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The Relationship between the Lee Score and Postoperative Mortality in Patients with Proximal Femur Fractures

Abstract Objective To verify the predictive value of the Lee score for mortality in a one-year period after proximal femur fracture surgery. The present study also evaluated the isolated predictive capacity of other variables. Methods A sample of 422 patients with surgically-treated proximal femur fr...

Analysis of the Morbidimortality of Patients with Peritrochanteric Fractures Surgically Treated with Proximal Femoral Intramedullary Rod

Abstract Objective To analyze the morbimortality of patients with peritrochanteric fractures treated with intramedullary rod and its relationship to the length of hospital stay, the time until surgery and the comorbidities of the patients. Methods An observational, analytical and retrospective study ...

Does Early Surgical Fixation of Proximal Femoral Fractures in Elderly Patients Affect Mortality Rates?

Abstract Objective To analyze whether a reduction in the waiting time for orthopedic surgery in elderly patients with fracture of the proximal end of the femur leads to a reduction in in-hospital mortality, 6-month mortality, and duration of hospitalization. Methods This was a retrospective cohort st...

Predictive Factors of Death after Surgery for Treatment of Proximal Femoral Fracture

Abstract Objective To evaluate predictive factors of death in patients aged ≥ 70 years old with proximal femoral fracture (PFF) submitted to surgical treatment. Methods An analysis of medical records by creating a retrospective cohort with a 6- month follow-up. A total of 124 charts were analyz...

Informe especial: Vigilancia de lesiones ocasionadas por siniestros viales en la CABA: Año 2017. Parte III: Caracterización de los lesionados graves y fallecidos

El presente informe corresponde a la tercera edición de una serie de cuatro publicaciones en conjunto entre el Observatorio de Seguridad Vial -OSV- (de la Secretaría de Transporte del GCBA) y la Gerencia Operativa de Epidemiología (del Ministerio de Salud del GCBA) sobre la vigilancia de las lesiones ...

Manifestações e tratamento da necrólise epidérmica tóxica e da síndrome de Stevens Johnson

J. Health NPEPS; 4 (1), 2019
Objetivo: identificar as manifestações clínicas da necrólise epidérmica tóxica (NET) e síndrome de Stevens Johnson (SSJ). Método: trata-se de uma revisão narrativa. A busca dos artigos utilizou a ferramenta Publish or Perish, que ranqueia os trabalhos com base no número de citações recebidas....

Single-center study comparing short and mid-term results of evar in old and young populations

Abstract Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the operative mortality rate and outcomes of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) between young and geriatric people in a single center. Methods: Eighty-five patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms who underwent EVAR between January 2012 and ...

Prosthesis-patient mismatch after surgical aortic valve replacement: neither uncommon nor harmless

Abstract Prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is an issue that has been overlooked (not to say neglected). Cardiac surgeons must bear in mind that this is a real problem that we must tackle. The purpose of this paper is to be a wake-up call to the surgical comm...

Impact of prosthesis-patient mismatch on 1-year outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: meta-analysis of 71, 106 patients

Abstract Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the impact of prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) on the risk of early-term mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Methods: Databases (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online [MEDLINE], Excerpta Medica dataBASE [E...

Acute Kidney Injury Epidemiology in pediatrics

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (2), 2019
Abstract We performed a search in the MEDLINE database using the MeSH term: "Acute Kidney Injury", selecting the subtopic "Epidemiology", and applying age and year of publication filters. We also searched for the terms: "acute renal failure" and "epidemiology" "acute tubular necrosis" and "epidemiology" ...