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A comunicação profissional de saúde-usuário(a) na doença renal crônica

Rev. Subj. (Impr.); 19 (1), 2019
A doença renal crônica (DRC) possui caráter irreversível e progressivo, levando a pessoa acometida à terapia renal substitutiva. Nesse contexto, a comunicação entre o/a profissional de saúde e o(a) usuário(a) é essencial, pois poderá viabilizar melhor compreensão da doença e das terapêutica...

Predictores de hospitalización prolongada en pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca aguda

Rev. colomb. cardiol; 26 (2), 2019
Resumen Introducción: la insuficiencia cardiaca aguda es la principal causa de hospitalización en adultos mayores de 65 años. La duración de las hospitalizaciones es un determinante del incremento en los costos por la atención hospitalaria. Objetivo: describir el perfil clínico de los pacientes...

Actualización en el estudio de granulomatosis con poliangeitis (granulomatosis de Wegener)

Rev. chil. radiol; 25 (1), 2019
Resumen:La granulomatosis con poliangeítis (GPA) es una vasculitis sistémica de pequeño vaso, que afecta más frecuentemente el tracto respiratorio y el riñón. Sus criterios diagnósticos se basan en la clínica, exámenes de laboratorio, imágenes e histología. El 90% son ANCA (anticuerpos anticit...

Recurrencia de Síndrome de Goodpasture con negativización de anticuerpos anti-membrana basal glomerular: caso clínico

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (3), 2019
Goodpasture Syndrome is described as a single episode disease entity. It is diagnosed with the demonstration of antiglomerular basement (anti-GBM) antibodies in plasma or renal tissue. Although the recurrence of anti-GBM disease is rare, it has been reported in up to 3% of cases. Recurrence with negative...

Glomerulopatía membranosa con glomerulonefritis necrosante. Una asociación infrecuente

Acta méd. colomb; 44 (1), 2019
Resumen Antecedentes: la asociación entre glomerulopatía membranosa y glomerulonefritis necrosante crescéntica es infrecuente: 0.4%, confiriendo un escenario de peor pronóstico. Se requieren estudios que precisen el esquema de tratamiento óptimo, sin embargo, el rápido inicio de terapia inmunosupr...

Most common histopathological patterns of the Minas Gerais Association of the Centers of Nephrology

SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: We analyzed the distribution and frequency of glomerular diseases in patients biopsied between 1992 and 2016 in centers that make up the AMICEN (Minas Gerais Association of Nephrology Centers). METHODS: We analyzed the biopsy reports of patients from 9 AMICEN nephrology centers. W...

Anti-interleukin-1 treatment among patients with familial Mediterranean fever resistant to colchicine treatment. Retrospective analysis

Säo Paulo med. j; 137 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Up to 5% of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) cases are unresponsive to colchicine, through resistance, side effects and toxicity. Anakinra is an alternative treatment for FMF patients whose disease remains uncontrolled with colchicine. We aimed to evaluate anti-interleukin-1 trea...

Laparoscopic renal biopsy

The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize producers to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the phy...

Fatores de risco modificáveis na sobrevida de pacientes submetidos à hemodiálise

Introdução: a doença renal crônica (DRC) é definida pela presença de alterações renais, por um período maior que três meses. Mesmo com a terapia de hemodiálise para substituir a função renal, há uma redução importante na sobrevida desses pacientes. Objetivo: avaliar o impacto dos fatores ...

Health literacy of individuals undergoing dialysis therapy

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the functional levels of health literacy in individuals undergoing dialysis. Method: a cross-sectional study with 42 patients of the Nephrology Unit of a public hospital in Recife, Brazil, from May to August 2016. Data were collected through scripted interviews and chart a...