes imagiologic identification of the...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Sousa V,Carvalho L

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazil is one of the world leaders on traffic accidents. The present article studied the excessive daytime sleepiness of public transport drivers in two Brazilian's capitals and their level of attention. It was conducted here a descriptive transversal study of a convenient sample. For the evaluation were used: anthrop...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Santos DB,Bittencourt LG,Viegas CA,Gaio E

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the effect of a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program (PRP) on the levels of anxiety and depression and the quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. METHOD:Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who completed the PRP of 3 weekly sessions of 60 min dura...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： da Costa CC,de Azeredo Lermen C,Colombo C,Canterle DB,Machado ML,Kessler A,Teixeira PJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) is a rare anomaly of lung development that presents in the neonatal period in about 50% of the cases. The authors report four clinical cases of congenital lobar emphysema in the newborn. CLINICAL CASES:Four term newborns, 3M/ 1F, were admitted for respiratory distress star...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Rocha G,Azevedo I,Pinto JC,Moura CS,Guimarães H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author proposes a comparison of tuberculids and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, highlighting the differences in definition, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment, proving that they are different expressions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The article further discusses updated information on tu...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Barroso Pereira JC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma (WDFA) is a very uncommon malignant tumor originating in the lung. This report describes the case of a 38-year-old woman with a WDFA treated by surgery. The malignancy is low grade and associated with a good prognosis, and so it is important for clinicians to be aware of and to...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： El Ouazzani H,Jniene A,Bouchikh M,Achachi L,El Ftouh M,Achir A,El Fassy Fihry MT

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a rare disease in immunocompetent children that usually occurs after infection of the lower airways. While a diagnosis of BO was usually confirmed by lung biopsy, identification of prior lung lesion plus a typical clinical course and a suggestive chest X-ray and CT scan have replaced t...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Lobo AL,Guardiano M,Nunes T,Azevedo I,Vaz LG

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric management of complicated pleural effusion (CPE) remains controversial. Different approaches include antibiotics and chest tube drainage alone or the use of fibrinolitics, videothorascoscopy (VTC) and surgical decortication through thoracotomy. The aim of the present study was to review, evaluate and update ...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Martins S,Valente S,David TN,Pereira L,Barreto C,Bandeira T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Expression of ERCC1 has not been well described in fine-needle aspiration biopsies (FNABs) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We investigated the expression of ERCC1 in correlation with EGFR expression and clinicopathological factors in patients with NSCLC in order to determine if these play a...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Kalogeraki A,Karvela-Kalogeraki I,Tamiolakis D,Petraki P,Saridaki Z,Tzardi M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella, as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia, is probably under-recognized because the diagnosis relies on the use of specific tests as well the existence of an in-numerous species and serogroups not easily identify by the tests available. In studies from Europe and North America, it ranged from 2 to 15 perc...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Marques AS,Estrada MH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (BRF) is an essential tool in diagnosis and therapy of respiratory diseases. The occurrence of transient fever after BRF has been documented in some studies. Its meaning hasn't yet been clarified. AIM:Determine the incidence of fever and bacteriemia in the 24 hours after BRF an...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Drummond M,Magalhães A,Hespanhol V

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant illness of the connective tissue, with typical skeletal, ocular and cardiovascular manifestations. Less frequently, pulmonary involvement occurs, namely spontaneous pneumothorax, which generally is recurrent and occurs in 4 -11% of cases. The authors describe a 14 -year -old bo...

journal_title：Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

authors： Rocha S,Pereira L,Barreto C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00