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Evolução tardia das próteses biológicas e mecânicas em posição aórtica

Arq. bras. cardiol; 117 (1), 2021
FUNDAMENTO: Apesar da constante renovação e do aprimoramento das próteses valvares cardíacas, a decisão sobre substituição por prótese biológica ou mecânica permanece controversa. OBJETIVO: Comparar pacientes submetidos à cirurgia para troca valvar aórtica utilizando substituto biológico ou ...

Posicionamento sobre exercícios físicos na gestação e no pós-parto – 2021

Arq. bras. cardiol; 117 (1), 2021

Effect of nurse-initiated forced-air warming blanket on the reduction of hypothermia complications following coronary artery bypass grafting: a randomized clinical trial

Eur. j. cardiovasc. nurs; 20 (5), 2021
Aims To evaluate the effect of postoperative forced-air warming (FAW) on the incidence of excessive bleeding (Ex B), arrhythmia, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and blood product transfusion in hypothermic patients following on pump CABG and compare temperatures associated with the use of FAW and warm...

Genomics, epigenomics and pharmacogenomics of Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FHBGEP): A study protocol

Res. soc. adm. pharm; 17 (7), 2021
BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disease that affects millions of people worldwide. OBJECTIVES: The study protocol FHBGEP was design to investigate the main genomic, epigenomic, and pharmacogenomic factors associated with FH and polygenic hypercholesterolemia (PH). METHODS: FH ...

Timing and Length of Nocturnal Sleep and Daytime Napping and Associations With Obesity Types in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries

JAMA Netw Open; 4 (6), 2021
IMPORTANCE: Obesity is a growing public health threat leading to serious health consequences. Late bedtime and sleep loss are common in modern society, but their associations with specific obesity types are not well characterized. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether sleep timing and napping behavior are associa...

Desafios atuais na conduta clínica em pacientes com Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica – HAS
Urrent challenges in the clinical management of patients with Systemic Arterial Hypertension - SAH

INTRODUÇÃO: A hipertensão arterial sistêmica (HAS) é uma doença crônica, geralmente silenciosa e de alta prevalência. O cirurgião-dentista (CD) tem papel importante no acompanhamento e detecção de HAS subdiagnosticada. Além disso, a realização de procedimentos odontológicos em pacientes hi...

Accuracy of an adherence score and time in therapeutic range among patients on chronic use of vitamin K antagonists

Abstract: To validate and analyze the accuracy of the Simonetti adherence score Among patients on chronic use of vitamin K antagonists and their time in therapeutic range (TTR) of the international normalized ratio as a measure of quality of anticoagulation. A prospective cohort study with a nonrandomize...

Symptom status questionnaire - heart failure - brazilian version: cross-cultural adaptation and content validation

Heart Lung; 50 (4), 2021
BACKGROUND: In Brazil, there are no instruments available to measure the presence, frequency, severity and distress related to heart failure (HF) symptoms. Aims: To adapt the Symptom Status Questionnaire - HF (SSQ-HF) into Brazilian Portuguese and to examine the content validity of the adapted version. M...

Monitoramento ambulatorial dos casos de COVID-19: evidências sobre método, frequência e efetividade
Ambulatory monitoring of COVID-19 cases: evidence on method, frequency and effectiveness

O monitoramento de pacientes ambulatoriais com COVID-19 pode ser organizado com diversas frequências, lógicas e tecnologias, sendo o telemonitoramento amplamente utilizado por diversos sistemas de saúde. A definição da frequência de acompanhamento através de critérios clínicos pode levar a um me...