Bakgrund: KOL är en relativt vanlig och obotlig sjukdom som orsakar en gradvis försämring på andningen. Hur man upplever sjukdomen kan skilja sig åt mellan individer och mellan olika stadier av sjukdomen. Det är därför av stor vikt att sjuksköterskan får insikt i dessa upplevelser för att kunna erbjuda god omvårdnad till dessa personer. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturstudien är att beskriva personers upplevelser av att leva med KOL samt att beskriva vilka datainsamlingsmetoder som använts i de inkluderade artiklarna. Metod: Litteraturstudie med en deskriptiv design. De 12 inkluderade artiklarna är av kvalitativ ansats och söktes fram via databaserna Cinahl och PubMed. Innehållet i artiklarnas resultat granskades för att urskilja likheter och skillnader samt de inkluderade artiklarnas datainsamlingsmetod.Huvudresultat: Resultatet i litteraturstudien påvisade att personer med KOL upplevde psykiska, fysiska och sociala aspekter som påverkade personernas liv. Den psykiska påverkan gjorde att personerna fick göra många förändringar i livet. Andningssvårigheterna gjorde att den fysiska förmågan blev nedsatt. Sjukdomen påverkade även den sociala samhörigheten med andra människor. För att hantera och underlätta livet med KOL använde personerna sig av olika strategier. Den vanligaste datainsamlingsmetod som framkom i artiklarna var semistrukturerade intervjuer. Slutsats: Personerna med KOL påverkades psykiskt, fysiskt och socialt av att leva med sjukdomen. Personerna använde sig av olika strategier för att hantera sitt liv med sjukdomen. Det är viktigt som sjuksköterska att ha kunskap om personernas upplevelser av att leva med KOL eftersom det gör att det blir lättare att bevara personernas integritet, värdighet, och autonomi som kan öka personernas välbefinnande. / Background: COPD is a relative common and incurable disease that causes a progressive deterioration of breathing. How to experience the disease may differ between individuals and between different stages of the disease. It is therefore essential that nurses gain insight into these experiences to provide good care to these people. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe people's experiences of living with COPD. Furthermore, the aim of this study was to describe the included articles data collection method. Method: A literature study with a descriptive design. The 12 included articles are of qualitative approach and sought out through the databases CINAHL and PubMed. The contents of the articles results were reviewed to identify similarities and differences and also the included articles data collection method. Main result: The results of the literature study showed that people with COPD experienced psychological, physical and social aspects that affect people's lives. The psychological impact was that the people had to make many changes in life. Breathing difficulties made the physical ability to reduce. The disease also affected the social affinity with other people. To manage and facilitate life with COPD people used different strategies. The most common data collection method that emerged in the articles were semi-structured interviews. Conclusion: The people with COPD were affected psychologically, physically and socially to live with the disease. The people used different strategies to manage their life with the disease. It is important that nurses having knowledge of people´s experience of living with COPD because it makes it easier to preserve people´s integrity, dignity, and autonomy that can increase people's well-being.

Bakgrund: Kroniskt obstruktiv lungsjukdom (KOL) är ett sjukdomstillstånd som kännetecknas av ett begränsat luftflöde, främst vid utandning, till följd av exponering av giftiga ämnen i inandningsluften. Sjuksköterskan möter dessa patienter i primärvården, allmän medicinavdelning och specialiserad lungmedicinsk avdelning.   Syfte: Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att utifrån vetenskaplig litteratur beskriva upplevelser av att leva med kroniskt obstruktiv lungsjukdom (KOL) utifrån ett psykiskt perspektiv. Syftet var även att beskriva artiklarnas datainsamlingsmetoder.   Metod: Deskriptiv design. Tio stycken vetenskapliga artiklar söktes i databaserna CINAHL och Medline via Pubmed. Dessa användes som underlag till resultatet.   Huvudresultat: Många patienter med KOL upplevde oro, rädsla, depression, en känsla av förlorad identitet, förändrad familjesituation och en känsla av otillräcklighet. Resultatet visade även att flertalet patienter med KOL påvisade symtom liknande PTSD-symtom. Generellt tyckte alla KOL-patienter att andnöden var den främsta orsaken till deras oro. Patienterna upplevde att deras familjer blev drabbade då diagnos ställdes. Familjeaktiviteter och individens potential att bidra till hushållet ändrades vilket bidrog till en förändrad familjesituation, en känsla av förlorad identitet och otillräcklighet.   Slutsats: Upplevelsen hos KOL-patienter definieras av oro, rädsla, depression, en känsla av förlorad identitet, förändrad familjesituation och en känsla av otillräcklighet. Symtom liknande PTSD-symtom påvisades dessutom hos denna patientgrupp. Andnöden generaliserades som den främsta orsaken till deras upplevda psykiska ohälsa.

Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biological and Medical sciences Student: Veronika Krčmářová Supervisor of master thesis: PharmDr. Miroslav Kovařík Ph.D. Title of master thesis: Resting energy expenditure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease II The aim of this study was to compare the resting energy expenditure (REE) and nutritional substrate utilization among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and control group. Previous studies have confirmed increased values of REE in COPD patients. On the basis of the increase of this parameter there was a loss of lean and muscle mass. The utilization of nutritional substrates in patients with COPD is not yet known. Our study by a total of 20 patients includes 11 patients with COPD, and 9 from the control group . The age of patients ranged from 55 to 71 years. Each patient was examined once. We determined the value of REE by indirect calorimetry and utilization of nutritional substrates. According to our results, there was an increase in REE in 82 % of patients with COPD, while only 33 % of patients from the control group was hypermetabolic. Comparing the results of REE between groups we observed REE increase by about 20 % in patients with COPD compared with the control...

Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biological and Medical Sciences Student: Lucie Sehnalová Supervisor of master thesis: PharmDr. Miroslav Kovařík Ph.D. Title of master thesis: Determination of body composition by bioelectrical impedance method in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the top leading causes of death and its morbidity and mortality worldwide is still increasing. Besides the respiratory symptoms there are often developed alterations in metabolism and body composition in COPD patients. Clinically important are mainly malnutrition and skeletal muscle protein loss. Especially if the respiratory muscles are affected, the lung function is negatively influenced. The main aim of this study was to compare the body composition between 15 patients with COPD 3rd and 4th stage and 9 patients of control group without respiratory impairment and comparable anthropometric characteristics (age, body height and weight). By means of bioelectrical impedance analysis we determined the composition of main body compartments. In patients with COPD was the mean amount of lean tissue of body weight (rel LTM) 47.2 ± 8.4 %, amount of fat mass (rel Fat) 37.8 ± 6.4 % and mean overhydration (OH) 0.31...

1 Abstract Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biological and Medical Sciences Student: Martin Jenšík Supervisor of master thesis: PharmDr. Miroslav Kovařík Ph.D. Title of master thesis: Resting energy expenditure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is step by step moving ahead in public and scientific interest due to its fast rising in mortality rate. Contemporary studies observed a phenomena that patients with COPD have increased resting energy expenditure (REE) that leads to loss of fat free mass and total weight. Our goal was to confirm or disprove this hypothesis. Our research ran in Department of research and development at University hospital Hradec Králové. In our study participated 30 patients, 26 men and 4 women, mean age 67 ± 8 let. Every patient was once examined after twelve-hour fasting. We determined REE and substrate utilization by method of indirect calorimetry. We confirmed increased REE from the average value of REE - 122 ± 14 % predicted by Harris - Benedict equation. None patient was hypometabolic, 7 were normometabolic and 23 hypermetabolic. Substrate utilization did not differ contrary to physiological values. Furthermore we discovered correlation among fat mass, fat free mass,...

Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biological and Medical Sciences Student: Barbora Malinová Supervisor of Diploma thesis: PharmDr. Miroslav Kovařík Ph.D. Title of diploma thesis: Densitometric determination of body composition in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in 2004 according to the WHO Global Burden of Disease Project and its morbidity and mortality worldwide is still increasing. Besides the lung function impairment, there are often described changes in body composition in COPD patients e.g. the skeletal muscle protein loss. The main aim of the study was determining the body composition by DEXA in patients diagnosed with COPD and comparing them with physiological values or studies dealing with this issue. On each patient was performed one examination, patients were coming after twelve-hour fasting. Average age was 66 ± 8 years. The amount of fat-free mass was not reduced. There was not therefore a loss of muscle tissue due to COPD. When evaluating total fat, we find that men have more fat than normal levels. This is also indicated by BMI that has been in the majority in the range of overweight and obesity. We did not confirm the link between COPD...

