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Yellow fever: profile of cases and factors associated with death in a hospital in the State of Rio de Janeiro, 2017-2018

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of confirmed cases of yellow fever whose patients were hospitalized in a general hospital for infectious diseases in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from March 11, 2017 to June 15, 2018, during a recent outbreak and factors assoc...

Impacts of a Brazilian pharmaceutical program on the health of chronic patients

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of the expansion of access to medicines by the Programa Farmácia Popular do Brasil (PFPB - Brazilian Popular Pharmacy Program) on the indicators of hospitalizations and deaths by hypertension and diabetes. METHODS: To estimate the impact of the Brazilian Popu...

Carcinoma adrenal em crianças: estudo longitudinal em minas gerais, brasil

RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar as características clínicas, laboratoriais e histopatológicas e o percurso até o estabelecimento do diagnóstico e do tratamento de pacientes com carcinoma de suprarrenal (CSR). Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo com 13 pacientes tratados no serviço de oncologia pediátrica...

Early use of polymyxin B reduces the mortality of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Polymyxin B is one of the last resort option for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) bloodstream infection in China. Therefore, the timing of administration of polymyxin is frequently delayed. We collected 40 cases of CRKP bloodstream infections (BSIs) treated with combinations bas...

Cáncer gástrico avanzado: resultados de una cirugía resectiva en un centro privado y regional de salud

El cáncer gástrico (CG), representa el cuarto lugar de enfermedades oncológicas en mujeres y el primero en hombres. La mejor opción de tratamiento para pacientes con CG avanzado (CGA), sigue siendo la cirugía, lo que supone la realización de una gastrectomía total o subtotal, asociado a linfadenec...

Resultados de la cirugía resectiva de pacientes con Cáncer de Colon no complicado en un centro privado y regional de salud

El tratamiento estándar del cáncer de colon (CC), continúa siendo la resección radical del segmento intestinal comprometido con márgenes libres (al menos 5 cm por encima y debajo del tumor), pudiendo o no asociarse a terapias complementarias. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar morbilidad pos...

Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in type 2 diabetic patients

SUMMARY Diabetes is one of the most common chronic pathologies around the world, involving treatment with general clinicians, endocrinologists, cardiologists, ophthalmologists, nephrologists and a multidisciplinary team. Patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) can be affected by cardiac autonomic n...

Clinical registry of cardiovascular surgeries in a university hospital

SUMMARY OBJECTIVES To create and implement a computerized clinical registry to verify in the short-, medium- and long-term the mortality and the incidence of significant surgical outcomes in adult patients submitted to cardiovascular surgeries. METHODS This is a prospective, observational registry-base...

Prevalence, treatment, and control of dyslipidemia in diabetic participants of two brazilian cohorts: a place far from heaven

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE Diabetes is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular mortality. Over the last years, mortality has decreased significantly, more in individuals with diabetes than in healthy ones. That is mostly due to the control of other cardiovascular risk factors. The objective of our study was...