Publications by authors named "Rodolfo Augusto Bacelar de Athayde"

 Fear of missing out (FOMO) is a type of social anxiety defined as "intense concern that others may be experiencing rewarding experiences without one's presence," which can lead to illness. Excessive smartphone use is often associated with FOMO. This study aimed to investigate FOMO among medical university students, as well as factors associated with sleep quality, anxiety, depression, and excessive smartphone use.

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Objective: The Mallampati classification system has been used to predict obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Upper airway soft tissue structures are prone to fat deposition, and the tongue is the largest of these structures. Given that a higher Mallampati score is associated with a crowded oropharynx, we hypothesized that the Mallampati score is associated with tongue volume and an imbalance between tongue and mandible volumes.

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Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as the presence of obesity (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m²) and daytime arterial hypercapnia (PaCO2 ≥ 45 mmHg) in the absence of other causes of hypoventilation. OHS is often overlooked and confused with other conditions associated with hypoventilation, particularly COPD. The recognition of OHS is important because of its high prevalence and the fact that, if left untreated, it is associated with high morbidity and mortality.

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Article Synopsis
  • Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare lung disease caused by the accumulation of surfactant due to insufficient macrophage activity, and its main treatment is whole-lung lavage (WLL).
  • A retrospective study followed 12 PAP patients in Brazil from 2002 to 2016, revealing that most were diagnosed through bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and that patients had an average of 2.8 WLL procedures, with some experiencing complications and infections.
  • The study highlighted an 82% five-year survival rate among patients, indicating that WLL is effective for symptomatic cases, although care must be taken to prevent infections during treatment.
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