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    Principais aspectos clínicos e radiológicos pulmonares em pacientes portadores de artrite reumatóide em um Centro de Especialidades Médicas em Belém-PA
    (Centro Universitário do Estado do Pará, 2019) Castro, Erick Garcia; Fernandes, Marina Assis da Escóssia; Monteiro, José Tadeu Colares; Ohashi, Claudia Barros; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0889116450004563; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7627103187307808
    Objective: To analyze the main repercussions pulmonary, clinical and radiological, in patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis who are being monitored by the Center for Medical Specialties of the Pará State University Center (CEMEC-CESUPA), and from there serve as a source for secondary studies. Methods: The study is cross-sectional, descriptive and observational with quantitative and qualitative descriptive and analytical approach, with data collection in the medical records of patients treated at the Center of Medical Specialties of the University Center of the State of Pará (CESUPA), in the period between january 2014 to december 2018. Results: 156 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were analyzed. The age group and the most affected sex were, respectively, patients older than 60 years and female. Regarding smoking, 53.8% non-smokers, 37.2% former smokers and 9% smokers. Regarding the performance or not of laboratory tests, it was found that 56.4% of the patients performed PPD, 83.3% of the DAS 28 was calculated and 99.4% of the rheumatoid factor. Among the pulmonary symptoms present in 40 patients (24.5%), the most common was dyspnea, followed by chest pain and cough. Regarding the imaging exams, it was concluded that 85.3% had documented in the medical records the description of chest radiography or computed tomography or magnetic resonance, among them, 30.8% presented alteration in the exam. The main documented radiological alteration was the acinar pattern present in 75.0% of patients with alteration, followed by interstitial pattern (66.7%), pulmonary nodule (27.1), pleural pattern (10.4%) and others. Conclusion: It is necessary to perform the analysis of all patients with rheumatoid arthritis, with special attention to pulmonary repercussions due to the significant appearance of clinical and / or radiological alterations in these patients.