Abstract Objective: To report the case of a child with bilateral chylothorax due to infrequent etiology: thoracic duct injury after severe vomiting. Case description: Girl, 7 years old, with chronic facial swelling started after hyperemesis. During examination, she also presented with bilateral pleural...
Abstract Objective: To describe the case of two siblings with severe protein-calorie malnutrition due to abuse by starvation. Cases description: The two patients were simultaneously referred to the Hospital Municipal, where they were admitted to the Pediatric Gastroenterology clinic of a university hos...
Objective: Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is effective to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but the lack of tolerance to the aversion nature of exposure techniques results in a high drop-out rate. There have been reports of a generic stress endurance effect of serotonin (5-HT) in the cen...
Terapia Aversiva,
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Plaquetas/química,
Terapia Cognitivo-Conductual/métodos,
Depresión/diagnóstico,
Depresión/terapia,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo/sangre,
Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo/psicología,
Trastorno Obsesivo Compulsivo/terapia,
Escalas de Valoración Psiquiátrica,
Serotonina/sangre,
Agonistas de Receptores de Serotonina/sangre,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Perrotta, C;
Castresana, L;
Torn, A;
Cetti, L;
Díaz Mathe, A;
Ibañez, S;
Piro, A;
Sanchez, C;
Muñoz, S;
Stramiana, Y;
Peñalba, V;
Badariotti, G;
Stumbo, A;
Osdak, A;
Campolongo, S;
Pein, C;
Peña, M;
Chuit, R^1.
Introducción: La detección precoz de un paciente con riesgo de deterioro, y la intervención temprana por un equipo de salud competente en el manejo de la vía aérea ha demostrado reducir la mortalidad intrahospitalaria. El NEWS (National Early Warning Score, Reino Unido) clasifica a los pacientes seg...
SUMMARY Introduction Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the most common cause of spinal cord dysfunction in adult patients. Patients generally present with a slow, progressive neurological decline or a stepwise deterioration pattern. In this paper, we discuss the most important factors involved i...
Background: Depression, alexithymia, and lack of assertiveness interfere with individual psychosocial functioning and may result in longer hospitalization stay and poorer therapeutic results. Aim: To analyze the psychosocial functioning in acute and chronic patients and its association with psychological...
Depresión/epidemiología,
Enfermedad Crónica/psicología,
Asertividad,
Síntomas Afectivos/epidemiología,
Enfermedad Aguda/psicología,
Pacientes Internos/psicología,
Chile/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Prevalencia,
Escalas de Valoración Psiquiátrica,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Factores Socioeconómicos
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To characterize an experimental model of progressive renal disease induced by different degrees of nephrectomy in rats. METHODS: Eighty male Wistar rats were divided into four experimental groups (n=20/group): sham surgery (control group), progressive degrees of nephrectomy leading to...
Fallo Renal Crónico/fisiopatología,
Riñón/fisiopatología,
Nefrectomía/efectos adversos,
Uremia/metabolismo,
Albuminuria/sangre,
Presión Arterial/fisiología,
Creatinina/sangre,
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad,
Progresión de la Enfermedad,
Tasa de Filtración Glomerular/fisiología,
Fallo Renal Crónico/patología,
Nefrectomía/métodos,
Ratas Wistar,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Urea/sangre,
Uremia/etiología
ABSTRACT The complement system has been confirmed to play an increasingly important role in ischemic stroke (IS). This study aimed to determine whether the single-nucleotide polymorphism of the complement 5 (C5) gene independently influences the occurrence, severity, and long-term outcome of IS in Chines...
Summary Introduction: The Personal Experience Screening Questionnaire (PESQ) is an instrument devised for assessing the magnitude of drug misuse among adolescents. However, its psychometric properties have not been evaluated in adolescent samples outside the United States. Objective: To assess the inte...
Brasil,
Estudios Transversales,
Tamizaje Masivo,
Determinación de la Personalidad/estadística & datos numéricos,
Escalas de Valoración Psiquiátrica,
Psicometría,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/diagnóstico,
Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/psicología,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios/normas
RESUMO Objetivo: investigar a associação entre os domínios da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde dos cuidadores familiares e as características sociodemográficas dos indivíduos com sequelas de AVE. Método: pesquisa descritiva, transversal, quantitativa, realizada com 136 cuidadores familiar...
