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Effect of cilostazol in experimental model of degloving injuries in rat limbs

Acta cir. bras; 33 (4), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the effect of the cilostazol on the evolution of partially avulsed flaps, using experimental model of cutaneous degloving in rat limbs. Methods: A controlled and randomized experimental study was carried out in which the blood flow and the percentage of flap necrosis were ...

Evaluation of prophylactic and therapeutic effects of sildenafil on acute radiation proctitis in rats

Acta cir. bras; 33 (4), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To investigate the prophylactic and therapeutical effects of sildenafil in a model of acute radiation proctitis (ARP). Methods: All experimental procedures of this study was examined by histopathological, immunohistochemical and transmission electron microscopic analysis. Results: ...

The protection effect and mechanism of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in rat brain with traumatic injury

Acta cir. bras; 33 (4), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To investigate the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcome. Methods: The modified Marmarou's weight drop device was used to generate non-lethal moderate TBI rat model, and further developed in vitro astrocytes culturing system. Then, we anal...

Impact of dexmedetomidine on hemodynamics in rabbits

Acta cir. bras; 33 (4), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the effects of single intravenous administration of Dexmedetomidine (DEX) on hemodynamics in rabbits. Methods: A total of 32 New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into the control group (Group C), Group D1 (2.75 μg/kg), Group D2 (5.5 μg/kg), and Group ...

Action of a deproteinized xenogenic biomaterial in the process of bone repair in rats submitted to inhalation of cigarette smoke

Acta cir. bras; 33 (4), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To investigate if the inorganic bovine bone matrix changes the bone formation in rats submitted to inhalation of cigarette smoke. Methods: Twenty Wistar rats were divided into two groups: Cigarette Clot Group (CCG), which in the inhalation chamber received the smoke of 10 cigarettes...

Calf circumference: clinical validation for evaluation of muscle mass in the elderly

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To validate calf circumference as a technology for assessing muscle mass in the elderly. Method: Cross-sectional study with 132 elderly people from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. Decreased muscle mass was determined by the skeletal muscle mass index (IME) using Dual Energy X-Ray Absortom...

Validation and reliability of the scale Self-efficacy and their child's level of asthma control

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties in terms of validity and reliability of the scale Self-efficacy and their child's level of asthma control: Brazilian version. Method: Methodological study in which 216 parents/guardians of children with asthma participated. A construct validat...

Construction and validation of forms: systematization of the care of people under hemodialysis

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: create and validate forms to subsidize the systematization of nursing care with people on hemodialysis. Method: institutional case study to support the systematization of assistance from the construction of forms for data collection, diagnoses, interventions and nursing results, usi...

Laparoscopic nephrectomy outside gerota fascia and en bloc ligation of the renal hilum for management of inflammatory renal diseases

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aims to improve laparoscopic nephrectomy techniques for inflammatory renal diseases (IRD) and to reduce complications. Materials and Methods Thirty-three patients underwent laparoscopic nephrectomy for IRD, with a method of outside Gerota fascia dissection and en-bloc lig...

OAB score: A clinical model that predicts the probability of presenting overactive detrusor in the urodynamic study

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Purpose To create a predictive model of involuntary detrusor contraction (IDC) to improve the diagnostic accuracy of overactive detrusor (OAD), associating overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms with other clinical parameters in the female population. Materials and Methods A total of 727 women were...