Asma, idade pulmonar e tipo de internação em pacientes com obesidade submetidos à cirurgia bariátrica por vídeolaparoscopia

Abstract

As obesity is a systemic and epidemic disease that affects pulmonary function, it became a new challenge for health professionals who care for respiratory diseases. With the aim of evaluating the aspects of pre-and postoperative obese adults patients undergoing bariatric surgery was determined the prevalence and severity of asthma, the lung age and place of stay in postoperative primary bariatric surgery, being checked medical-surgical complications that would justify admission to the intensive care unit and mortality. Cross-sectional studies were performed in the period from January 2007 to June 2010, in the city of Aracaju (SE). The prevalence of asthma in patients was determined by a pulmonologist using clinical diagnosis as a diagnostic tool, and evaluated 363 obese adults who underwent clinical evaluation and use of spirometry, and classified according to the severity of asthma. The lung age determined by spirometry involved 112 individuals: 78 morbidly obese patients (study group) and 34 non-obese and normal lung function (control group). The lung age and chronological age of individuals in each group were compared separately and between groups. Aldrete and Kroulik score was used for the release of post-anesthetic recovery room (PARR) and defining the location of postoperative routing in 120 patients who underwent primary bariatric surgery. The prevalence of asthma in obese adults, according to the criteria used were: studied obese population: 18.5% (95%:14,5-22,4), women: 20.4% (95% CI: 16,2 to 24.5), male: 13.7% (95%:10,1-17,2), asthma symptoms in the last twelve months 8.0% (95% CI:5,2-10,7) and initial manifestation of symptoms of asthma in childhood / adolescence in 17.4% (95%:13,5-21,3). Among asthmatics, 29 patients (43.3%) had intermittent asthma, 7 patients (10.4%) mild persistent asthma, 25 patients (37.3%) moderate asthma and 6 patients (9%) severe persistent asthma. The difference between lung age and chronological age in the group with morbid obesity was significant (p <0.0001, 95% CI 6.6 to 11.9 years) with an average difference of 9.1 ± 11.8 years. The age difference between the lung study group and control group was significant (p <0.0002, 95% CI 7.5 to 16.9 years) with an average difference of 12.2 ± 2.4 years. The multiple linear regression analysis identified the variables BMI and chronological age (p <0.0001) as significant predictors factors of lung age. The time between hospital admission and beginning of surgery was 140.7 ± 81.8 minutes, the operative time 105.0 ± 28.6 minutes, the length of stay in PARR 125.0 ± 38.0 minutes and hospitalization time 47.7 ± 12.4 hours, with 100% of patients walking in 24 hours. The Aldrete Kroulik table of PARR achieved scores of 10 with 120 minutes in all patients, with 100% survival. The prevalence of asthma in obese adults in the preoperative evaluation of bariatric surgery using the primary medical diagnosis was high, with prevalence of initial manifestation of symptoms of asthma in childhood / adolescence and in females. The severity of asthma in obese adults was among the estimated averages for the general population. The lung age is increased in morbidly obese patients, suggesting early damage and accelerated lung aging. By using the Aldrete and Kroulik table in the PARR of gastric bypass by laparoscopy in primary bariatric surgery, no patient was admitted to the ICU and no major complication was observed.