Hemoptysis
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13. Análise da evolução da qualidade de vida, performance-status, teste de caminhada de seis minutos e índice de massa corpórea em pacientes com câncer de pulmão avançado submetidos à quimioterapia / Analysis of evolution of quality of life, performance status, body mass index and six minute walk test in patients with advanced lung cancer
Lung cancer (LC), one of the most common types of cancer, is a serious public health problem and responsible for a higher number of mortality. Most of the patients are in advanced stage of disease at presentation. Chemotherapy is the most appropriate treatment for this patient profile. However treatment is often accompanied by side effects that may directly
Publicado em: 2010
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14. Development of a clinical scoring system for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis
This study developed a clinical score based on clinical and radiographic data for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (SNPT). SNPT was defined as a positive culture in Ogawa in a patient with two negative sputum smears. Data from patients admitted to the emergency ward with respiratory symptoms and negative acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smears w
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Publicado em: 2008-04
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15. Pathology and pathophysiology of pulmonary manifestations in leptospirosis
Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonosis occurring as large outbreaks throughout the world caused by Leptospira interrogans. The incidence of pulmonary involvement in leptospirosis has been reported to be increasing in the last years, affecting up to 70% of the patients. Alveolar hemorrhage presented as dyspnea and hemoptysis is the main pulmonary manifestati
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Publicado em: 2007-02
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16. Hemoptise como manifestação de aneurisma de aorta torácica descendente
Aortotracheal fistula is a rare condition that is invariably fatal if not diagnosed and surgically treated. Patients usually present with small intermittent hemoptysis. The findings using computerized tomography (CT) are usually diagnostic. CT should be considered in the initial investigation of patients suspected to have such a disease. A 62-year-old woman
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões. Publicado em: 2004-08
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17. Hemoptise maciça 14 anos após ferimento por projétil de arma de fogo
A 54 - year-old male returned 14 years after a gunshot wound to the chest with intermitent hemoptysis that progressed to frank pulmonary hemorrhage. The complications of retained intrapulmonary foreign body are briefly reviewed.
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões. Publicado em: 2003-08
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18. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage resulting from Pauci-immune pulmonary capillaritis
A 27 year-old female patient, cocaine user, presenting hemoptysis and progressive dyspnea with onset 48 hours prior to hospital admission, without any other signs or symptoms. Serum tests for infectious diseases, collagen disorders and vasculitis were negative. Urinalysis was normal. Computed tomography of the chest showed diffuse alveolar infiltrate, affect
Jornal de Pneumologia. Publicado em: 2003-08
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19. Leptospirosis as a cause of acute respiratory failure: clinical features and outcome in 35 critical care patients
Leptospirosis may have important complications, such as acute respiratory failure (ARF) associated or not with other organic dysfunction, with a high mortality rate. We report the characteristics and evolution of severe leptospirosis associated with ARF. During 10 years, 35 consecutive adult patients admitted in two general Intensive Care Units with severe l
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Publicado em: 2002-06
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20. Reiter's Syndrome associated with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: a case report
The association of Reiter's Syndrome (RS) with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is seldom mentioned in the medical literature. This report illustrates this relationship in a 46 years old male patient suffering from AIDS (CD4+ = 240 cells/mm³, CD8+ = 1,301 cells/mm³ and viral load = 330,000 copies/ml), pulmonary tuberculosis (positive catarrhal
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Publicado em: 2002-02
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21. O valor da punção aspirativa percutanea com agulha fina no diagnostico citopatologico de lesões pulmonares
Percutaneous Fine-Needle Aspiration: Value In the Cytopathologic Diagnosis of Lung Lesions. Percutaneous biopsy has been used in tile diagnosis of lung diseases for over a century but only recently it has gained wide usage mainly because of advances in cytopathologic methods, improved guidance modalities and utllizadon of fine-needles. In this country howeve
Publicado em: 1993
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22. Evaluation of Hemoptysis in Patients With a Normal Chest Roentgenogram
Hemoptysis is a common presenting complaint in patients with pulmonary disease. Although controversial, many clinicians suggest that all patients with hemoptysis should be evaluated with bronchoscopy to exclude the presence of a serious pathologic condition. We reviewed records for an 18-month period, during which 113 patients had hemoptysis as their princip
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23. Association of Presence of Aspergillus Antibodies with Hemoptysis in Patients with Old Tuberculosis or Bronchiectasis but No Radiologically Visible Mycetoma
Old tuberculosis and bronchiectasis are the two most important causes of chronic structural changes of lungs in our locality. In the absence of radiologically visible mycetoma, the cause of hemoptysis in these two groups of patients is largely unknown. A 17-month prospective study was carried out to compare the prevalence of Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergi
American Society for Microbiology.
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24. Hemoptysis as an Unusual Presenting Symptom: of Invasion of a Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysmal Dissection by Lung Cancer
A 70-year-old woman with a known chronic dissecting aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta presented with new-onset back pain and hemoptysis. The hemoptysis was thought to be the result of invasion of the bronchial tree by the aneurysm. During surgical repair, a lesion that appeared to be a pulmonary abscess was discovered to be adhering to the aortic tis