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Colorectal cancer: comparative analysis of clinical and pathological characteristics in patients aged above and below 45 years of age and impact on prognosis

Introduction: Colorectal cancer, in Portugal, presents as the second most common cancer and of cancer death cause. CRC is a disease of the elderly; however, there has been an increase of incidence in younger patients and doubts have emerged about its behavior, characteristics and prognosis in this group....

Simple prediction model for unfavorable outcome in ischemic stroke after intravenous thrombolytic therapy

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (12), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective We aimed to develop a model to predict unfavorable outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous thrombolytic therapy (IVT), based on simple variables present on admission. Methods Retrospective analysis of acute ischemic stroke patients treated with IVT i...

Aging, neurocognitive impairment and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT Background/objective: There is an increasing number of older patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection due to the success of antiretroviral therapy, the improved prognosis and life expectancy of patients, and the higher number of new infections among older individuals. The main objec...

Audiological profile of patients treated for childhood cancer

Abstract Objective: To characterize the hearing loss after cancer treatment, according to the type of treatment, with identification of predictive factors. Methods: Two hundred patients who had cancer in childhood were prospectively evaluated. The mean age at diagnosis was 6 years, and at the audiometr...

Autoavaliação da comunicação em promotores de justiça em um estado do nordeste, Brasil

CoDAS; 28 (6), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo Descrever a autoavaliação do promotor de justiça quanto à sua comunicação e reação do ouvinte e analisar a relação com o gênero, idade e anos de trabalho. Método Desenho descritivo, transversal. Foi elaborado um questionário e enviado aos 126 promotores, sendo devolvidos 33...

Avaliação fonoaudiológica para decanulação traqueal em pacientes acometidos por traumatismo cranioencefálico

CoDAS; 28 (6), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo Descrever o efeito da conduta fonoaudiológica no processo de decanulação traqueal em indivíduos com traumatismo cranioencefálico (TCE). Método Estudo clínico transversal prospectivo controlado. Participaram deste estudo dois grupos de indivíduos com TCE confirmado por tomografia...

Maternal breastfeeding, early introduction of non-breast milk, and excess weight in preschoolers

Rev. paul. pediatr; 34 (4), 2016
Abstract Objective: Investigate associations between excess weight in preschool children, breastfeeding duration and age of non-breast milk introduction. Methods: Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 817 preschool children, aged 2-4 years, attending municipal day care centers in the city...

Prescripción inapropiada en adultos mayores hospitalizados
Inappropriate prescription in elderly inpatients

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (6), 2016
Una de las causas prevenibles de los eventos adversos a medicamentos (EAM) en la población adulta mayor es la prescripción inapropiada, (PIM), es decir aquella prescripción donde los riesgos superan los beneficios clínicos. Se propone conocer la incidencia de PIM con los criterios de Beers, los Scree...

Kidney stones: composition, frequency and relation to metabolic diagnosis

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (6), 2016
Nephrolithiasis is one of the most frequent urologic diseases. The aim of this paper is to study the composition and frequency of 8854 patient kidney stones and in a subset of them their metabolic risk factors to be related to their type of calculi. Physicochemical and crystallographic methods were used ...

Resistencia de HIV-1 a drogas antirretrovirales en gestantes del área metropolitana de Buenos Aires
HIV-1 resistance to antiretroviral drugs in pregnant women from Buenos Aires metropolitan area

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (6), 2016
Se determinó la frecuencia de mutaciones asociadas a resistencia de HIV-1 a antirretrovirales en embarazadas del área metropolitana de Buenos Aires, 2008-2014. Se incluyeron 136 mujeres con carga viral ≥ 500 copias/ml: 77 (56.6%) eran naïve; las otras 59 (43.4%) eran expuestas, ya sea con tratam...