Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of compensatory hyperhidrosis

• Published in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia Vol. 34; no. 11; pp. 967 - 977
• Main Authors: Lyra, Roberto de Menezes, Campos, José Ribas Milanez de, Kang, Davi Wen Wei, Loureiro, Marcelo de Paula, Furian, Marcos Bessa, Costa, Mário Gesteira, Coelho, Marlos de Souza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil 01-11-2008
• Subjects: Humans; Hyperhidrosis - physiopathology; Hyperhidrosis - prevention & control; Hyperhidrosis - therapy; Lumbosacral Plexus - surgery; Patient Care Team; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Severity of Illness Index; Sympathectomy
• ISSN: 1806-3756
• DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132008001100013

With the objective of establishing guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of compensatory hyperhidrosis, consensus meetings were held. Attendees included a general surgeon and thoracic surgeons affiliated with the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery. The topics addressed were those that would ostensibly broaden multidisciplinary knowledge. Based on recent guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and (clinical and surgical) treatment of compensatory hyperhidrosis, as well as on a review of the medical literature, the participants prepared a preliminary text, whose recommendations were revised and subsequently approved by all of the participants. The consensus text was posted on the Internet, becoming the object of further corrections and revisions prior to taking on its present form.