BackgroundNeuromuscular electrostimulation has become a promising issue in cardiovascular rehabilitation. However there are few articles published in the literature regarding neuromuscular electrostimulation in patients with heart failure during hospital stay.MethodsThis is a randomized controlled pilot trial that aimed to investigate the effect of neuromuscular electrostimulation in the walked distance by the six-minute walking test in 30 patients admitted to ward for heart failure treatment in a tertiary cardiology hospital. Patients in the intervention group performed a conventional rehabilitation and neuromuscular electrostimulation. Patients underwent 60 minutes of electrostimulation (wave frequency was 20 Hz, pulse duration of 20 us) two times a day for consecutive days until hospital discharge.ResultsThe walked distance in the six-minute walking test improved 75% in the electrostimulation group (from 379.7 ± 43.5 to 372.9 ± 46.9 meters to controls and from 372.9 ± 62.4 to 500 ± 68 meters to electrostimulation, p<0.001). On the other hand, the walked distance in the control group did not change.ConclusionThe neuromuscular electrostimulation group showed greater improvement in the walked distance in the six-minute walking test in patients admitted to ward for compensation of heart failure.
Dentre as doenças cardiovasculares, o Infarto Agudo do Miocárdio (IAM) apresenta os maiores índices de morbimortalidade no Brasil e no mundo. Com o advento da pandemia de COVID-19, acredita-se que o isolamento social e as modificações na organização e funcionamento dos sistemas de saúde tenham impactado nos atendimentos cardiológicos. Assim, esse estudo se propõe a analisar o impacto da pandemia de COVID-19 nos internamentos e na taxa de mortalidade por IAM no Brasil e em suas regiões. Trata-se de estudo ecológico, realizado pelos Sistemas de Informações Hospitalares e de Informações sobre Mortalidade. Foram analisadas variáveis sociodemográficas e epidemiológicas, internamentos, óbitos e taxa de mortalidade, nos anos de 2019 e 2020. No Brasil, em 2019, foram internados 132.173 pacientes por IAM, dos quais 52,0% foram a óbito. Em 2020, registrou-se 118.372 internamentos e 21,5% de óbitos por IAM, refletindo em queda da proporção de internamentos e óbitos (10,4% e 58,7%, respectivamente). Em ambos os anos, observou-se maior prevalência entre homens (59,1% e 60,1%), idosos (78,0% e 77,9%), brancos (48,7% e 53,2%) cujo atendimento aconteceu em caráter de urgência (95,7% e 95,2%). A taxa de mortalidade mostrou-se superior em 2019 quando comparada a 2020 (48,8 versus 18,0, p<0,001). Durante a pandemia de COVID-19, no Brasil, houve redução dos internamentos por IAM, sem alteração no perfil sociodemográfico e epidemiológico dos pacientes que foram a óbito, sendo estes mais prevalentes entre homens, idosos, brancos, atendidos em caráter de urgência, residentes na região Sudeste do país. Além disso, evidenciou-se expressiva queda na taxa de mortalidade.
ObjectiveTo describe the hospital mortality and associated clinical and echocardiographic variables in patients with rheumatic disease who underwent double valve replacement surgery.MethodsThis is a cross sectional descriptive study of mortality, performed in a referral hospital in Salvador, Bahia. Records from patients with rheumatic disease who underwent double valve replacement surgery during the years 2007-2011 were analyzed.ResultsThe studied sample comprises 104 patients and 60 (57.7%) were male. The mean age was 38.04±14.45. Sixty five bioprostheses and 38 mechanical prostheses were used in these patients at the time of surgery. There were statistically significant differences between the two groups, when we analyzed the following variables: the mean age (36.30±13.03 vs. 45.35±17.8 years-old, P=0.011), mean hemoglobin (11.10±2.19 vs. 9.22±2.26 g/dL, P=0.002), mean hematocrit (34.22±5.86 vs. 28.44±6.62%, P<0.001). New York Heart Association functional class III and IV (NYHA) (P=0.022) was statistically associated with mortality.ConclusionWe concluded that the mean hemoglobin/hematocrit level and the NYHA functional class was the major variables associated to the mortality among these patients. Based on these data one may concern about the patient best moment for surgery and the patient hemoglobin level.
SummaryBackground: Heart Failure (HF) is a common disease with a high rate of mortality. Anemia and renal failure (RF) are often found in patients with HF associated with higher severity of the heart disease and a worse prognosis.
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