OBJECTIVES: Minimally invasive paracentetic suprapubic cystostomy is a technique that should be learned by all surgical trainees and residents. This study aimed to develop a self-made training model for paracentetic suprapubic cystostomy and placement of the suprapubic catheter and then to evaluate its e...
Análisis Costo-Beneficio,
Cistostomía/educación,
Cistostomía/instrumentación,
Cistostomía/métodos,
Educación de Pregrado en Medicina/métodos,
Evaluación Educacional,
Paracentesis/educación,
Paracentesis/instrumentación,
Paracentesis/métodos,
Desarrollo de Programa/métodos,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Distribución Aleatoria,
Entrenamiento Simulado/métodos,
Cateterismo Urinario/instrumentación,
Cateterismo Urinario/métodos,
Grabación en Video/métodos
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the quantitative serum level of infliximab (IFX) as well as the detection of anti-infliximab antibodies (ATIs) in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). METHOD: Forty patients with CD under treatment at a tertiary center in southeastern Brazil were evaluate...
Anticuerpos Monoclonales/sangre,
Brasil,
Enfermedad de Crohn/sangre,
Enfermedad de Crohn/tratamiento farmacológico,
Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga,
Monitoreo de Drogas,
Quimioterapia Combinada,
Fármacos Gastrointestinales/sangre,
Fármacos Gastrointestinales/uso terapéutico,
Inmunosupresores/uso terapéutico,
Infliximab/sangre,
Infliximab/uso terapéutico,
Estudios Prospectivos
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy and safety of sitagliptin compared with voglibose added to combined metformin and insulin in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2DM). METHODS: In this 12-week prospective, randomized, parallel trial, 70 newly diagnosed T2DM patients with glycosylated hemogl...
Sincos, Igor Rafael;
Baptista, Anna Paula Weinhardt;
Coelho Neto, Felipe;
Labropoulos, Nicos;
Alledi, Luciane Basílio;
Marins, Emmanuel Machado de;
Puggina, Juliana;
Belczak, Sergio Quilici;
Cardoso, Mirian Gonçalves;
Aun, Ricardo.
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the use of the radiofrequency thermoablation of the saphenous vein with the ligation technique, and complete removal of the saphenous vein, from the saphenofemoral junction to the ankle. Methods: A total of 49 patients with chronic venous disease in the Comprehensive Clas...
Enfermedad Crónica,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Tiempo de Internación,
Ligadura/métodos,
Periodo Posoperatorio,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Calidad de Vida,
Ablación por Radiofrecuencia/métodos,
Recurrencia,
Vena Safena/diagnóstico por imagen,
Vena Safena/cirugía,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Ultrasonografía Doppler en Color,
Enfermedades Vasculares/diagnóstico por imagen,
Enfermedades Vasculares/cirugía,
Absentismo
ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the direct medical costs of drug therapy of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) infection patients in hospital-based context. Methods: A cost-of-illness study conducted with a prospective cohort design with hospitalized adults infected by KPC. Data collection was p...
Antibacterianos/administración & dosificación,
Antibacterianos/economía,
Proteínas Bacterianas,
Costos de la Atención en Salud,
Hospitalización/economía,
Hospitalización/estadística & datos numéricos,
Pacientes Internos,
Infecciones por Klebsiella/tratamiento farmacológico,
Infecciones por Klebsiella/economía,
Infecciones por Klebsiella/microbiología,
Klebsiella pneumoniae/enzimología,
Klebsiella pneumoniae/aislamiento & purificación,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Estudios Prospectivos,
beta-Lactamasas
Abstract Different surgical treatment strategies for peri-implantitis with the use of graft material and membranes have been suggested without any longitudinal remarkable success rate. The present preliminary study was aimed to analyze a new clinical approach based on the disinfection of the implant conn...
Regeneración Ósea,
Prótesis Anclada al Hueso,
Implantes Dentales,
Desinfección/métodos,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Periimplantitis/diagnóstico por imagen,
Periimplantitis/cirugía,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Radiografía Dental,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Propiedades de Superficie,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento
OBJECTIVES: To assess the expression of decidual natural killer (dNK) cells and their cytokines in twin pregnancies with preeclampsia. METHODS: This was a prospective case-control study. The inclusion criteria were diamniotic (monochorionic or dichorionic) twin pregnancies in the third trimester with ne...
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Citocinas/sangre,
Citocinas/fisiología,
Decidua/citología,
Decidua/fisiología,
Inmunohistoquímica,
Células Asesinas Naturales/fisiología,
Preeclampsia/sangre,
Preeclampsia/fisiopatología,
Embarazo Gemelar,
Estudios Prospectivos
OBJECTIVES: The benefits of implementing point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the emergency department are well established. Ideally, physicians should be taught POCUS during medical school. Several different courses have been designed for that purpose and have yielded good results. However, medical stude...
OBJECTIVE: With the increasing prevalence of steatosis, the number of steatotic liver grafts from deceased donors is also increasing. Thus, determining the prevalence and the population risk factors of steatosis may assist in risk stratification. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and p...
Barbosa, Carlos José Dornas Gonçalves;
de Souza Barreiros, Renata;
Franci, André;
Arantes, Flávia Bittar Brito;
de Mendonça Furtado, Remo Holanda;
Strunz, Célia Maria Cassaro;
da Rocha, Tânia Rúbia Flores;
Baracioli, Luciano Moreira;
Ramires, José Antônio Franchini;
Kalil Filho, Roberto;
Nicolau, José Carlos.
OBJECTIVES: Ischemic stroke (IS) or transient ischemic attack (TIA) history is present in 4-17% of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). This subgroup of patients is at high risk for both ischemic and bleeding events. The aim of this study was to determine the role of platelet aggregability, coagu...
Coagulación Sanguínea/fisiología,
Pruebas de Coagulación Sanguínea,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/sangre,
Enfermedad de la Arteria Coronaria/fisiopatología,
Fibrinólisis/fisiología,
Ataque Isquémico Transitorio/sangre,
Ataque Isquémico Transitorio/fisiopatología,
Agregación Plaquetaria/fisiología,
Pruebas de Función Plaquetaria,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/sangre,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/fisiopatología