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Profilaxia pós-exposição antirrábica: evidências sobre pré-medicação, administração de soro e esquema vacinal

A raiva é uma zoonose transmitida ao homem pela inoculação do vírus rábico contido na saliva do animal infectado. A infecção por este vírus causa encefalite aguda com índice de letalidade próximo a 100%.Embora não haja cura para a raiva clínica, a doença é facilmente evitável pelo fornecim...

Informe técnico N. 001/22 - Hanseníase: orientações para a prescrição e dispensação do medicamento talidomida

A Talidomida é um medicamento de uso controlado, cuja utilização exige uma série de medidas relacionadas à produção, prescrição e dispensação pelos seus efeitos teratogênicos comprovados – Resolução n° 11 de 22 de março de 2011...

Polypropylene oxygenators: risk of SARS-CoV-2 contamination in the operation theatre?

Int. j. artif. organs; 45 (1), 2022
It is established that coronaviruses are transmitted most through aerosols produced when an infected individual coughs or sneezes.1 Although there is no clear evidence of person-to-person airborne transmission, it is possible that part of this component could be due to microscopic respiratory droplets at...

Análise situacional dos transplantes em Goiás

Esta Análise Situacional dos Transplantes em Goiás mostra tudo que está relacionado às modalidades de transplantes feitas no Estado, além de toda a estatística dos transplantes no período pré-pandemia/pandemia, entre os anos de 2019 e 2021. São dados extremamente importantes que mostram toda a e...

COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury patients treated with renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit: A multicenter study in São Paulo, Brazil

PLos ONE; 17 (1), 2022
INTRODUCTION: Multicenter studies involving patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with the disease caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) and treated with renal replacement therapy (RRT) in developing countries are scarce. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the demographic profi...

Effect of volatile anesthetics on myocardial infarction after coronary artery surgery: a post hoc analysis of a randomized trial

J. cardiothoracic vasc. anest; 36 (8,pt.A), 2022
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of volatile anesthetics on the rates of postoperative myocardial infarction (MI) and cardiac death after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). DESIGN: A post hoc analysis of a randomized trial. SETTING: Cardiac surgical operating rooms. PARTICIPANTS: Patients undergoin...

Hospitalization for primary care-sensitive conditions in adults and its impact on hospital care in São Paulo city, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: Identifying conditions among all cause hospitalizations that could be prevented at the primary care level would allow the development of strategies to reduce the range of diseases treated in hospital and promote a more efficient utilization of resources. OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate hos...

Postoperative pulmonary complications after cardiac surgery: the VENICE international cohort study

J. cardiothoracic vasc. anest; 36 (8,pt.A), 2022
OBJECTIVE: Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) remain a main issue after cardiac surgery. The objective was to report the incidence and identify risk factors of PPC after cardiac surgery. DESIGN: An international multicenter prospective study (42 international centers in 9 countries). PARTICIPANT...

Relationship between ventricular repolarization parameters and the inducibility of ventricular arrhythmias during electrophysiological study in patients with coronary artery disease

OBJECTIVE: Risk stratification of sudden cardiac death in patients with coronary artery disease is of great importance. We evaluated the association between ventricular repolarization and induction of malignant ventricular arrhythmias on electrophysiological study of patients with coronary artery disease...