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Prevalencia de alergia al látex en una población de pacientes con diagnóstico de mielomeningocele

Arch. argent. pediatr; 114 (1), 2016
Introducción: La alergia al látex se encuentra dentro de las primeras causas de anafilaxia en el quirófano. La prevalencia de esta enfermedad es más elevada en pacientes con mielomenigocele. Existen escasos datos epidemiológicos en pacientes argentinos. Objetivo: Estimar la prevalencia de la sensibi...

Are we following the guidelines on non-muscle invasive bladder cancer?

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the clinical practice of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) treatment in Brazil in relation to international guidelines: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia (SBU), European Association of Urology (EAU) and American Urological Association (AUA). Materials and Method...

Mother's lifestyle: development of a questionnaire to assess a determinant of children's health. A cross-sectional study

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (1), 2016
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Lifestyle includes the personal attitudes or behavioral patterns that result in risks or benefits to the individual's own health or that of others. Children's health is particularly determined by their mother's lifestyle. The objective here was to develop and evaluate the reliabili...

Usefulness of the second heart sound for predicting pulmonary hypertension in patients with interstitial lung disease

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (1), 2016
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: P2 hyperphonesis is considered to be a valuable finding in semiological diagnoses of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The aim here was to evaluate the accuracy of the pulmonary component of second heart sounds for predicting PH in patients with interstitial lung disease. DESIGN AND S...

Presence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in Brazilian patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and in controls

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (1), 2016
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) has attracted the interest of researchers because of similarities between paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease (CD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of MAP through cultures, histology and polymerase chain reactio...

Screening for physical inactivity among adults: the value of distance walked in the six-minute walk test. A cross-sectional diagnostic study

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT: CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES: Accelerometry provides objective measurement of physical activity levels, but is unfeasible in clinical practice. Thus, we aimed to identify physical fitness tests capable of predicting physical inactivity among adults. DESIGN AND SETTING: Diagnostic test study devel...

Self-administered versus interview-based questionnaires among patients with intermittent claudication: Do they give different results? A cross-sectional study

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (1), 2016
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Many clinical investigations use generic and/or specific questionnaires to obtain information about participants and patients. There is disagreement about whether the administration method can affect the results. The aim here was to determine whether, among patients with intermitt...

Hiperuricemia y componentes del síndrome metabólico en niños y adolescentes obesos

Rev. chil. pediatr; 87 (1), 2016
Introducción: La hiperuricemia se ha observado como una alteración metabólica adicional en pacientes adultos obesos, pero es poco conocida su magnitud en pacientes pediátricos. Objetivos: Analizar la asociación entre ácido úrico sérico (AUS) con magnitud de la obesidad general y visceral y con ot...

Identificación de variantes del gen NPHS2 en niños con síndrome nefrótico corticorresistente

Rev. chil. pediatr; 87 (1), 2016
Resumen: La podocina es una proteína localizada en el diafragma de filtración glomerular donde participa en la regulación de la filtración glomerular. Las mutaciones del gen NPHS2, que codifica a la podocina, son la principal causa de síndrome nefrótico corticorresistente (SNCR) autosómico recesiv...

Influência das comorbidades na capacidade funcional de pacientes com artrite reumatoide

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (1), 2016
Resumo Objetivos: Investigar a associação das comorbidades com a limitação da mobilidade e com a incapacidade funcional em pacientes com artrite reumatoide (AR), bem como identificar o indicador de comorbidade mais apropriado para determinar essa associação. Métodos: Em um estudo transversal foram...