Sebastião David Santos-Filho
Curso de Fisioterapia, Faculdade Mauricio de Nassau, Avenida Engenheiro Roberto Freire,
Capim Macio, Natal, RN
Brazil
Research Article
Respiratory Disorders: Physiology and Patient Problems
Author(s): Sebastião David Santos-FilhoSebastião David Santos-Filho
Respiratory disorders are worldwide studied. The aim of this study was to verify in scientific publications founded in PubMed database the disorders more common that affected the respiratory system and to evaluate the problems concerning to the patients. The methodology was using the words “respiratory disorders”, patient, problems, in the PubMed to find the publications that treat these words. We founded 3620 publications of “respiratory disorders”, 1422 were associated with patient, 94 publications were associated with the last research with problems. It was founded that out of 38 publications in last ten years 28 were associated with humans. The prevalence of respiratory disorders, like breathing and asthma problems, due to the difficulties faced by patients, were co-related with obesity and smoke mainly... View More»