Background: This study explored the differences between the seasonal mortality rates (by age and gender) between the two jurisdictions (the Republic of Ireland (RoI) and Northern Ireland (NI)). The study assessed the relationship between cold temperatures and daily mortality, and assessed for effect modification of the cold weather-mortality relationship by age and gender. Methods: Mortality rates were calculated for each cause-specific mortality group during various seasons in both jurisdictions. A time-stratified case-crossover approach was applied to examine the cold weather-mortality relationship, 1984-2007. The daily mortality risk was explored in association with exposure to daily maximum temperatures on the same day and up to 6 weeks preceding death, during the winter months and extended cold period (October-March), using distributed lag models. Model stratification by age and gender assessed for modification of the cold weather-mortality relationship. Results: The winter mortality rates were significantly greater than the summer rates. NI experienced higher mortality from cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and stroke. The impact of cold weather in the winter months persisted up to 35 days in the RoI, with a cumulative mortality increase for all-cause of 6.4% (95%CI: 4.8%-7.9%) with regards to every 1oC drop in the daily maximum temperature with similar associations for cardiovascular disease and stroke with twice as much for respiratory diseases. The associations were less pronounced and less persistent in NI. Conclusions: The study observed excess winter mortality. The cold weather-mortality associations increased with age with some suggestion of gender differences. There were strong cold weather-mortality associations in both jurisdictions, with suggestive differences in associations by age and gender. The findings suggest the potential contribution of societal differences, and require further exploration. These findings will hopefully contribute to the current efforts to modify fuel policy and reduce winter mortality in both jurisdictions.

A doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica (DPOC) promove limitações mecânicas e encurtamento muscular que determinam a elevação do tórax, o aumento do volume residual e da capacidade residual funcional dos pulmões. Alterações do padrão torácico e na complacência pulmonar se correlacionar com as funções estomatognáticas por meio do osso hióide e da mandíbula. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a influência das desordens respiratórias decorrentes da DPOC no sistema estomatognático por meio de análise eletromiográfica. Participaram do estudo 40 indivíduos de ambos os gêneros com idade entre 40 e 80 anos, divididos em dois grupos: GD, grupo DPOC (n=20), média de idade de 65,65±8,11 anos e IMC de 24,92±2,97, estádio GOLD II a IV; e GC, grupo controle (n=20), idade média de 65,80±8,18 anos e IMC de 26,19±2,38, composto por indivíduos sem a doença. Os indivíduos foram submetidos as avaliações de eletromiografia de superfície para análise dos músculos do sistema respiratório e estomatognático; e força muscular respiratória por meio da manovacuometria. Os valores obtidos foram normalizados, tabulados e submetidos à análise estatística (SPSS versão 22.0) por meio do test t-student de amostras independentes (p<0,05). Em relação aos resultados, o sistema respiratório apresentou diferenças significativas (p<0,05) entre o GD e GC, em especial para o músculo diafragma nas condições clínicas de repouso, ciclo respiratório e inspiração máxima com menor atividade das fibras musculares, expiração máxima com maior atividade e redução da força muscular respiratória. O sistema estomatognático apresentou maior atividade (p<0,05) das fibras dos músculos masseteres nas condições clínicas de repouso e protrusão, e na lateralidade esquerda para os músculos temporal e esternocleidomastoideo direito, quando comparados os grupos GD e GC. Sugere-se, que as alterações encontradas na atividade do músculo diafragma decorrentes da restrição da mobilidade torácica, parecem estar relacionadas com alterações nas condições posturais da mandíbula, ocasionando aumento na atividade das fibras musculares relacionadas ao sistema estomatognático de indivíduos com DPOC. / Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) promotes mechanical limitations and muscle shortening that determine chest elevation, leading to increased residual volume and functional residual capacity of the lungs. Changes in the thoracic pattern and pulmonary complacency are related to the stomatognathic functions through the hyoid bone and the mandible. We aimed to analyze the influence of respiratory disorders due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the stomatognathic system. We divided 40 participants of both genders, ranging from 40 to 80 years old, into two groups: DG, COPD group (n = 20), average age 65.65 ± 8.11 years and body mass index (BMI) 24.92 ± 2.97, GOLD II to IV; and CG, control group (n=20), average age 65.80 ± 8.18 years and BMI 26.19 ± 2.38, composed of individuals without the disease. The participants underwent respiratory and stomatognathic surface electromyography evaluations, and respiratory muscle strength tests through manovacuometry. The values were subjected to t-student test of independent samples (p<0.05). The respiratory system showed significant alterations (p<0.05) between the DG and CG groups, especially for the diaphragm muscles in the clinical conditions of rest, respiratory cycle, and maximal inspiration with a lower recruitment of muscle fibers, greater muscle activity during maximal expiration, and reduction of respiratory muscle strength. The stomatognathic system indicated greater activity (p<0.05) in the recruitment of the fibers of the masseter in the clinical conditions of rest and protrusion, and in the left laterality to the temporal and right sternocleidomastoid muscles, when comparing the DG and CG groups. It was concluded that alterations in diaphragm muscle activity influence the postural conditions of the mandible due to the restriction of thoracic mobility, causing an increase in the recruitment of muscle fibers related to the stomatognathic system in individuals with COPD.

