RESUMO Objetivos: avaliar a incidência de complicações pulmonares pós-operatórias em pacientes submetidos à cirurgias de tórax e abdome e os principais fatores envolvidos. Métodos: estudo analítico observacional prospectivo dos pacientes submetidos à cirurgias de tórax e abdome no Hospital S...
Background: Bacteremia events are frequent cause of mortality in burn patients and may originate from infected wounds, by bacterial translocation of endogenous microorganisms, from invasive devices or contaminated intravenous solutions. Objective: To quantify the incidence of bacteremia in pediatric pati...
Bacteriemia/epidemiología,
Quemaduras/microbiología,
Infección de Heridas/microbiología,
Bacteriemia/microbiología,
Unidades de Quemados,
Quemaduras/epidemiología,
Incidencia,
México/epidemiología,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Infección de Heridas/epidemiología
ABSTRACT Background: Biliary reconstitution has been considered the Achilles's heel of liver transplantations due to its high rate of postoperative complications. Aim: To evaluate the risk factors for occurrence of biliary strictures and leakages, and the most efficient methods for their treatment. Me...
RESUMO: Objetivo: Descrever as principais métricas sobre dengue geradas pelo Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2015, para o Brasil e suas 27 unidades federadas, nos anos de 2000 e 2015. Métodos: As métricas descritas foram: taxas de incidência e de mortalidade por dengue, padronizadas por idad...
Background: The Coquimbo Region in Chile has the highest incidence of hydatidosis in central and northern Chile. Aim: To analyze the incidence of human cystic echinococcosis (CE) in the Coquimbo Region between 2008 and 2012. Material and Methods: Official records of reported cases were analyzed. The asso...
Amaral, Claudio Henrique do;
Amaral, Augusto R;
Nagel, Vivian;
Venancio, Vanessa;
Garcia, Adriana Coronetti;
Magalhaes, Pedro SC;
Longo, Alexandre L;
Moro, Carla HC;
Reis, Felipe I;
D'Avila, Andre;
Cabral, Norberto L.
ABSTRACT Among ischemic strokes, cardioembolic (CE) stroke has the worst outcome. We measured the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and non-AF related CE strokes, previous anticoagulant use, and the 90-day functional outcome. Using multiple overlapping sources, we included all CE strokes that occurre...
Fibrilación Atrial/complicaciones,
Fibrilación Atrial/epidemiología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Evaluación de la Discapacidad,
Incidencia,
Embolia Intracraneal/complicaciones,
Embolia Intracraneal/epidemiología,
Factores de Riesgo,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/complicaciones,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/epidemiología
Objetivo. Analizar las características de la meningitis neumocócica en < 14 años tras la comercialización de vacunas antineumocócicas conjugadas en nuestra comunidad. Métodos. Estudio retrospectivo de los casos de meningitis neumocócica en el que se analizaron dos períodos: pre vacuna antineumoc...
ABSTRACT Objective : to evaluate the incidence of chronic pain and its impact on the quality of life of patients submitted to inguinal hernioplasty using the Lichtenstein technique. Methods : this was a descriptive, cross-sectional study of patients operated under spinal anesthesia from February 20...
ABSTRACT Sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) is traditionally diagnosed after de sixth decade of life, although a small percentage of cases are diagnosed in patients under 40 years of age, and incidence is increasing. There exists a great volume of controversy regarding clinical outcome of young patients di...
