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A hipoalbuminemia parece estar associada a uma maior taxa de hospitalização nos pacientes em hemodiálise

J. bras. nefrol; 38 (1), 2016
Resumo Introdução: Anemia, inflamação e hipoalbuminemia são complicações frequentemente observadas em pacientes submetidos à hemodiálise crônica. Existem poucos dados nacionais que avaliam a associação dessas condições à morbidade e mortalidade especialmente considerando a região nordest...

Avaliação da destreza manual em indivíduos com artrite reumatoide

Acta fisiátrica; 22 (4), 2015
Objetivo: Analisar a destreza manual de pacientes com AR em função do nível de atividade da doença. Métodos: Foram avaliados 23 indivíduos com AR, com média de idade de 54,78 ± 12,54 anos. Todos os participantes foram submetidos a uma entrevista para coleta dos dados de identificação e históri...

Anemia and iron deficiency in Mexican elderly population: Results from the Ensanut 2012

Salud pública Méx; 57 (5), 2015
Objective. To describe de prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and anemia in a sample of Mexican elderly population from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut) 2012. Materials and methods. 1 920 subjects ≥60 years of age were included. Hemoglobin, serum concentrations of ferritin and CRP ...

Nutritional status of iron, vitamin B12, folate, retinol and anemia in children 1 to 11 years old: Results of the Ensanut 2012

Salud pública Méx; 57 (5), 2015
Objective. To describe the frequency of anemia, iron, vitamin B12, folate, retinol and predictors of anemia among Mexican children from Ensanut 2012. Materials and methods. Hemoglobin, ferritin, CRP, vitamin B12, retinol and folate concentrations were measured in 2 678 children aged 1-4 y and 4 275 child...

Prevalence of iron, folate, and vitamin B12 deficiencies in 20 to 49 years old women: Ensanut 2012

Salud pública Méx; 57 (5), 2015
Objective. To describe the prevalence of iron, folate, and B12 deficiencies in Mexican women of reproductive age from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut) 2012. Materials and methods. Data came from a national probabilistic survey, representative from rural and urban areas, and different ag...

Impact of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on lipid and inflammatory profiles

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 42 (5), 2015
Objective: To evaluate the behavior of acute phase proteins and lipid profile in patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Methods : We conducted a prospective study, consisting of three moments: M1 - preoperative (24 hours before surgery); M2 - 30 days after surgery; and M3 - 180 days after surgery....

Circulating E-selectin levels and insulin resistance are associated with early stages of atherosclerosis in nonfunctional adrenal incidentaloma

Objective To evaluate circulating E-selectin levels in patients with nonfunctional adrenal incidentaloma (NFA) in relation to insulin resistance and early atherosclerosis.Subjects and methods A total of 40 patients with NFA (mean [SD] age: 55.6 [10.7] years; 70% were females) and 35 controls (mean [SD] a...

Serum total oxidant/anti-oxidant status, ischemia-modified albumin and oxidized-low density lipoprotein levels in patients with vitamin D deficiency

Objective Oxidative damage may be responsible for the pathogenesis and complications of many diseases. Vitamin D deficiency has been suggested as a potential mediator of various extra-skeletal pathologies. However, there are limited data on anti-oxidant properties of vitamin D.Materials and methods Forty...

O papel da Proteína C Reativa (PCR) na detecção precoce de inflamação sistêmica em fumantes

Rev. AMRIGS; 51 (2), 2007
Introdução: A Proteína C Reativa (PCR) é um marcador de atividade inflamatória em diversas situações clínicas. Sabe-se que o tabagismo pode por si só induzir inflamação sistêmica e que é o principal fator de risco para a Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica (DPOC). A DPOC está associada com...