Introdução: A doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica (DPOC) é caracterizada por limitação ao fluxo aéreo, sendo progressiva e contínua, com diagnóstico baseado na avaliação clínica dos sintomas e espirometria. O tabagismo e a exposição à fumaça de biomassa são alguns dos fatores etiológicos para esta doença. Objetivo: Conhecer as diferenças clínicas, funcionais e tomográficas em voluntários com DPOC por exposição ao tabagismo e por exposição ambiental e/ou ocupacional. Material e Método: É um estudo observacional, transversal e analítico de indivíduos com diagnóstico de DPOC realizado no HCFMRP-USP. Todos os participantes foram submetidos à tomografia computadorizada de alta resolução (TCAR), gasometria arterial, espirometria, mensuração da difusão pulmonar de monóxido de carbono, indução de escarro, coleta de sangue venoso e responderam a um instrumento construído, a escala de dispnéia mMRC, escala de gravidade de DPOC CAT e questionário sócio-demográfico. Foi utilizado o teste exato de Fisher para as variáveis qualitativas e foi realizado para as variáveis quantitativas o teste \"t\" de Student para amostras independentes ou teste não paramétrico de Wilcoxon para amostras independentes. Resultados: Para o estudo, foram incluídos 31 pacientes, 16 pacientes do grupo ambiental e/ ou ocupacional e 15 pacientes do grupo tabagista. Foi observado predomínio do sexo feminino em ambos os grupos. No grupo com DPOC ambiental e/ou ocupacional, foi observada maior média de idade (p = 0,00003); menor grau de instrução (p = 0,02); maior frequência de dispneia (p = 0,015); menor SpO2 no final do teste da caminhada de 6 minutos (p = 0,02), menor pO2 corrigida pela idade e SaO2 (p = 0,02, em ambas as variáveis) e no escarro induzido maior número de células (p = 0,04) e no grupo com DPOC por exposição ao tabagismo foi observado maior ocorrência de enfisema (p < 0,025) e no escarro induzido, maior concentração de IL8 (p = 0,04) e IL6 (p = 0,03). Conclusão: A DPOC ambiental e/ou ocupacional difere da DPOC de etiologia tabagista em relação à gasometria (PaO2 e SaO2), mesmo quando os grupos são semelhantes em gravidade da DPOC e também ocorreu maior frequência de dispneia, mostrando maior acometimento deste grupo. Este grupo apresenta um comportamento de paciente com fenótipo de bronquite crônica e nesta doença a hipoxemia é mais grave e inspira maior atenção por parte da equipe multidisciplinar / Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by airflow limitation, being progressive and continuous, with a diagnosis based on the clinical evaluation of the symptoms and spirometry. Smoking and exposure to biomass smoke are some of the etiological factors for this disease. Objective: Identify clinical, functional and tomographic differences in volunteers with COPD due to exposure to smoking and environmental and / or occupational exposure. Material and Method: Observational, transversal and analytical study with individuals with COPD diagnosis performed at HCFMRP-USP. All participants underwent high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), arterial blood gas analysis, spirometry, pulmonary diffusion of carbon monoxide measurement, sputum induction, venous blood collection and responded to a built instrument, mMRC dyspnea scale, severity of COPD CAT and socio-demographic questionnaire. Fisher\'s exact test was used for qualitative variables and Student\'s t-test for independent samples or Wilcoxon\'s non-parametric test for independent samples was performed for the quantitative variables. Results: For the study, 31 patients were included, 16 patients from the environmental and/or occupational group and 15 from the smoking group. Females predominated in both groups. In the group with environmental and/or occupational COPD, a higher mean age (p = 0.00003) was observed; lower level of education (p = 0.02); higher frequency of dyspnea (p = 0.015); lower SpO2 at the end of the 6-minute walk test (p = 0.02), lower age-corrected pO2 and SaO2 (p = 0.02, in both variables) and in sputum induced higher levels of IL8 (p = 0.04), and IL6 (p = 0.03), respectively. The highest incidence of emphysema (p < 0.025) and induced sputum was observed in the group with COPD. Conclusion: Environmental and/or occupational COPD differs from COPD of smoking etiology in relation to arterial blood gas (pO2 and SaO2), even when the groups are similar in severity of COPD, and also a higher frequency of dyspnea occurred, showing a greater involvement of this group. The group presents a behavior of patients with phenotype of chronic bronchitis and in this disease the hypoxemia is more serious and inspires greater attention on the part of the multidisciplinary team

