{"title":"The thirty-second sit-to-stand test as a predictor of postoperative complications of lung resection: a real-world study.","authors":"Inês Fernandes Pedro, Diana Organista, Teresa Seguro, Mariana Maia Silva, Fátima Rodrigues","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20240342","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14845,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia","volume":"51 1","pages":"e20240342"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143764050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What's new in the 2025 GOLD report.","authors":"David M G Halpin, Dave Singh","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20240412","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14845,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia","volume":"51 1","pages":"e20240412"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143764054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evidence, implementation, and challenges in mechanical ventilation.","authors":"Rodrigo Cavallazzi","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20250071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20250071","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14845,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia","volume":"51 1","pages":"e20250071"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143763996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mahdis Cheraghi, Mehrnaz Amiri, Sahar Andarzgoo, Fatemeh Zarei, Zahra Sadat Seghatoleslami, Rosella Centis, Dina Visca, Lia D'Ambrosio, Emanuele Pontali, Mohammad Javad Nasiri, Giovanni Battista Migliori
{"title":"Bedaquiline and linezolid regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Mahdis Cheraghi, Mehrnaz Amiri, Sahar Andarzgoo, Fatemeh Zarei, Zahra Sadat Seghatoleslami, Rosella Centis, Dina Visca, Lia D'Ambrosio, Emanuele Pontali, Mohammad Javad Nasiri, Giovanni Battista Migliori","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20240391","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remains a global public health challenge, complicating treatment strategies and requiring advanced therapeutic approaches. The persistence of MDR-TB has led to a demand for regimens that are more effective in improving treatment outcomes and controlling transmission. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to examine the efficacy of linezolid (LZD) and bedaquiline (BDQ) in MDR-TB treatment regimens, evaluating their roles in enhancing therapeutic success and informing optimized management of MDR-TB.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A comprehensive search was conducted across MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Scopus, and Web of Science for randomized controlled trials assessing the efficacy of LZD and BDQ in MDR-TB patients up to September 14, 2024. We analyzed treatment outcomes, reporting favorable outcomes (cured and treatment completed) and unfavorable outcomes (death, treatment failure, and loss to follow-up) with a 95% confidence interval.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our analysis included 11 trials, with a total of 1,999 participants. The findings indicate that BDQ+LZD-containing regimens yield significantly higher favorable treatment outcomes (84.5%; 95% CI, 79.8%-88.2%) and lower unfavorable outcomes (15.4%; 95% CI, 11.6%-20.2%). In contrast, regimens lacking either LZD or BDQ show lower efficacy, with favorable outcomes at 66.8% (95% CI, 59.5%-73.4%) and unfavorable outcomes at 33.0% (95% CI, 25.6%-41.4%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>MDR-TB treatment regimens including BDQ and LZD lead to significantly better patient outcomes. The combined bactericidal and protein synthesis-inhibiting effects of BDQ and LZD create a powerful therapeutic synergy. Adding pretomanid further enhances this effectiveness, highlighting its value in complex cases. Future research should focus on optimizing these regimens for safety and efficacy and explore adjunctive therapies to improve MDR-TB outcomes even further.</p>","PeriodicalId":14845,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia","volume":"51 1","pages":"e20240391"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143763976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Silvia Elaine Cardozo Macedo, Marina de Borba Oliveira Freire, Oscar Schmitt Kremer, Ricardo Bica Noal, Fabiano Sandrini Moraes, Mauro André Barbosa Cunha
{"title":"Machine learning algorithms applied to the diagnosis of COVID-19 based on epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory data.","authors":"Silvia Elaine Cardozo Macedo, Marina de Borba Oliveira Freire, Oscar Schmitt Kremer, Ricardo Bica Noal, Fabiano Sandrini Moraes, Mauro André Barbosa Cunha","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20240385","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To predict COVID-19 in hospitalized patients with SARS in a city in southern Brazil by using machine learning algorithms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study sample consisted of patients ≥ 18 years of age admitted to the emergency department with SARS and hospitalized in the Hospital Escola - Universidade Federal de Pelotas between March and December of 2020. Epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory data were processed by machine learning algorithms in order to identify patterns. Mean AUC values were calculated for each combination of model and oversampling/undersampling techniques during cross-validation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of a total of 100 hospitalized patients with SARS, 78 had information for RT-PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection and were therefore included in the analysis. Most (58%) of the patients were female, and the mean age was 61.4 ± 15.8 years. Regarding the machine learning models, the random forest model had a slightly higher median performance when compared with the other models tested and was therefore adopted. The most important features to diagnose COVID-19 were leukocyte count, PaCO2, troponin levels, duration of symptoms in days, platelet count, multimorbidity, presence of band forms, urea levels, age, and D-dimer levels, with an AUC of 87%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Artificial intelligence techniques represent an efficient strategy to identify patients with high clinical suspicion, particularly in situations in which health care systems face intense strain, such as in the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":14845,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia","volume":"51 1","pages":"e20240385"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143763998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcelo Fouad Rabahi, Guylherme Saraiva, Frederico Leon Arrabal Fernandes, Klaus Rabe
