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Classically the diagnosis of both bacterial and viral pneumonias was made with chest radiology, later the use of chest CT was implemented, however in recent years lung ultrasound has become very important in the diagnosis of pulmonary pathology and increased in pandemic by SARS-CoV-2, due to the practicality of being done at the patient's bedside, the ability to be reproducible, and the decrease in radiation exposure to patients.
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COVID-19 , Pneumonia, Viral , COVID-19/diagnostic imaging , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnostic imaging , SARS-CoV-2 , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
El secuestro pulmonar es una malformación congénita poco frecuente, generalmente asintomática hasta que la lesión se infecta, debutando entonces como infecciones respiratorias de repetición. El diagnóstico se confirma mediante pruebas de imagen que permitan objetivar el tejido pulmonar no funcionante irrigado por circulación sistémica. El tratamiento de elección es la resección quirúrgica con ligadura de los vasos nutricios
Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital abnormality. Most of them are asymptomatic but they can appear as recurrent respiratory infections. Radiological tests bring to light a non functioning mass of lung that receives its arterial blood supply from the systemic circulation. Treatment is made with a surgical resection by bonding the vascular supply
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Humans , Male , Adult , Bronchopulmonary Sequestration/complications , Respiratory Tract Infections/complications , Respiratory System Abnormalities/diagnostic imaging , Bronchopulmonary Sequestration/surgery , Pneumonectomy , Thoracic Surgery, Video-AssistedABSTRACT
OBJETIVO: Determinar el efecto del ejercicio sobre la calidad de vida e impacto en actividades cotidianas de la vida de los pacientes con síndrome de apneas-hipopneas del sueño (SAHS) leve. PACIENTES Y MÉTODOS: Ensayo clínico controlado, aleatorizado y de grupos paralelos. Se incluyeron sujetos con un índice de apneas-hipopneas (IAH) < 20 y escasa actividad física. Los sujetos fueron aleatorizados a un grupo, que realizó un programa aeróbico de ejercicio físico, frente a un grupo que realizó las medidas habituales. Después de 24 semanas, se determinaron nuevamente la calidad de vida (cuestionario Euroqol-5D) y el impacto sobre las actividades de la vida cotidiana (cuestionario FOSQ). RESULTADOS: De los 27 pacientes con SAHS leve, no se analizaron 3 sujetos del grupo intervención (23%), ya que no cumplieron el programa de ejercicio, y 1 sujeto del grupo control (7%). Las características basales fueron similares en ambos grupos. Tras el seguimiento, en el grupo control (n = 13) no se encontraron diferencias respecto a los valores basales, mientras que en grupo intervención (n = 10) se observaron cambios significativos en la calidad de vida (movilidad, puntuación total de salud y autovaloración, p < 0,05) y en la puntuación del cuestionario FOSQ (cálculo total, dimensiones de productividad social, actividad, vigilancia e intimidad; p < 0,05), sin cambio significativo en el cuestionario de Epworth. CONCLUSIONES: En pacientes con SAHS leve, un programa de ejercicio aeróbico produce mejoría en la calidad de vida y en el impacto de la somnolencia diurna sobre su vida cotidiana
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of exercise in health-related quality of life and how it impacts on daily activities in mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. Patients and METHODS: Controlled clinical trial, randomized and parallel groups. Patients with an apnea-hipopnea index (AHI) < 20 and with mild activity were included. Randomly, patients were undertaken to an aerobic program (intervention group) or to an usual therapeutic measures (control group). We analyzed health-related quality of life (Euroqol-5D questionnaire) and the impact on daily activities (FOSQ questionnaire) after 24 weeks. RESULTS: 27 patients were included. 3 patients in the intervention group (23%) with mild OSA were no analyzed because of lack of exercise adherence, while in the control group 1 patient (7%) was lost. Characteristics were similar in both groups. There were no differences in basal statements in the control group (n =13) after the following period. There were stadistical differences in quality of life (mobility, total score and visual anagogic scale score; p < 0.05) and in FOSQ questionnaire score (total score, social outcomes, activity level, vigilance and intimacy and sexual subscales; p < 0.05) in the interventional group (n = 10). No significant change in the Epworth questionnaire was observed. CONCLUSIONS: An aerobic exercise program in patients with mild OSA improves quality of life and produces a positive impact in daytime sleepiness on activities of daily living
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Humans , Disorders of Excessive Somnolence/therapy , Exercise Therapy/methods , Sleep Apnea Syndromes/therapy , Quality of Life , Exercise/physiology , Sleep Apnea, Obstructive/therapyABSTRACT
It has been reported that exceptional association exists between primary colon cancer and hypernephroma. In this paper we are reporting a case of a male patient carrying an hypernephroma synchronous with a proximal colonic adenocarcinoma in addition to a second adenocarcinoma, growing on a tubular adenoma, nearly of first. These findings get seen as partially coincidental with some features of the cancer family syndrome (Lynch syndrome II), and we have considered that genetics conditions, like those of Lynch syndrome II, could to explain some multiple neoplasms in patients carrying then.