Existe uma relação anatômica e funcional entre a respiração e a deglutição, sendo essencial a coordenação temporal entre essas duas funções para manter a ventilação e prevenir a aspiração pulmonar. Alterações no padrão da respiração e da ventilação podem influenciar a coordenação entre deglutição e respiração. Pacientes com doenças pulmonares crônicas podem ser susceptíveis a apresentar alteração na coordenação entre deglutição e respiração devido às alterações funcionais ventilatórias. O objetivo desta dissertação foi identificar sintomas de disfagia em indivíduos com doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica (DPOC), por meio da aplicação de um questionário de triagem de disfagia. Foram avaliados 35 pacientes portadores de DPOC e 35 participantes voluntários pareados por idade e gênero. A caracterização dos participantes do grupo com a DPOC foi realizada pela gravidade da doença (VEF1) e pela dispnéia (escala MMRC). O índice de massa corpórea foi calculado para os participantes de ambos os grupos. A identificação dos sintomas de disfagia foi realizada por meio da aplicação de um questionário de triagem de disfagia. Os participantes com DPOC apresentaram sintomas moderados (p<0,001) e leves (p<0,003) de disfagia quando comparados aos indivíduos sem a doença. A Análise Fatorial permitiu agrupar em fatores as questões que possuíam significados em comum, reduzindo a quantidade de variáveis do estudo. Foram determinados 4 fatores que totalizaram 63,5% da variabilidade da amostra: Fator I - relacionado a função faríngea e proteção da via aérea; Fator II: relacionado a função esofágica e história de pneumonia ; Fator III: relacionado ao estado nutricional; Fator IV: relacionado a função oral. Os sintomas mais freqüentes de disfagia apresentados pelos participantes com DPOC foram relacionados aos fatores: função faríngea e proteção de via aérea (p<0,001); função esofágica e história de pneumonia (p<0,001) e estado nutricional (p<0,001). A variável IMC correlacionou-se com o VEF1 (r=0,567;p<0;001) e com estado nutricional (r= -0,046; p<0,008). A dispnéia correlacionou-se com a função faríngea e proteção de via aérea (r=0,408;p=0,015) e com a função esofágica e história de pneumonia (r= 0,397; p<0,015). O fator função faríngea e proteção da via aérea correlacionou-se com o fator função esofágica e história de pneumonia (r= 0,531; p=0,001). Conclusão: Indivíduos com DPOC apresentam sintomas de disfagia quando comparados a grupo controle. / There is an anatomical and physiological relationship between breathing and swallowing, the temporal coordination between these two functions are essential to maintain ventilation and to prevent pulmonary aspiration. Changes in the breathing and ventilation patterns can have an influence on the coordination of swallowing and respiration. Patients with chronic lung diseases may be susceptible to changes in the coordination between swallowing and breathing due to ventilatory functional changes. The purpose of this research was to identify symptoms of dysphagia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), through the application of a screening questionnaire for dysphagia. Participants of the research were 35 patients with COPD and 35 control volunteers matched by age and gender. The characterization of the participants in the group with COPD was conducted by disease severity (FEV1) and dyspnea (MMRC scale). The body mass index was calculated for participants in both groups. The identification of the symptoms of dysphagia was achieved by applying a screening questionnaire for dysphagia. Participants with COPD had moderate symptoms (p<0,001) and mild symptoms (p<0,003) of dysphagia when compared to subjects without the disease. The factor analysis allowed grouping in factors the questions that had meanings in common, reducing the amount of study variables. It was determined that four factors totaled 63,5% of the variability of the sample: Factor I - related to pharyngeal function and airway protection; Factor II: related to esophageal function and history of pneumonia; Factor III: related to nutritional status; Factor IV: related to oral function. The most frequent symptoms of dysphagia presented by the participants with COPD were related to factors: pharyngeal function and airway protection (p<0,001); esophageal function and history of pneumonia (p<0,001); and nutritional status (p<0,001). The BMI correlated with FEV1 (r=0,567;p<0;001) and nutritional state (r= -0,046; p<0,008). Dyspnea correlated with pharyngeal function and airway protection (r=0,408;p=0,015) and with esophageal function and history of pneumonia (r= 0,397; p<0,015). Pharyngeal function and airway protection correlated with esophageal function and history of pneumonia (r= 0,531; p=0,001). Conclusion: Participants with COPD had symptoms of dysphagia when compared to control group.