Pulmonary complications in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting at a hospital in Maceio, Brazil [I] Complicações pulmonares em pacientes submetidos à cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio em um hospital de Maceió [A] Ana Carolina do Nascimento Calles [a] , Jéssyca Lane Fausto Lira [a] , Karolyne Soares Barbosa Granja [a] , Jaime Dativo de Medeiro [a] , Adoniran Rodrigues Farias [b] , Ricardo César Cavalcanti [c]* [a] Centro Universitário Tiradentes (UNIT), Maceió, AL, Brazil [b] Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas (UNCISAL), Maceió, AL, Brazil [c] Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil [R] Abstract Introduction: Despite technological advances aimed at reducing complications and hospital stay, pulmonary complications in the postoperative period of CABG surgery remain one of the most important causes of morbidity. These may be related to the patient's quality of life, the use of cardiopulmonary bypass, as well as a decline in postoperative respiratory muscle strength, contributing to the emergence of restrictive respiratory disorders. Objective: Assess pulmonary complications in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery and identify their association with risk factors. Methods: A retrospective study with non-probability convenience sampling of 168 patients at the Hospital Calles ACN, Lira JLF, Granja KSB, Medeiro JD, Farias AR, Cavalcanti RC. 662 failure (1.2%); and bronchopneumonia (0.6%). Female patients and those aged 70 years or older experienced more pulmonary complications after surgery. Conclusion: Women and patients older than 70 years had the most severe postoperative pulmonary complications, the most common being pleural effusion and atelectasis.

ObjectiveTo evaluate respiratory and peripheral muscle strength after cardiac surgery. Additionally, we compared the changes in these variables on the third and sixth postoperative days.MethodsForty-six patients were recruited, including 17 women and 29 men, with a mean age of 60.50 years (SD = 9.20). Myocardial revascularization surgery was performed in 36 patients, replacement of the aortic valve in 5 patients, and replacement of the mitral valve in 5 patients.ResultsA significant reduction in respiratory and peripheral muscle strength and a significant increase in pain intensity were observed on the third and sixth postoperative days (p < 0.05), except for the variable maximal inspiratory pressure; on the sixth postoperative day, maximal inspiratory pressure values were already similar to the preoperative and predicted values (p > 0.05). There was an association between peripheral muscle strength, specifically between maximal expiratory pressure preoperatively (rs = 0.383; p = 0.009), on the third postoperative day (rs = 0.468; p = 0.001) and on the sixth postoperative day (rs = 0.311; p = 0.037). The effect sizes were consistently moderate-to-large for respiratory muscle strength, the Medical Research Council scale and the visual analog scale, in particular between preoperative assessment and the sixth postoperative day.ConclusionThere is a decrease in respiratory and peripheral muscle strength after cardiac surgery. In addition, maximal expiratory pressure is the variable that is most associated with peripheral muscle strength. These variables, especially respiratory and peripheral muscle strength, should be considered by professionals working in the intensive care setting.

Introdução: O sedentarismo é um dos fatores que influenciam a saúde de pacientes submetidos à hemodiálise (HD). Objetivo: Identificar o nível de atividade física de pacientes com a doença renal crônica (DCR) submetidos à HD. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo transversal descritivo. As seguintes variáveis foram consideradas no presente estudo: idade, gênero, tempo de HD e o nível de atividade física por meio da aplicação da versão curta do International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Os pacientes foram classificados como muito ativo, ativo, irregularmente ativo ou sedentário. Resultados: Independente do tempo de HD, de uma maneira geral, observou-se um nível de sedentarismo variando entre 46,9 e 62,2%. Considerando todos os tempos de HD (de 1 a > 48 meses), observou-se 55,1% de pacientes sedentários. Conclusão: A maioria dos pacientes com DCR submetidos à HD apresentam nível de atividade física abaixo do recomendado, sendo classificados como sedentários segundo o IPAQ.