Summary Objective: To evaluate patient-reported measures of quality of life and functional capacity in adhesive capsulitis before and after suprascapular nerve block treatment; to analyze the influence of clinical and sociodemographic variables on both the outcome and correlation between the respective ...
RESUMO: Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência de diabetes mellitus (DM) autorreferida e fatores associados na população adulta brasileira. Métodos: A prevalência de DM foi aferida na Pesquisa Dimensões Sociais das Desigualdades (PDSD), um survey nacional com representatividade para as macrorregiões,...
RESUMEN Objetivo: Determinar el impacto en la mortalidad del día y horario de admisión y alta de la unidad de cuidados intensivos. Métodos: Estudio prospectivo observacional, que incluyó pacientes admitidos entre abril y noviembre de 2014 en la unidad de cuidados intensivos del Hospital Maciel de M...
Background: Growing information has emphasized the risk of benzodiazepines (BZD), particularly among the elderly. However, the information available in Latin America is scarce. Aim: to review the available information on the use of BZD in older adults in Latin America to achieve an overview of the inform...
Fundamento: As doenças cardiovasculares têm aumentado em todo o mundo nas últimas décadas devido ao aumento na ocorrência de fatores desencadeantes. No período pós-operatório de cirurgia cardiovascular, os pacientes experimentam um declínio funcional, que pode ser potencializado pelo tempo de in...
Este trabalho faz uma revisão sobre o tema de tortuosidade coronariana abordando várias situações na prática clínica aonde a tortuosidade coronariana pode desempenhar um papel relevante e procura avaliar se há
correlação entre tortuosidade coronariana e a presença de isquemia miocárdica em pac...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the respiratory systems of male and female rats maintained in individually ventilated cages (IVCs) from birth until adulthood. METHODS: Female Wistar rats were housed in individually ventilated cages or conventional cages (CCs) and mated with male Wistar rats. After birth and wean...
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the severity of deformities in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis contributes to patients’ decision regarding whether to undergo an operation. METHODS: We evaluated body image factors in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis pati...
ABSTRACT Objective The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components among pre- and postmenopausal women, as well as the association between menopausal status and MS. Materials and methods A retrospective study was conducted at a reference cardi...