PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Guilherme Silva
AU  - Maria Tereza Morano
AU  - Amanda Araújo
AU  - Natália Bitar
AU  - Cynthia Viana
AU  - Daniela Mont'alverne
AU  - Rafael Mesquita
AU  - Eanes Pereira
TI  - The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic respiratory failure other than COPD
DP  - 2014 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P635
VI  - 44
IP  - Suppl 58
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P635.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P635.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2014 Sep 01; 44
AB  - Background: Patients with chronic respiratory failures other than COPD often present reduced exercise tolerance, peripheral muscle dysfunction and quality of life. Nowadays pulmonary rehabilitation programs are important strategies in the managing these patients.Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with chronic respiratory failure other than COPD.Methods: It was performed a retrospective study with 26 patients that participated in the PR program at Messejana's Hospital in Ceará (Northeastern Brazil) from 2011 and 2013. Six-minute walk test (6MWT) and quality of life through Short-form36 (SF36), were evaluated before and after 12 weeks of the PR. The patients performed aerobic physical training, peripheral and respiratory muscle strength training.Results:The study includedpatients withbronchiectasis (n=13), pulmonary arterial hypertension (n=4), cifoscoliosis (n=4), pulmonary fibrosis (n=1), Asthma (n=1), cystic fibrosis (n=1), nemaline myopathy (n=1), pompe syndrome (n=1). After 12 weeks of PR there was was a significant improvement in physical component summary of quality of life (p=0.009) and in the 6MWT distance (p=0.002).Conclusion:Pulmonary rehabilitation improves quality of life and physical capacity in patients with chronic respiratory failure other than COPD.