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Predictive value of mean platelet volume in saphenous vein graft disease

Abstract Objective: To determine whether mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and platelet count could be used as determinants of mortality following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and patency of saphenous vein grafts (SVG). Methods: The records of 128 patients wh...

Predictors of postoperative acute kidney injury after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Abstract Objective: The aims of this study were to identify the risk factors associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) after isolated surgical revascularization with cardiopulmonary bypass and to develop a model to predict the appearance of postoperative AKI. Methods: A total of 435 adult patients who ...

Ebstein's anomaly: "The one and a half ventricle heart"

Abstract Objective: Ebstein's anomaly remains a relatively ignored disease. Lying in the 'No Man's land' between congenital and valve surgeons, it largely remains inadequately studied. We report our short-term results of treating it as a 'one and a half ventricle heart' and propose that the true tricusp...

Diagnóstico de factores de riesgo asociados a defectos de pared abdominal a mujeres con descendencia afectada. Provincia Matanzas, enero 2013-enero 2016
Diagnosis of risk factors associated to abdominal wall defects in women with affected descendants. Province of Matanzas, January 2013-January 2016

Rev. medica electron; 40 (4), 2018
Introducción: los defectos de pared abdominal constituyen un espectro de malformaciones anatómicas estructurales de etiología diversa, con severidad y pronóstico variable. Los factores de riesgo son disímiles, muchos modificables. Objetivo: identificar los factores de riesgo asociados a defectos de...

Cáncer de mama en mujeres jóvenes. Presentación de dos casos
Breast cancer in young women. Presentation of two cases

Rev. medica electron; 40 (4), 2018
RESUMEN El cáncer de mama es una enfermedad frecuente que constituye un problema de salud de gran repercusión en la población femenina, por su alta incidencia y mortalidad. El diagnóstico y tratamiento de esta enfermedad produce en las mujeres afectadas una gran incertidumbre y sentimientos de falta ...

Síndrome de Turcot
Turcotꞌs syndrome

Rev. medica electron; 40 (4), 2018
RESUMEN Se presenta a una paciente de 27 años de edad, con varios ingresos en el Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente “José Ramón López Tabrane”, de Matanzas. Por presentar clínica compatible con pólipos de colon, corroborados por videocolonoscopia, diagnosticados en marzo de 2015. Po...

Experience of treatment of prosthetic valve endocarditis: a retrospective single-center cross-sectional study

Säo Paulo med. j; 136 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to describe the experience of treatment of early prosthetic valve endocarditis at a heart center. DESIGN AND SETTING: Retrospective single-center study on data collected from electronic medical records covering the period from January 2009 to December 20...

Prolonged survival after surgical resection of cerebral metastasis from melanoma with multisystemic metastasis already present: a case report and literature review

Säo Paulo med. j; 136 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Malignant melanoma is the third most common cause of cerebral metastases after breast and lung cancer. Despite advances in therapeutic options, the prognosis for patients with cerebral metastases from melanoma remains poor, with a median survival time of six months after diagnosis. CA...

Prognostic Impact of Iron Metabolism Changes in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Arq. bras. cardiol; 111 (2), 2018
Abstract Background: Iron metabolism disorders have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. However, the prognostic impact on patients (pts) with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has yet to be clarified. Objective: To determine the prognostic value of serum iron and ferritin level...

Utilidad del índice de choque para predecir la mortalidad en pacientes pediátricos con sepsis grave o choque séptico

Resumen Introducción: La sepsis en pediatría es la principal causa de muerte hospitalaria. Se han intentado crear herramientas que faciliten su identificación, como el índice de choque (IC), definido como el cociente entre frecuencia cardíaca y tensión arterial sistólica. El objetivo de este tra...