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¿Es la pancreatitis crónica una enfermedad rara en Chile?: ¿Subdiagnóstico, baja prevalencia o ambos?

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (12), 2016
Background: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a rare disease in Chile, without a clear explanation for this low prevalence. Aim: To analyze the characteristics of our patients with pancreatitis. Material and Methods: Retrospective analysis of a database of patients with pancreatitis of a clinical hospital. Mo...

Incidencia de cáncer infantil en una ciudad colombiana

Introducción: el cáncer infantil es poco frecuente y solo representa entre el 0,5% y el 3% de las neoplasias malignas en el mundo. El objetivo de este estudio fue describir el comportamiento del número de casos de cáncer infantil en las comunas de Santiago de Cali entre el periodo 2009 al 2013. Mater...

Incidence and prevalence of clinically relevant pituitary adenomas: retrospective cohort study in a Health Management Organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina

ABSTRACT Objectives The main purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence rate and prevalence of clinically relevant pituitary adenomas (PAs) within the Hospital Italiano Medical Care Program (HIMCP), a well-defined population of 150,000 members living in the urban and suburban area of the city ...

Predictive factors of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze predictive demographic and perioperative variables of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients who underwent exclusively coronary artery bypass grafting. Methods This was a retrospective cohort. We randomly selected 105 medical records of patients who underwent excl...

Incidence of Y-chromosome microdeletions in children whose fathers underwent vasectomy reversal or in vitro fertilization with epididymal sperm aspiration: a case-control study

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the incidence of Y-chromosome microdeletions in individuals born from vasectomized fathers who underwent vasectomy reversal or in vitro fertilization with sperm retrieval by epididymal aspiration (percutaneous epididymal sperm aspiration). Methods A case-control study c...

Incidência dos casos de dengue (2007-2013) e distribuição sazonal de culicídeos (2012-2013) em Barreiras, Bahia

OBJETIVO: descrever a distribuição sazonal de culicídeos e a incidência dos casos de dengue em Barreiras, Bahia, Brasil. MÉTODOS: estudo descritivo com dados primários de distribuição de culicídeos em ovitrampas de abril de 2012 a março de 2013, e com dados secundários do Sistema de InformaçÃ...

Genetic determinants and stroke in children with sickle cell disease

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (6), 2016
Abstract Objective: To verify genetic determinants associated with stroke in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). Methods: Prospective cohort with 110 children submitted to neonatal screening by the Neonatal Screening Program, between 1998 and 2007, with SCD diagnosis, followed at a regional refere...

Arachnidism, scorpionism and ophidism in Ouro Preto Municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Abstract: INTRODUCTION This retrospective study shows the profile of arachnidism, ophidism, and scorpionism in the Ouro Preto Municipality, Brazil, from January 2007 to December 2013. METHODS The data were gathered from forms of the Epidemiological Surveillance Sector of the town's Health's Municipal...

High incidence of hypertriglyceridemia in a Brazilian cohort of people living with HIV/AIDS undergoing antiretroviral treatment in Belo Horizonte, 2001-2010

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Hypertriglyceridemia incidence should be estimated in HIV-infected patients after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed clinical data of HIV-infected adults at 3 public referral centers. Cumulative and person-time incidences were estimated ...