Background. General anaesthesia leads to atelectasis, reduced end-expiratory lung volume
(EELV), and diminished arterial oxygenation in obese patients. We hypothesized that a …

Symptomatic forms of toxoplasmosis are a serious public health problem and occur in around
10-20% of the infected people. Aiming to improve the molecular diagnosis of symptomatic …

Objectives Variable ventilation (VV) seems to improve respiratory function in acute lung injury
and may be combined with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in order to protect the …

Introduction During pneumoperitoneum (PNP), airway driving pressure (ΔP RS ) increases
due to the stiffness of the chest wall and cephalic shift of the diaphragm, which favors …

… LM Camilo and GC Motta-Ribeiro contributed equally and share first authorship. … contrasting
our present cytokine results with the findings by Camilo et al. In this previous study without …

This paper presents a methodology for risk analysis applied to voltage sags in distribution
networks. The basis of the methodology is presented, as well as the description of its …

Background The profile of changes in airway driving pressure (dP aw ) induced by positive-end
expiratory pressure (PEEP) might aid for individualized protective ventilation. Our aim …

BACKGROUND: Evidence exists that during pressure support ventilation (PSV), the addition
of an extrinsic (ie, ventilator-generated) breath-to-breath variability (BBV) of breathing …

Introdução: A obesidade é considerada uma desordem multifatorial influenciada por fatores
hormonais, dietéticos, comportamentais, emocionais, atencionais e controle cognitivo que …

The objective of the present study was to describe the physical and functioning profile of
Brazilian older adults admitted to avascular surgery wards (VSW). This is an observational and …