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Patients with chronic respiratory disease are heavy users of health care and social services resources worldwide. Although the major goals of pulmonary rehabilitation programs are to reduce levels of morbidity and to improve activity as well as participation in patients with chronic respiratory disease, their role in the management of these patients must also be validated by cost-effectiveness. Pulmonary rehabilitation's role in decreasing utilization of health care resources is an important potential benefit. Pulmonary rehabilitation is an effective intervention in patients disabled by chronic respiratory disease; however, there are relatively few studies that evaluate its effect on health care utilization. An 18-session, 6-week outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program decreased inpatient hospital days and decreased the number of home visits when compared with standard medical management. A comprehensive cost-effectiveness analysis of the addition of this multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation program to standard care for patients with chronic disabling respiratory disease concluded that the program was cost-effective and produced cost per quality-adjusted-life-years (QALY) ratios within the bounds considered to be cost-effective and therefore likely to result in financial benefits to the health care system. Patients with COPD who receive an education intervention with supervision and support based on disease-specific self management principles have decreased hospital admissions, decreased emergency department visits, and reduced number of unscheduled physician visits. This approach of care through self-management strategies is of interest because it does not require specialized resources and could be implemented within normal health care practice. In a before-after designed study, a community-based, 18-session, comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program was associated with an average reduction of total costs of US$344 per person per year. This wa...
Los pacientes con enfermedades respiratorias crónicas son grandes consumidores de recursos sanitarios y servicios sociales en todo el mundo. Aunque el principal objetivo de los programas de rehabilitación pulmonar es aliviar la disnea y mejorar la capacidad física, su papel en el manejo de los pacientes con afecciones respiratorias crónicas debe ser validado por estudios de costo-efectividad. La reducción del empleo de los recursos sanitarios puede ser un beneficio potencial importante de los programas de rehabilitación respiratoria multidisciplinarios. La rehabilitación pulmonar ha demostrado ser una intervención efectiva en los pacientes con discapacidad por enfermedad respiratoria crónica, sin embargo, existen relativamente pocos estudios que hayan examinado su efecto sobre la utilización de recursos sanitarios. En un programa ambulatorio de rehabilitación pulmonar de seis semanas se observó una reducción en los días de hospitalización y el número de visitas domiciliarias en comparación con el tratamiento médico estándar. El análisis de costo-efectividad de un programa de rehabilitación pulmonar multidisciplinario en pacientes con enfermedades respiratorias crónicas discapacitantes concluyó que el programa era costo-efectivo en términos de años de vida ajustados por calidad (AVAC) considerados como rentables y por lo tanto es probable que fuera económicamente beneficioso para el sistema de salud. Los pacientes con EPOC que reciben una intervención educativa con supervisión y apoyo basado en los principios de autogestión de la enfermedad disminuyen los ingresos hospitalarios, las visitas a los servicios de urgencias y el número de visitas médicas no programadas. Este enfoque de la atención, basado en estrategias de autocuidado, es de interés, ya que no requiere de recursos especializados y podría aplicarse en la práctica de salud habitual. Un programa integral de rehabilitación pulmonar basado en la comunidad se asoció a una reducción promedio de los costos...
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Humanos , Análise Custo-Benefício , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/economia , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/reabilitação , Planos e Programas de Saúde/economia , Chile , Consenso , Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Custos Hospitalares , Hospitalização/economia , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva/economiaRESUMO
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare interstitial lung disease, of unknown etiology, affecting almost exclusively women. Microscopically LAM consists of a diffuse proliferation of smooth muscle cells. LAM can occur without evidence of other diseases (sporadic LAM) or in conjunction with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). It presents with progressive breathlessness or with recurrent pneumothorax or chylothorax. We report a 33 year-old woman with a history of recurrent pneumothorax. Computed tomography (CT) scans showed numerous thin-walled cysts throughout the lungs, a characteristic finding in LAM. A pulmonary biopsy was compatible with the diagnosis and HMB-45 monoclonal antibodies were positive. Treatment with Sirolimus was started.
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Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Doenças Pulmonares Intersticiais/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Linfangioleiomiomatose/patologia , Anticorpos Monoclonais/análise , Neoplasias Pulmonares/complicações , Linfangioleiomiomatose/complicações , Pneumotórax/etiologia , RecidivaRESUMO
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare interstitial lung disease, of unknown etiology, affecting almost exclusively women. Microscopically LAM consists of a diffuse proliferation of smooth muscle cells. LAM can occur without evidence of other diseases (sporadic LAM) or in conjunction with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). It presents with progressive breathlessness or with recurrent pneumothorax or chylothorax. We report a 33 year-old woman with a history of recurrent pneumothorax. Computed tomography (CT) scans showed numerous thin-walled cysts throughout the lungs, a characteristic finding in LAM. A pulmonary biopsy was compatible with the diagnosis and HMB-45 monoclonal antibodies were positive. Treatment with Sirolimus was started).