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Terapia Estrogénica y Prevención Cardiovascular Primaria
Estrogen Therapy and Primary Cardiovascular Prevention

Antecedentes La terapia hormonal de la menopausia (THM) corresponde a la administración de hormonas exógenas para el tratamiento de síntomas asociados a climaterio y menopausia. Objetivo Analizar los estudios que dicen relación a THM y riesgo cardiovascular (CV) para entender el concepto de ventan...

Revisión de la utilidad del uso de progesterona en aborto recurrente de causa no precisada
Review of the usefulness of the use of progesterone in recurrent abortion of unknown cause

Resumen Introducción El AR de causa no precisada es un problema de salud reproductiva que impacta importantemente a las parejas. En casi el 50% de los casos de AR no se encuentra una etiología clara, por lo que es necesario lograr encontrar estrategias de tratamiento que puedan ayudar a mejorar las p...

Systemic absortion and adverse effects of topical ocular use of ketorolac tromethamine and sodium diclofenac in New Zealand rabbits for 90 days

The effect of the systemic absorption of 0.1% diclofenac sodium (DS) eyedrop was compared to that of 0.5% ketorolac tromethamine (KT) in female New Zealand white rabbits treated on both eyes three times a day for 90 days. The rabbits were divided in three groups of six animals (n= 18): KT group, DS group...

Efectos adversos inmunomediados por inhibidores de PD-1
PD-1 inhibitors immune-mediated side effects

Los anticuerpos monoclonales que inhiben los puntos de control PD-1 y CTLA-4 se usan actualmente en el tratamiento del melanoma y cáncer metastásico de pulmón de células no pequeñas, entre otros. Se refiere el caso de una paciente con cáncer de pulmón en tratamiento con pembrolizumab. La paciente ...

Effects of sertraline in the prevention of low blood pressure in patients undergoing hemodialysis

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (4), 2019
Abstract Introduction: Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is a major complication of hemodialysis, with a prevalence of about 25% during hemodialysis sessions, causing increased morbidity and mortality. Objective: To study the effects of sertraline to prevent IDH in hemodialysis patients. Methods: This w...

Hepatitis C in Hemodialysis Units: diagnosis and therapeutic approach

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (4), 2019
Abstract According to data from the last census of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN), the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Brazilian hemodialysis units (HU) is 3.3%, about three times higher than what is reported for the Brazilian general population. Often, professionals working in HU are...

Prevention of intradialytic hypotensive episodes: is setraline an effective pharmacological approach?

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (4), 2019

Antioxidant effect of endothelin-1 receptor antagonist protects the rat kidney against chronic injury induced by hypertension and hyperglycemia

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Hypertension and Diabetes mellitus are the two main causes of chronic kidney disease that culminate in the final stage of kidney disease. Since these two risk factors are common and can overlap, new approaches to prevent or treat them are needed. Macitentan (MAC) is a new non-selective antagonis...

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar ovis: evaluación de la sensibilidad antibiótica in vitro
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar ovis: Evaluation of antibiotics susceptibility in vitro

Rev. argent. microbiol; 51 (4), 2019
Resumen Los objetivos de este trabajo fueron estudiar la sensibilidad antibiótica de aislamientos de Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis procedentes de pequeños rumiantes e investigar la presencia de integrones que contienen genes de resistencia. Se estudiaron 15 aislamientos de diferentes fuentes por ...

Anthelmintic activity of Eucalyptus citriodora essential oil and its major component, citronellal, on sheep gastrointestinal nematodes

Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the anthelmintic activity of Eucalyptus citriodora essential oil and citronellal on sheep gastrointestinal nematodes. Essential oil composition was determined by gas chromatography mass spectrometry. The substances were evaluated in vitro using adult worm motility te...