{"title":"Severity of COPD in comparison with acute myocardial infarction: evidence of in-hospital mortality in Brazil.","authors":"Marcelo Fouad Rabahi, Guylherme Saraiva, Frederico Leon Arrabal Fernandes, Klaus Rabe","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20240289","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14845,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia","volume":"51 1","pages":"e20240289"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143764013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juliana Carvalho Ferreira, Arthur Oswaldo de Abreu Vianna, Bruno Valle Pinheiro, Israel Silva Maia, Sérgio Vasconcellos Baldisserotto, Alexandre Marini Isola
{"title":"Joint statement on evidence-based practices in mechanical ventilation: suggestions from two Brazilian medical societies.","authors":"Juliana Carvalho Ferreira, Arthur Oswaldo de Abreu Vianna, Bruno Valle Pinheiro, Israel Silva Maia, Sérgio Vasconcellos Baldisserotto, Alexandre Marini Isola","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240255","DOIUrl":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240255","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mechanical ventilation can be a life-saving intervention, but its implementation requires a multidisciplinary approach, with an understanding of its indications and contraindications due to the potential for complications. The management of mechanical ventilation should be part of the curricula during clinical training; however, trainees and practicing professionals frequently report low confidence in managing mechanical ventilation, often seeking additional sources of knowledge. Review articles, consensus statements and clinical practice guidelines have become important sources of guidance in mechanical ventilation, and although clinical practice guidelines offer rigorously developed recommendations, they take a long time to develop and can address only a limited number of clinical questions. The Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira and the Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia sponsored the development of a joint statement addressing all aspects of mechanical ventilation, which was divided into 38 topics. Seventy-five experts from all regions of Brazil worked in pairs to perform scoping reviews, searching for publications on their specific topic of mechanical ventilation in the last 20 years in the highest impact factor journals in the areas of intensive care, pulmonology, and anesthesiology. Each pair produced suggestions and considerations on their topics, which were presented to the entire group in a plenary session for modification when necessary and approval. The result was a comprehensive document encompassing all aspects of mechanical ventilation to provide guidance at the bedside. In this article, we report the methodology used to produce the document and highlight the most important suggestions and considerations of the document, which has been made available to the public in Portuguese.</p>","PeriodicalId":14845,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia","volume":"51 1","pages":"e20240255"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11796564/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bruno Guedes Baldi, Paulo Henrique Ramos Feitosa, Adalberto Sperb Rubin, Alexandre Franco Amaral, Carolina Salim Gonçalves Freitas, Cláudia Henrique da Costa, Eliane Viana Mancuzo, Ellen Caroline Toledo do Nascimento, Mariana Sponholz Araujo, Marcelo Jorge Jacó Rocha, Martina Rodrigues de Oliveira, Tatiana Senna Galvão, Pedro Paulo Teixeira E Silva Torres, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho
{"title":"Brazilian Thoracic Association recommendations for the management of lymphangioleiomyomatosis.","authors":"Bruno Guedes Baldi, Paulo Henrique Ramos Feitosa, Adalberto Sperb Rubin, Alexandre Franco Amaral, Carolina Salim Gonçalves Freitas, Cláudia Henrique da Costa, Eliane Viana Mancuzo, Ellen Caroline Toledo do Nascimento, Mariana Sponholz Araujo, Marcelo Jorge Jacó Rocha, Martina Rodrigues de Oliveira, Tatiana Senna Galvão, Pedro Paulo Teixeira E Silva Torres, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240378","DOIUrl":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240378","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disease, characterized as a low-grade neoplasm with metastatic potential that mainly affects women of reproductive age, in which there is proliferation of atypical smooth muscle cells (LAM cells) and formation of diffuse pulmonary cysts. It can occur in a sporadic form or in combination with tuberous sclerosis complex. In recent decades, a number of advances have been made in the understanding of the pathophysiology and management of LAM, leading to improvements in its prognosis: identification of the main genetic aspects and the role of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway; relationship with hormonal factors, mainly estrogen; characterization of pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations in imaging studies; identification and importance in the diagnosis of VEGF-D; a systematic diagnostic approach, often without the need for lung biopsy; use of and indications for the use of mTOR inhibitors, mainly sirolimus, for pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations; pulmonary rehabilitation and the management of complications such as pneumothorax and chylothorax; and the role of and indications for lung transplantation. To date, no Brazilian recommendations for a comprehensive approach to the disease have been published. This document is the result of a non-systematic review of the literature, carried out by 12 pulmonologists, a radiologist, and a pathologist, which aims to provide an update of the most important topics related to LAM, mainly to its diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, including practical and multidisciplinary aspects of its management.</p>","PeriodicalId":14845,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia","volume":"51 1","pages":"e20240378"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11796567/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143399237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana Paula Zanardo, Rafael Domingos Grando, Rafael Ramos Rambo
{"title":"Life-threatening pulmonary embolism seen as hyperdense clots on unenhanced CT.","authors":"Ana Paula Zanardo, Rafael Domingos Grando, Rafael Ramos Rambo","doi":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240311","DOIUrl":"10.36416/1806-3756/e20240311","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14845,"journal":{"name":"Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia","volume":"51 1","pages":"e20240311"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11796563/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143065687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}