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Profile of pediatric eye trauma at Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal (HBDF), Brasília, Brazil

Summary Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of ocular trauma in children at the HBDF emergency department. Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional study. We evaluated 103 cases of ocular trauma in children less than 15 years between July 2012 and January 2013. The factors evaluated through ...

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...

Brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis: therapeutic, cognitive and clinical impact

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) was always considered as a white matter inflammatory disease. Today, there is an important body of evidence that supports the hypothesis that gray matter involvement and the neurodegenerative mechanism are at least partially independent from inflammation. Gray matter atro...

Dissociative experiences in patients with epilepsy

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT A few studies have explored dissociative experiences in epilepsy patients. We investigated dissociative experiences in patients with epilepsy using the dissociative experiences scale (DES). Ninety-eight patients with epilepsy and sixty healthy controls were enrolled in this study. A sociodemogra...

Evaluación de la capacidad de ejercicio en cardiopatías congénitas

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 86 (1), 2016
Resumen: Durante años el tratamiento de las cardiopatías congénitas ha generado un gran respeto por la gravedad de las mismas que ha condicionado en muchos casos las intervenciones a realizar en ellas. En este sentido se consideraba que el ejercicio podía tener un impacto negativo, limitando de este ...

Hair cortisol in drug-naïve first-episode individuals with psychosis

Objectives: To compare hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) in drug-naïve first-episode psychosis (FEP) patients and healthy controls and to investigate the correlations between HCC and psychopathology. Methods: Twenty-four drug-naïve FEP patients and 27 gender- and age-matched healthy control subjects w...

Symmetry symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder: clinical and genetic correlates

Objective: In obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), symmetry-related symptoms may be important. Although clinical correlates of symmetry-related symptoms have been identified in OCD, few data exist on genetic associations. Animal studies indicate involvement of dopamine in symmetry-related behavior, sugge...

The panc 3 score predicting severity of acute pancreatitis

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 29 (1), 2016
Background: About 20% of cases of acute pancreatitis progress to a severe form, leading to high mortality rates. Several studies suggested methods to identify patients that will progress more severely. However, most studies present problems when used on daily practice. Objective: To assess the efficac...

Severity of erectile dysfunction is highly correlated with the syntax score in patients undergoing coronariography

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (1), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the association between the severity of erectile dysfunction (ED) and coronary artery disease (CAD) in men undergoing coronary angiography for angina or acute myocardial infarct (AMI). Material and Methods We studied 132 males who underwent coronary angiography for f...

Asma grave
Severe asthma

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (1), 2016
Los objetivos fueron describir la frecuencia de asma grave (AG), definida según criterios de la Organización Mundial de la Salud y analizar diferencias en las características clínicas del grupo con AG frente a pacientes con asma no grave (ANG); secundariamente, investigar el nivel de control alcanzad...