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Combined ns5a & ns5b nucleotide inhibitor therapy for patients with chronic hepatitis c with stage 5 chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis

Arq. gastroenterol; 57 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the most common hepatotropic viral infection affecting the patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Treatment of chronic HCV infection in stage 4 and 5 CKD includes a combination of elbasvir/grazoprevir and glecaprevir/pibrentasvir, which are not a...

Análise da soroconversão após esquema habitual de vacinação contra hepatite B em pacientes com doenças inflamatórias intestinais

Arq. gastroenterol; 57 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) vaccinated for hepatitis B have a low success rate in achieving protective antibody levels. The main factors suggested for this are IBD itself and the use of immunosuppressive drugs. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the concentration of anti-H...

Relationships between Bloom's taxonomy, judges' estimation of item difficulty and psychometric properties of items from a progress test: a prospective observational study

Säo Paulo med. j; 138 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Progress tests are longitudinal assessments of students' knowledge based on successive tests. Calibration of the test difficulty is challenging, especially because of the tendency of item-writers to overestimate students' performance. The relationships between the levels of Bloom's...

Synergic effect of simvastatin in combination with amphotericin B against environmental strains of Cryptococcus neoformans from northeastern Brazil: a prospective experimental study

Säo Paulo med. j; 138 (1), 2020
BACKGROUND: Statins are used as cholesterol-lowering drugs and may also have direct antimicrobial effects. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate synergic interactions between simvastatin and both amphotericin B and fluconazole, against environmental strains of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from captive birds' dro...

Factores de riesgo asociados al síndrome de maltrato infantil en niños mexicanos atendidos en el Servicio de Urgencias

Arch. argent. pediatr; 118 (1), 2020
Introducción. El maltrato infantil es causa frecuente de hospitalización en países en desarrollo. Los niños que sufren algún tipo de abuso físico o psicológico pueden desarrollar problemas de adaptación social. Este estudio analiza los factores de riesgo asociados con el síndrome de maltrato i...

Respuesta de las citocinas a la combinación de simbióticos y lactoferrina en recién nacidos de muy bajo peso al nacer: ensayo controlado aleatorizado

Arch. argent. pediatr; 118 (1), 2020
Introducción. Los probióticos y prebióticos presentan beneficios potenciales en la inflamacióncrónica de las mucosas, incluida la prevención de la enterocolitis necrosante. No obstante, los mecanismos y resultados de estos efectos inmunomoduladores son confusos. El objetivo fue ...

Incidence of depression in patients with hepatitis C treated with direct-acting antivirals

Objective: Depression has been associated with hepatitis C, as well as with its treatment with proinflammatory cytokines (i.e., interferon). The new direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) have minimal adverse effects and high potency, with a direct inhibitory effect on non-structural viral proteins. We st...

Chronotype in bipolar disorder: an 18-month prospective study

Objective: Circadian dysregulation plays an important role in the etiology of mood disorders. Evening chronotype is frequent in these patients. However, prospective studies about the influence of chronotype on mood symptoms have reached unclear conclusions in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). The obje...

Hallazgos y propuesta de sistematización de las variaciones quirúrgicamente importantes de la arteria cística en un estudio in vivo en 2000 colecistectomías laparoscópicas ambulatorias

Int. j. morphol; 38 (1), 2020
Realizar un estudio anatómico in vivo con la especial y pequeña disección quirúrgica durante una colecistectomía laparoscópica sobre las variaciones de la arteria cística. Estudio prospectivo de 38 meses, en 2000 pacientes consecutivos sometidos a colecistectomía laparoscópica programada, sin si...

Effectiveness of magnesium sulfate compared to rocuronium for rapid sequence tracheal intubation in adults: clinical randomized trial

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 70 (1), 2020
Abstract Introduction and objectives: Magnesium sulphate has been used in anesthesia because it has relevant clinical features such as: analgesia, autonomic response control and muscle relaxation. Using the agent to establish adequate conditions for tracheal intubation remains controversial. The aim of ...