Análise do processo sinérgico da deglutição em pacientes portadores de bronquiectasia atendidos no Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Fernanda Paulina
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/8724
• topic: Bronchiectasis; Swallowing Disorders; Pulmonary Infection; Bronquiectasia; Distúrbios da Deglutição; Infecção Pulmonar; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA::CLINICA MEDICA::PNEUMOLOGIA

Breathing, as well as swallowing, is vital to men.While the first accounts for a primitive aspect of life, the transference of gases through the blood-air barrier, the second is about the maintenance of life, supplying the necessary energy, nourishing and hydrating the organism and then touching the subject of feeding pleasure, such an important act in contemporary society. The functional relation between these functions has not been completely elucidated; however the interest is increasing and the number of studies about this theme. Considering that the efficient swallowing has the capacity of protecting the low airway as purpose, the alteration of primary or secondary swallowing to a pulmonary damage may bring severe repercussions to the integrity of the respiratory system. The aim of the study is to analyze the swallowing in patients carrying bronchiectasis, in order to verify whether there is an alteration in the swallowing physiology and characterize it, as well as to identify whether there is a correspondence between the alteration of the pulmonary function and swallowing disorders. 30 patients were randomly selected aged between 18 and 62 years old, attended at the bronchiectasis clinic of HUPE. 26 out of those individuals were evaluated. They answered a directed quiz about alimentary habits and possible alimentary difficulties; they were submitted to clinical evaluation of swallowing, 22 were orientated to spirometric evaluation in the sector of pulmonary function test at HUPE and 17 videofluorographic examination of swallowing. From the 26 individuals 10 were male and 16 were female, average age of 26 years old. As for the clinical evaluation of swallowing (structural and functional), all individuals presented some kind of laryngeal alteration in the structural evaluation. In the functional evaluation was noted that the main alterations referred to oral ejection, elevation and anterior movement of the hyoid and larynx, pharyngeal transit and multiple swallowing were also present. In relation to spirometry 06 individuals presented mild obstructive disorder 04 presented moderate obstructive disorders and 09 presented severe obstructive disorders. The videofluorograph examination confirmed the findings of the swallowing clinical evaluation and made clear an episode of larynx penetration of liquids. The present study showed as preliminary results: (1) that the clinical evaluation of swallowing associated with videofluorographic Examination are efficient methods to the analysis of the swallowing process; (2) Alteration in the synergic process of swallowing was identified in the evaluated individuals; (3) Cervical auscutating isolatedly did not prove to be an efficient method to predict larynx-tracheal aspiration and/or penetration; (4) There was a correspondence between the results of clinical evaluation of the swallowing videofluorographic, except for the presence of penetration and/or aspiration and for the capacity of evaluating oral ejection; (5) Was not possible to identify if there is a correlation between alteration of the pulmonary function and swallowing disorders.