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Dysphonia risk screening protocol

Clinics; 71 (3), 2016
OBJECTIVE: To propose and test the applicability of a dysphonia risk screening protocol with score calculation in individuals with and without dysphonia. METHOD: This descriptive cross-sectional study included 365 individuals (41 children, 142 adult women, 91 adult men and 91 seniors) divided into a dys...

Perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes portadores de cirrose hepática atendidos no Ambulatório de Hepatologia do Centro de Especialidades Médicas do CESUPA (CEMEC), em Belém - PA

Introdução: a cirrose hepática é considerada a principal doença crônica do fígado, e é caracterizada pela substituição difusa da estrutura hepática por nódulos de estrutura anormal circundados por fibrose. Objetivos: este trabalho tem como objetivo descrever o perfil epidemiológico dos pacie...

Reduced hand grip strength in overweight and obese chronic hepatitis c patients

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT Background Hepatitis C is a liver disease that causes significant changes in metabolism, and also has an impact on nutritional status. Objective To evaluate the nutritional status and cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Methods This cross-sectional study investigated 58 ...

H. Pylori infection, endoscopic, histological aspects and cell proliferation in the gastric mucosa of patients submitted to roux-en-y gastric bypass with contention ring: a cross sectional endoscopic and immunohistochemical study

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT Background Morbid obesity treatment through vertical gastroplasty Roux-en-Y gastric bypass initially used a contention ring. However, this technique may create conditions to the development of potentially malign alterations in the gastric mucosa. Although effective and previously performed in l...

Esophageal carcinoma: is squamous cell carcinoma different disease compared to adenocarcinoma? A transversal study in a quaternary high volume hospital in Brazil

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT Background Esophageal cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality among the neoplasms that affect the gastrointestinal tract. There are several factors that contribute for development of an epidemiological esophageal cancer profile in a population. Objective This study aims to describe bo...

Temporomandibular disorders in fibromyalgia patients: are there different pain onset?

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To identify temporomandibular disorders (TMD) symptoms in two groups of fibromyalgia patients according to the temporal relation between the onset of facial pain (FP) and generalized body pain (GBP). Cross-sectional study design: Fifty-three consecutive women with fibromyalgia and FP...

Alteraciones tiroideas en pacientes infectados con el virus de inmunodeficiencia humana

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (3), 2016
Background: Thyroid dysfunction is common among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It presents in different forms and has a multifactorial etiology. Aim: To determine the prevalence and features of thyroid dysfunction among patients infected with HIV. Material and Methods: A cross...

Notificaciones espontáneas de sospechas de reacciones adversas a los medicamentos. Instituto Pedro Kourí
Spontaneous reporting of suspected drug adverse reactions in "Pedro Kouri" Institute of Tropical Medicine

Rev. cuba. farm; 50 (1), 2016
Introducción: las reacciones adversas a los medicamentos se relacionan con la seguridad de los productos farmacéuticos. Están asociadas con altas tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad y alta carga económica para la sociedad. En el Instituto Pedro Kourí las notificaciones de reacciones adversas son inesta...

Evaluación nutricional de escolares en una ciudad fronteriza entre Estados Unidos y México

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (3), 2016
Background: Undernutrition and obesity coexist among Mexican children due to poverty, sedentariness and inadequate food intake. Aim: To assess the nutritional status of school age children in a Mexican city located in the frontier with United States. Material and Methods: Cross sectional assessment of ch...

Diferencias de género en la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en adolescentes escolarizados chilenos

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (3), 2016
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) refers to individuals' perception of their subjective well-being, considering various aspects of their life and the impact on their health. Aim: To analyze gender differences in the HRQOL of adolescent students in Chile, by age, type of school attended, ...