Respiratory parameters and exercise functional capacity in preeclampsia.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate maximal respiratory pressures, pulmonary volumes and capacities and exercise functional capacity in pregnant women with preeclampsia.


METHODS
Primigravid women with preeclampsia and healthy primigravid women were evaluated by means of manovacuometry, spirometry and the 6-minute walk test.


RESULTS
The group with preeclampsia showed higher minute ventilation and lower forced vital capacity and exercise tolerance. The presence of preeclampsia and forced vital capacity were predictors in the six-minute walk test.


CONCLUSIONS
Preeclampsia showed significant alterations in the respiratory system and was associated with lower exercise tolerance; however, it did not affect respiratory muscle functions.
da Silva
Evelise Guimarães
EG
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Botucatu Medical School-UNESP, Brazil. evelise.guimaraes@bol.com.br
de Godoy
Irma
I
de Oliveira Antunes
Letícia Claúdia
LC
da Silva
Elaine Gomes
EG
Peraçoli
José Carlos
JC
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005080:Exercise Test; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012119:Respiration; D013147:Spirometry; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014797:Vital Capacity / Q000502:physiology