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Severe acute toxic exposures in children and adolescents: case series

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe a case series of severe acute toxic exposures (SATE) in individuals <20 years old followed-up by a regional Poison Control Center (PCC). Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study. All patients who were <20yo and classified as score 3 (severe) and 4 (fatal) follo...

Respiratory symptoms (COPD Assessment Test and modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scores) and GOLD-ABCD COPD classification: the LASSYC study

J. bras. pneumol; 47 (5), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the frequency and severity of 24-hour respiratory symptoms according to COPD GOLD-ABCD classification (2017-version), the distribution of the patients with COPD into GOLD categories using mMRC (≥2) or CAT (≥10) scores, and agreement between these cut-off points. ...

Sintomatologia depressiva em estudantes brasileiros de pós-graduação stricto sensu

Psico (Porto Alegre); 52 (4), 2021
O objetivo foi analisar três modelos de predição para a presença de sintomatologia depressiva em pós-graduandos a partir de variáveis acadêmicas, demográficas e de saúde mental. Participaram 2115 estudantes de mestrado (51,8%) e doutorado, de universidades públicas (57,9%) e privadas, com idade...

Evolución de los pacientes con enfermedad hepática crítica

Rev. chil. anest; 50 (3), 2021
INTRODUCTION: The acute liver failure on chronic (ACLF), is an entity, whose recognition is increasing. The ACLF and CLIF OF indexes have been recently presented with the objective of predicting mortality in this kind of patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All patients admitted to the Ramón y Cajal Universi...

Efficacy and Safety of Emricasan in Liver Cirrhosis and/or Fibrosis

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
This study aimed to perform a meta-analysis to determine the efficacy and safety of emricasan. Nine databases were searched for clinical trials investigating the efficacy of emricasan treatment in patients with liver cirrhosis or fibrosis. A manual search was conducted to identify the missing trials. The...

Risk stratification in acute variceal bleeding: Far from an ideal score

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
OBJECTIVES: Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) results from rupture of esophageal or gastric varices. It is a life-threatening complication of portal hypertension. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how to predict adverse outcomes and identify high-risk patients. In variceal hemorrhage, high Child-Turcotte-Pugh...

Resultados de la reparación de Bankart/plicatura y remplissage en el tratamiento de la luxación anteroinferior recurrente del hombro. Correlación con la escala de ISIS
Bankart repair and remplissage in recurrent anteroinferior shoulder dislocation, Correlation with ISIS scale

Artrosc. (B. Aires); 28 (1), 2021
Introducción: La luxación recurrente anteroinferior del hombro es consecuencia de una luxación aguda traumática que, en pacientes jóvenes, menores de veinte años, se ha estimado puede llegar al 97% de recurrencia, pero que disminuye a medida que aumenta la edad, excepto en pacientes mayores con rup...

Diabetes y enfermedad periodontal
Diabetes and periodontal disease

El objetivo de este trabajo fue establecer la relación entre el grado de enfermedad periodontal y el control metabólico de la glucemia en pacientes que padecen diabetes tipo 2. Es un estudio de tipo observacional, descriptivo, transversal. Se seleccionaron 42 pacientes con diagnóstico de diabetes mell...

Índices de gravidade em vítimas de trauma contuso na terapia intensiva: capacidade preditiva de mortalidade

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
RESUMO Objetivo: Identificar a capacidade preditiva de mortalidade dos índices Revised Trauma Score, Rapid Emergency Medicine Score, modified Rapid Emergency Medicine Score e Simplified Acute Physiology Score III em vítimas de trauma contuso internadas em unidade de terapia intensiva e comparar seu de...