Effects of an Inpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program on Dyspnea, Exercise Capacity, and Health Related Quality of Life for Patients with Chronic Lung Disease / 간호학회지

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program on dyspnea, exercise capacity, and health related quality of life in inpatients with chronic lung disease. METHOD: This quasi experimental study was designed with a nonequivalent control group pre-post test time series. Twenty three patients were assigned to the experimental group and nineteen to the control group. The inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program was composed of upper and lower extremity exercise, breathing retraining, inspiratory muscle training, education, relaxation and telephone contacts. This program consisted of 4 sessions with inpatients and 4 weeks at home after discharge. The control group was given a home based pulmonary rehabilitation program at the time of discharge. The outcomes were measured by the Borg score, 6MWD and the Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire(CRQ). RESULTS: There was a statistically significant difference in dyspnea between the experimental group and control group, but not among time sequence, or interaction between groups and time sequence. Also significant improvements in exercise capacity and health related quality of life were found only in the experimental group. CONCLUSIONS: An Inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program may be a useful intervention to reduce dyspnea, and increase exercise capacity and health related quality of life for chronic lung disease patients.

Development and Evaluation of a PBL-based Continuing Education for Clinical Nurses: A Pilot Study / 간호학회지

PURPOSE: The purposes of this study were to develop a PBL program for continuing nurse education and to evaluate the program after its implementation. METHODS: The PBL program was developed in the core cardio-pulmonary nursing concepts through a collaborative approach with a nursing school and a hospital. The PBL packages with simulation on ACLS were implemented to 40 clinical nurses. The entire PBL program consisted of six 3-hour weekly classes and was evaluated by the participants' subjective responses. RESULTS: Two PBL packages in cardio-pulmonary system including clinical cases and tutorial guidelines were developed. The 57.5% of the participants responded positively about the use of PBL as continuing nurse education in terms of self-motivated and cooperative learning, whereas 20.0% of the participants answered that the PBL method was not suitable for clinical nurses. Some modifications were suggested in grouping participants and program contents for PBL. CONCLUSION: The PBL method could be utilized to promote nurses' clinical competencies as well as self-learning abilities. Further research is needed in the implementation strategies of PBL-based continuing education in order to improve its effectiveness.

Avaliação do uso da Escala Modificada de Borg na crise asmática / Evaluation of the use of the Modified Scale of Borg in the asthmatic crisis

A dispnéia é a maior causa de incapacidade e redução da qualidade de vida para pacientes com doenças respiratórias como é o caso da asma. Os objetivos deste estudo foram verificar o grau de dispnéia dos pacientes em crise asmática pela Escala Modificada de Borg e a correlação da melhora do grau de dispnéia com a melhora da função pulmonar verificada pelo Pico de Fluxo Expiratório (PFE). Foram incluídos 40 pacientes asmáticos em crise aguda, atendidos no serviço de Pronto Atendimento em Pneumologia do Hospital São Paulo, no período de setembro a dezembro de 2003. Antes e após o tratamento, os seguintes dados foram coletados: frequência cardíaca (FC), frequência respiratória (FR), PFE e saturação periférica de oxigênio (SpO2). O paciente era questionado sobre sua percepção da dispnéia pela Escala Modificada de Borg. No pré-tratamento ocorreu uma tendência dos valores altos da escala de Borg estarem relacionados aos valores baixos do PFE, invertendo esta relação no pós-tratamento. Esta escala é rápida, barata e de fácil aplicabilidade na avaliação de pacientes asmáticos. Pode ser utilizada por profissionais de saúde para a avaliação inicial dos pacientes em crise, bem como sua resposta ao tratamento.

Derrame Pleunal Neoplásico / Malignant Pleural Effusion

Introdução: O derrame pleural neoplásico é uma causa significativa de morbidade e queda do estado geral de pacientes com câncer avançado. Objetivo: tratamento atual do derrame pleural neoplásico. Métodos: Revisão de literatura recente correlacionando com a experiência pessoal. Resultados: Todos os métodos terapêuticos incluem toracocentese para esvaziamento da cavidade torácica e colocação de substância para pleurodese química (tetraciclina, bleomicina, talco)...

Hemosiderosis pulmonar: presentación de un caso / Pulmonary hemosiderosis: report of a case

Se reporta un caso de hemosiderosis pulmonar en el Hospital Pediátrico Docente "Eliseo Noel Caamaño" de la Ciudad de Matanzas; se trata de un paciente de 3 años de edad, con el cuadro clínico y las investigaciones complementarias. Se revisó la literatura acerca de esta enfermedad, la cual es infrecuente en Pediatría y mucho menos con la causa tan clara. Debido a la gran morbilidad y a su no infrecuente mortalidad, será imperativo realizar un reconocimiento precoz y una terapeútica apropiada. Se hace énfasis en los procederes de enfermería específicos en el tratamiento de esta enfermedad