Archivos de bronconeumología
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To describe the clinical characteristics and risk factors of patients with chest trauma, and to evaluate their correlation with the development of complications. ⋯ Patients with chest trauma who present certain comorbidities, are over the age of 85 and have more than 2 rib fractures may present more complications. These factors should be contemplated in the evaluation, management and follow-up of these subjects.
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Arch. Bronconeumol. · May 2013
Multicenter StudyHealth-related quality of life in a national cohort of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) experience impaired health-related quality of life (HRQL). The objective of this study was to evaluate HRQL in a nation-wide sample. ⋯ HRQL is impaired in this population, especially in PAH/CTEPH patients near death. HRQL measurements could help predict the prognosis in PAH and CTPH and provide additional information in these patients.
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Arch. Bronconeumol. · May 2013
Dysmorphology of chest wall deformities: frequency distribution of subtypes of typical pectus excavatum and rare subtypes.
More than forty percent of patients with pectus excavatum have a family history of chest deformity. However, no studies of the frequency of the different phenotypes of pectus excavatum have been published. ⋯ Typical PE is cup-shaped in 67% of cases, to the right of the midline in 80%, and involving the mid-to-lower sternum in 99%. However, other phenotypes, like the saucer and long trench, comprised one-third. Definition of the deformity is more reliable by CT scan.