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Mayor mortalidad materna por aborto en Cuba que en Chile, 2000-2015
Higher maternal mortality from abortion in Cuba than in Chile, 2000-2015

RESUMEN Antecedentes: La muerte materna por aborto inseguro es un severo problema de salud pública, países con leyes de aborto liberales tendrían menor riesgo de aborto inseguro y de mortalidad por aborto. Cuba tiene una legislación que no penaliza el aborto inducido, mientras en Chile es ilegal en ...

The influence of clinical, environmental, and socioeconomic factors on five-year patient survival after kidney transplantation

J. bras. nefrol; 40 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Introduction: The risk of death after kidney transplant is associated with the age of the recipient, presence of comorbidities, socioeconomic status, local environmental characteristics and access to health care. Objective: To investigate the causes and risk factors associated with death durin...

There is an association between disease location and gestational age at birth in newborns submitted to surgery due to necrotizing enterocolitis

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 94 (3), 2018
Abstract Objectives To evaluate if there are differences regarding disease location and mortality of necrotizing enterocolitis, according to the gestational age at birth, in newborns submitted to surgery due to enterocolite. Methods A historical cohort study of 198 newborns submitted to surgery due to ...

Sepse neonatal: mortalidade em município do sul do brasil, 2000 a 2013

RESUMO Objetivo: Descrever o coeficiente de mortalidade neonatal por sepse e outras causas, além das características maternas, gestacionais, do parto, do recém-nascido e do óbito em Londrina, Paraná. Métodos: Estudo transversal e de séries temporais. Foram estudados óbitos neonatais que conti...

Vaginal cuff recurrence after radical cystectomy: an under - studied site of bladder cancer relapse

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Introduction: Vaginal cuff recurrence of tumor following radical cystectomy is a rare site of disease recurrence, however it has never been specifically studied. The aim of the study is to evaluate incidence, risk factors, and long-term oncologic outcomes of vaginal cuff recur- rence in a cohor...

Burden of Paediatric Sepsis in a Tertiary Centre from a Developing Country

West Indian med. j; 67 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Background: Sepsis causes significant paediatric morbidity and mortality in developing countries. This paper describes the outcome of paediatric sepsis in the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Jamaica, using administrative data from hospital records from 2010 to 2014. Objective: T...

Chronic Kidney Disease in the Caribbean Island of Antigua: Causes, Morbidity and Mortality Factors

West Indian med. j; 67 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its associated high morbidity and mortality cause a significant economic burden and decreased quality of life in affected patients in Antigua, the rest of the Caribbean and globally. The causes of CKD in Antigua, morbidity and mortality factors affec...

Association of body mass index with short-term outcomes after cardiac surgery: retrospective study and meta-analysis

Medicina (B.Aires); 78 (3), 2018
The relationship between higher body mass index (BMI), decreased morbidity and mortality is known as the "obesity paradox", and has been described in cohorts of patients with hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, coronary and peripheral artery diseases, non-cardiac surgery, and end-stage renal disease. ...