Abstract Background: Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) has been shown to be increased in children and adolescents with traditional cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease, compared with those of healthy children. Objective: To assess the influence of se...
Factores de Edad,
Análisis de Varianza,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/etiología,
Arterias Carótidas/anatomía & histología,
Arterias Carótidas/diagnóstico por imagen,
Grosor Intima-Media Carotídeo,
Hipertensión/complicaciones,
Modelos Lineales,
Obesidad/complicaciones,
Valores de Referencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Factores Sexuales
Abstract Background: Heart disease in pregnancy is the leading cause of non- obstetric maternal death. Few Brazilian studies have assessed the impact of heart disease during pregnancy. Objective: To determine the risk factors associated with cardiovascular and neonatal complications. Methods: We evalu...
Factores de Edad,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Edad Gestacional,
Cardiopatías/complicaciones,
Cardiopatías/epidemiología,
Modelos Logísticos,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Complicaciones Cardiovasculares del Embarazo/epidemiología,
Resultado del Embarazo,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Cardiopatía Reumática/epidemiología,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad
ABSTRACT Our internal clock system is predominantly dopaminergic, but memory is predominantly cholinergic. Here, we examined the common sensibility encapsulated in the statement: “time goes faster as we get older”. Objective To measure a 2 min time interval, counted mentally in subjects of d...
Abstract Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, representing a public health issue in some countries. Though more prevalent in adults, the detection of new cases in children under 15 years of age reveals an active circulation of bacillus, continued transmission and lack o...
Lepra Multibacilar/tratamiento farmacológico,
Lepra Multibacilar/patología,
Lepra Paucibacilar/tratamiento farmacológico,
Lepra Paucibacilar/patología,
Factores de Edad,
Vacuna BCG/uso terapéutico,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Leprostáticos/uso terapéutico,
Lepra Multibacilar/epidemiología,
Lepra Paucibacilar/epidemiología,
Factores de Riesgo
Abstract BACKGROUND: Obesity is considered a chronic low-grade inflammatory disease that shares mediators of inflammation with psoriasis, such as TNF-α and IL-6. The relationship between these two conditions involves factors such as predisposition and response to therapy, in addition to an associat...
Absorciometría de Fotón/métodos,
Obesidad/diagnóstico por imagen,
Obesidad/epidemiología,
Psoriasis/epidemiología,
Factores de Edad,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/etiología,
Obesidad/complicaciones,
Prevalencia,
Psoriasis/complicaciones,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Factores Sexuales,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Circunferencia de la Cintura
Zhang, Zuojuan;
Wang, Juandong;
Ji, Buqiang;
Bahr Greenwood, Tatiana von;
Zhang, Yuan;
Wang, Yongjing;
Kong, Dexiao;
Li, Ai;
Jiang, Yang;
Guo, Yanan;
Liu, Xiaoli;
Wang, Yingxue;
Dou, Aixia;
Li, Nailin;
Henter, Jan-Inge;
Sun, Guizhen;
Zheng, Chengyun.
OBJECTIVE: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adults is largely underdiagnosed. To improve the rate and accuracy of diagnosis in adults, the clinical and laboratory characteristics of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis were analyzed in and compared between adults and children in a Chinese cohort. MET...
Background: Voriconazole (VCZ) serum drug levels (SDL) vary widely and are associated with increased mortality when they are below the therapeutic range for invasive aspergillosis (IA). Aim: To describe VCZ SDL in oncology pediatric patients in order to reach adequate concentrations for prophylaxis (X...
Antifúngicos/administración & dosificación,
Antifúngicos/sangre,
Neoplasias/inmunología,
Voriconazol/administración & dosificación,
Voriconazol/sangre,
Administración Oral,
Factores de Edad,
Aspergilosis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga,
Monitoreo de Drogas,
Inmunocompetencia/efectos de los fármacos,
Inyecciones Intravenosas,
Neoplasias/microbiología,
Farmacovigilancia,
Valores de Referencia,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Vera-Garate, M. Verónica;
Rudi, Juan Manuel;
Gómez, Alejandra;
Molina, Fabiana;
Viotti, María Florencia;
Ortellao, Lucila;
Pierini, Judith;
Sioli, Natalia;
Cociglio, Raquel;
Zamora, Ana María;
Ru¡z de Huidobro, Gustavo;
Costas, Dardo;
López de Caillou, Susana;
Sánchez, Stella Maris;
Mamaní, Nora;
Leva, Rosanna;
Rodríguez, Graciela;
Gallardo, Sara;
Kusznierz, Gabriela.
Background: A large proportion of acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI) remain without etiologic diagnosis, reason why new pathogens are investigated continuously. Human bocavirus (HBoV) was discovered in 2005, as a new member of Parvoviridae family and proposed to cause ARTI. Aim: To know the preval...
Bocavirus Humano/aislamiento & purificación,
Infecciones por Parvoviridae/epidemiología,
Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio/epidemiología,
Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio/virología,
Distribución por Edad,
Factores de Edad,
Argentina/epidemiología,
Infecciones Comunitarias Adquiridas,
Prevalencia,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa,
Estaciones del Año,
Distribución por Sexo,
Factores de Tiempo
Background: Secondary prevention programs are an essential part of comprehensive care of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), and its effectiveness in reducing morbidity or mortality has been proved. Aim: To determine the cost-effectiveness of a theoretical comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation (CC...
Rehabilitación Cardiaca/economía,
Análisis Costo-Beneficio/métodos,
Infarto del Miocardio/rehabilitación,
Factores de Edad,
Rehabilitación Cardiaca/mortalidad,
Chile,
Análisis Costo-Beneficio/tendencias,
Predicción,
Gastos en Salud/tendencias,
Esperanza de Vida,
Modelos Económicos,
Modelos Teóricos,
Infarto del Miocardio/mortalidad,
Programas Nacionales de Salud/economía,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Factores de Riesgo,
Prevención Secundaria/economía,
Factores Sexuales
Background: Smoking and alcohol use are risky behaviors that can start early in life. Aim: To determine the lifetime prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use in adolescents aged 10 to 14 years and related factors. Subjects and Methods: A survey about smoking and alcohol use was answered by 1,392 teenagers a...
Alcoholismo/epidemiología,
Fumar/epidemiología,
Factores de Edad,
Alcoholismo/etiología,
Chile/epidemiología,
Métodos Epidemiológicos,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Asunción de Riesgos,
Factores Sexuales,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Estudiantes/estadística & datos numéricos
