scholarly journals Comparison between the 6-minute walk tests performed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at different altitudes

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-451
Author(s):  
Selma Denis Squassoni ◽  
Nadine Cristina Machado ◽  
Mônica Silveira Lapa ◽  
Priscila Kessar Cordoni ◽  
Luciene Costa Bortolassi ◽  
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Objective To evaluate the influence of the altitude on the 6-minute walking test in patients with moderate to severe pulmonary disease.Methods Twenty-nine patients performed the 6-minute walk test at a pulmonary rehabilitation clinic in Santo André (above sea level), in São Paulo State, and at the Enseada Beach, in Guarujá (at sea level), also in São Paulo State. Of these 29 patients, 8 did the test both on hard sand and on asphalt to analyze if there were differences in performance during the tests. Data such as heart rate, oxygen saturation, test distance, and Borg scale were compared.Results We found no statistical difference in relation to oxygen saturation at rest before the beginning of the walking test in Santo André 94.67±2.26% and at sea level 95.56±2% (p=0.71). The minimum saturation measured during the test was 87.27±6.54% in Santo André and 89.10±5.41% in Guarujá (p=0.098). There were no differences in the performed distance between the different kinds of terrains; the distance on sand was 387.75±5.02m and on asphalt it was 375.00±6.54m (p=0.654). Regarding oxygen saturation during walking, the pulse oximetry on sand was 95.12±1.80% and on asphalt it was 96.87±1.64% (p=1.05).Conclusion Altitude did not affect the performance of the walking test in patients with moderate to severe pulmonary disease and the results were similar in both cases, on sand and on asphalt.

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Nelson W. Perioto ◽  
Rogéria I. R. Lara ◽  
Daniell R. R. Fernandes ◽  
Caroline P. De Bortoli ◽  
Claudio Salas ◽  
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A survey of Monomachus (Hymenoptera, Monomachidae) was carried out with five Malaise traps/area in five areas of Atlantic Rainforest in São Paulo State, Brazil. The sampling effort in all localities amounted to 9,900 traps-day. Data were obtained from a total of 304 exemplars of Monomachus: 66 females and 238 males. The highest occurrence of Monomachus was observed between June and September with a frequency peak in July, and they were most frequent in Parque Estadual Morro do Diabo (PEMD) (350 m above sea level), where the sampling effort to catch each exemplar was 65.1 traps-day. From the sample of females of Monomachus captured in the Parque Estadual Intervales, Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar/Núcleo Santa Virgínia (PESM/NSV), PEMD and Estação Ecológica Juréia Itatins, between December 2009 and December 2010, two species were recognized: M. fuscator (N = 58 / 87.9 %) and M. cubiceps (8 / 12.1 %). In additional samplings in 2011 at PESM/NSV two exemplars of M. klugii recorded only from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil were obtained, showing that its distribution has extended to São Paulo State.


Author(s):  
Liliane Maria Guimarães de Pinho ◽  
Vera Lúcia Garcia ◽  
Maria Cezira Fantini Nogueira-Martins

Implementation of a multiprofessional residency in family health in a city of São Paulo state: perception of the first residents (2014-2016)


2017 ◽  
Vol 314 (3) ◽  
pp. 1675-1681
Author(s):  
Elvis J. França ◽  
Elisabete A. De Nadai Fernandes ◽  
Felipe Y. Fonseca ◽  
Marcelo R. L. Magalhães ◽  
Mariana L. O. Santos

Author(s):  
Raquel Cardoso de Souza ◽  
Aline Andrade Godoy ◽  
Fábio Kummrow ◽  
Thyago Leandro dos Santos ◽  
Carlos Jesus Brandão ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 141 ◽  
pp. 110805
Author(s):  
Giancarlo Aquila ◽  
Wilson Toshiro Nakamura ◽  
Paulo Rotella Junior ◽  
Luiz Celio Souza Rocha ◽  
Edson de Oliveira Pamplona

Author(s):  
Thaís Silvana de Carvalho ◽  
Marcelo Adorna Fernandes ◽  
Frésia Ricardi-Branco ◽  
Aline Marcele Ghilardi ◽  
Bernardo de Campos Pimenta e Marque Peixoto ◽  
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Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3964
Author(s):  
Laryssa Morais ◽  
Victor Nascimento ◽  
Silvio Simões ◽  
Jean Ometto

The urban population increase in the world, the economic expansion, and the rise in living standards associated with society’s habits and lifestyles accelerated the municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in undeveloped countries, such as in Brazil, in which the generation increased by 25% from 2012 to 2017. In the same period, the São Paulo state, the richest Brazilian state, increased its municipal solid waste generation by 51%. All this MSW needed to be collected and transported, and this process has a high economic and environmental cost. Therefore, this study aims to identify, using spatial analysis, the routes used by MSW trucks to estimate the distances traveled to dispose of the MSW on a regional scale considering all municipalities in the São Paulo state. The findings showed that the landfill numbers decrease, mainly individual ones, which receive MSW only from the city where it is located. Otherwise, the consortium landfills number is increasing, as well as the number of municipalities that share the same disposal site. Consequently, the distances to transport MSW from urban areas to final disposal sites increased by about 55% from 2012 to 2017, reaching 613 million kilometers during this period. This total distance is sufficient to make more than 12,806 laps on Earth and contribute to high fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emission.


Author(s):  
Fernando P. F. Zorzenon ◽  
Arthur F. Tomaseto ◽  
Matthew P. Daugherty ◽  
João R. S. Lopes ◽  
Marcelo P. Miranda

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