PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Newton Santos de Faria Júnior
AU  - Renata Kelly Palma
AU  - Israel dos Reis dos Santos
AU  - Jéssica Julioti Urbano
AU  - Ismael Souza Dias
AU  - Angela Honda Souza
AU  - Oliver Augusto  Nascimento
AU  - José Roberto Jardim
AU  - Luis Vicente Franco Oliveira
AU  - Roberto  Stirbulov
TI  - Maximal ventilatory pressure and pulmonary function in subjects with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
DP  - 2014 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P2564
VI  - 44
IP  - Suppl 58
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P2564.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P2564.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2014 Sep 01; 44
AB  - Introduction: The assessment of pulmonary function and the maximal ventilatory pressures have been of great clinical importance, besides having great potential for the diagnosis and prognosis of lung diseases. Due to airflow obstruction, irreversible dilatation of the bronchi and bronchioles, and the presence of secretion individuals with bronchiectasis (BCTS) may show changes in their respiratory muscles and lung capacity, leading to impact on your quality of life health related. Objective: To assess the pulmonary function and the maximum ventilatory pressure in subjects with BCTS. Method: This is an observational and cross-sectional study that assessed 21 patients with a previous diagnosis of BCTS, at Respiratory Physiology laboratory of Nove de Julho University (UNINOVE) in the city of Sao Paulo- Brazil. The evaluation consisted of medical history, vital signs, anthropometry, spirometry and manovacuometry. Results: The mean age was 51.57±15.11 years, (57.1% female) and body mass index of 23.93 ± 3.75 kg/m2. There was a predominance of obstructive lung disease (52.4%) and reductions in the mean spirometric values of predicted (FVC, FEV1 and FEV1/FVC were 2.45 ± 0.87, 1.63 ± 0.76 and 66.49 ± 15.26 respectively). The mean values of maximal inspiratory pressures for females were 70.16 ± 26.60 and 95.55 ± 22.92 for males. The maximum expiratory pressures were 63.66 ± 24.34 and 105.11 ± 23.85 respectively for females and males. Conclusion: Patients with BCTS presented a predominance of obstructive lung disease, reductions in spirometric values and maximal ventilatory pressures, either with regard to gender or etiology of BCTS compared with Brazilian population.