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Healing effect of andiroba-based emulsion in cutaneous wound healing via modulation of inflammation and transforming growth factor beta 3

Acta cir. bras; 33 (11), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the effects and mechanisms of andiroba-based emulsion (ABE) topical treatment on full-thickness cutaneous wounds in rats. Methods: The wounds were harvested on days 3, 7, 15, and 20 post-surgery. Wound contraction rate, quantitative immunohistochemistry [macrophages, myofi...

Adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in the treatment of ischemia/reperfusion induced acute kidney injury in rats. Application route and therapeutic window

Acta cir. bras; 33 (11), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate renal repair in rats who had renal infarction induced by the obstruction of blood flow in the renal artery and were treated with transplantation of adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cell Methods: 16-week-old Wistar rats (n=72) were used, submitted to celiotomy and ha...

Fidedignidade de um questionário de comportamento sedentário em escolares

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a fidedignidade de um questionário de comportamento sedentário. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal realizado com 1.119 escolares, de 9 a 15 anos de idade, de sete escolas públicas de Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil, entre março e dezembro de 2015. O questionário é composto por 13 itens, divid...

Validez y confiabilidad de los instrumentos de percepción de barreras y de beneficios para el ejercicio en adolescentes colombianos

Rev. colomb. enferm; 17 (1), 2018
Objetivo: validar en el contexto colombiano los instrumentos de percepción de barreras y de beneficios asociados a la realizaciónde ejercicio en adolescentes basados en el modelo de promoción de la salud de Nola J. Pender. Metodología: los instrumentosseleccionados fueron sometidos a estos procedimie...

Development of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the "Grading scale for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus": cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (10), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: The current study translated to Portuguese and validated the normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) scale originally developed in English as the Grading Scale for Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Methods: Following Guillemin's validation protocol, the last version of the Portu...

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) to Brazilian Portuguese

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (10), 2018
ABSTRACT Introduction: The clinical assessment of patients with ataxias requires reliable scales. We aimed to translate, adapt and validate the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) into Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: The steps of this study were forward translation, translation synthes...

One-step real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of RNA HCV to monitor patients under treatment in Brazil

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT The Brazilian Public Health Service provides freely αPEG-IFN to treat patients infected with HCV. The primary goal of HCV therapy is the long-term elimination of HCV from the blood to reduce the risk of HCV associated complications and death. Patient viremia affects the treatment duration a...

Objective value on Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) map to categorize the intensity of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) restriction for prostate cancer detection on multiparametric prostate MRI

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Purpose: To identify objective and subjective criteria on multiparametric prostate MRI that can be helpful for prostate cancer detection. Materials and Methods: Retrospective study, IRB approved, including 122 patients who had suspicious lesion on MRI and who underwent prostate biopsy with ult...

Diagnostic validity of different cephalometric analyses for assessment of the sagittal skeletal pattern

Abstract Introduction: Numerous cephalometric analyses have been proposed to diagnose the sagittal discrepancy of the craniofacial structures. Objective: This study aimed at evaluating the reliability and validity of different skeletal analyses for the identification of sagittal skeletal pattern. Met...

Medición radiográfica del ángulo acetabular para el diagnóstico temprano de la displasia del desarrollo de la cadera

Acta ortop. mex; 32 (5), 2018
Resumen: Antecedentes: Para evitar secuelas en la displasia del desarrollo de la cadera el tratamiento debe ser temprano; el ángulo acetabular corresponde a la inclinación del techo del acetábulo. Stanisavljevic indica que para medir adecuadamente el ángulo acetabular se deben colocar las caderas e...