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O implante de cardioversor-desfibrilador atrioventricular reduz a incidência de choques inapropriados?
Dual-chamber cardioverter-defibrillator reduce the incidence of inappropriate shocks?

Os autores relatam a ocorrência de choques inapropriados numa população de pacientes submetidos a implante de cardioversor-desfibrilador implantável (CDI) para prevenção secundária de taquicardia ou fibrilação ventricular. Dentre 57 dispositivos implantados, choques inapropriados foram registrad...

Incidência de reprogramação de marcapasso atrioventricular devido a arritmias atriais
Incidence of atrioventricular pacemaker reprogramming due to atrial arrhythmias

As controvérsias a respeito da relação custo-benefício de sistemas de estimulação cardíaca uni ou bicameral perpetuam-se. Diferentes populações, recursos tecnológicos e políticas regionais de saúde constituem a base das discussões, ainda sem resultados definitivos. Objetivo: acompanhar pacie...

Tuberculosis en el tercer milenio
Tuberculosis in the third millenium

Arch. Hosp. Vargas; 44 (3/4), 2002
La incidencia creciente de Tuberculosis en el ámbito mundial, con mortalidad anual de 3 millones de personas, según estimaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud; El carácter epidémico potencial, de una de las enfermedades más antiguas, Reemergente; su asociación a enfermedades como InfecciÃ...

Síndrome de Guillain-Barré: etiología y patogénesis
Guillain-Barre syndrome: etiology and pathogenesis

Rev. invest. clín; 54 (4), 2002
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is a reactive, self-limited, monophasic disease triggered by a preceding bacterial or viral infection. GBS has also been linked to underlying systemic diseases, certain malignancies, surgery, pregnancy, trauma severe infection, and tissue transplantation (bone marrow and org...

Pulmonary thromboembolism: retrospective study of necropsies performed over 24 years in a university hospital in Brazil

Säo Paulo med. j; 120 (4), 2002
CONTEXT: Pulmonary thromboembolism is the third most frequent cause of morbidity and mortality among acute cardiovascular diseases. The incidence of pulmonary embolism in necropsies has remained unchanged over the last few decades. Cardiac diseases, neoplasia, trauma, recent surgery and systemic diseases...

Atopy, passive smoking, respiratory infections and asthma among children from kindergarten and elementary school

Säo Paulo med. j; 120 (4), 2002
CONTEXT: It has been demonstrated that children exposed to parents who smoke have more respiratory infections and asthma. OBJECTIVE: To study the association of both respiratory infections and asthma attacks with atopy, passive smoking and time spent daily at school, among children aged 4 to 9 years old ...

Riesgo de interacciones medicamentosas. Combinaciones de medicamentos asociados a arritmia ventricular
Risk of drug interactions. Combinations of drugs associated with ventricular arrhythmias

Rev. invest. clín; 54 (3), 2002
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of concurrent use of cisapride, astemizole and terfenadine with macrolides and azole antimitotics, drug combinations that have been reported in the literature as producing a pharmacological interaction associated with potentially fatal ventricular arrhythmias. MATERI...