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Pages 577-585 (November - December 2000)
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Vol. 6. Issue 6.
Pages 577-585 (November - December 2000)
ARTIGO DE OPINIÃO/OPINION ARTICLE
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Desafios da Pneumologia para o próximo século*
Challenges for the next century in the area of respiratory diseases
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Maria João Marques Gomes**
** Professora Associada de Pneumologia da Faculdade de Ciências Méicas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Directora do Departamento de Pneumologia do Hospital de Pulido Valente. Lisboa
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RESUMO

Não procuramos fazer futurologia, mas somente alinhavar alguns dos “problemas peodentes” da saúde e com base nos dados disponíveis e nas tendências em curso, projectar tanto quanto possível, alguns dos problemas e eventuais campos de investigação no futuro próximo.

Apontam-se as tendências demográficas da população mundial e consequências para a saúde: aumento da esperança de vida, envelhecimento da população e aumento das doenças crónicas.

Abordam-se aqueles que pensamos serem os principais desafios para a saúde do aparelho respiratório, referindo o aumento do consumo do tabaco como causa de grande parte dos problemas de saúde nesta área: o cancro do pulmão, a Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crónica e o enfisema. O aumento da prevalencia da asma e a sua compreensão são outros dos desafios para os próximos anos.

Abordam-se a evolução esperada na área da infecciologia respiratória, desenvolvendo principalmente a evolução da tuberculose, da infecção pelo VIH e as perspectivas futuras em termos de diagnóstico, tratamenlo e áreas de investigação.

REV PORT PNEUMOL 2000; VI (6): 577-585

Palavras-chave:
Envelhecimento
tendências
tabaco
cancro do pulmão
DPOC
sono
asma
VIH
tubcrculosc
infcções
ABSTRACT

We don’t want to predict the future, but to draw some health “pending problems” and based on available data and current tendencies, imagine as much as possible, some problems and eventual research fields in a near future.

We point out the demographic tendencies of world population and Its health consequences: rise of life expectation, population ageing and increase of chronic diseases.

We board those we think are the main challenges to the respiratory system referring the increasing of smoking habits as the cause of a great amount of health problems in this area: lung cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and emphysema. Other challenges for the years to come are the Increasing of asthma prevalence and its understanding.

We talk about the expected evolution In respiratory infectiology, mainly the evolution of tuberculosis, HIV infection and future perspectives in what concerns diagnosis, treatment and research areas.

REV PORT PNEUMOL 2000; VI (6): 577-585

Key-words:
Ageing
tendencies
smoking
lung cancer
COPD
sleep
asthma
tuberculosis
infections
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Texto da Conferência Thoé Villar proferida no XV Congresso de Pneumologia em Ofir, 1999

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