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Nível de ansiedade de crianças no pré-operatório: avaliação segundo a Escala de Yale modificada

Objetivo: determinar o grau de ansiedade de crianças hospitalizadas de acordo com a aplicação da Escala de Ansiedade Pré-operatória de Yale modificada (EAPY-m). Método: estudo com abordagem quantitativa desenvolvido pelo método estatístico descritivo. O projeto de pesquisa foi aprovado pelo Comit...

Hypotension and bradycardia before spinal anesthesia

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 67 (5), 2017
Abstract I report a case of hypotension and bradycardia before spinal anesthesia in a pregnant woman with mild to moderate hypertension treated with nifedipine and methyldopa, scheduled for an elective cesarean delivery. She had the history of neurally-mediated syncopes. Two main factors (increased vagal...

Prevalence and Prediction of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Primary Heart Valve Surgery

Arq. bras. cardiol; 109 (4), 2017
Abstract Background: The prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in valvular patients is similar to that of the general population, with the usual association with traditional risk factors. Nevertheless, the search for obstructive CAD is more aggressive in the preoperative period of patients with va...

Tadalafil: protective action against the development of multiple organ failure syndrome

Abstract Introduction: Multiple organ failure syndrome (MOFS) is a pathology associated to unspecified and severe trauma, characterized by elevated morbidity and mortality. The complex inflammatory MOFS-related reactions generate important ischemia-reperfusion responses in the induction of this syndrome...

Wound natural healing in treatment of tumor-like hypertrophic scar

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (4), 2017
Abstract: Background: Surgical sutures, wound tension, additional skin incisions and other factors may result in recurrence of tumor-like scar. Objective: To investigate the role of wound natural healing therapy in tumor-like hypertrophic scar. Methods: In this study, tumor-like hypertrophic scars of ...

Association of 5-HT2C (rs3813929) and UCP3 (rs1800849) gene polymorphisms with type 2 diabetes in obese women candidates for bariatric surgery

ABSTRACT Objective Obesity can cause systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) factor that is also influenced by genetic variability. The present study aims to investigate the association between gene polymorphisms related with obesity on the prevalence of SAH and DM2 in t...

Intermittent left bundle branch block - reversal to normal conduction during general anesthesia

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 67 (4), 2017
Abstract Background and objectives: Transient changes in intraoperative cardiac conduction are uncommon. Rare cases of the development or remission of complete left bundle branch block under general and locoregional anesthesia associated with myocardial ischemia, hypertension, tachycardia, and drugs hav...

The relationship between preoperative anxiety levels and vasovagal incidents during the administration of spinal anesthesia

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 67 (4), 2017
Abstract Background: It was aimed to investigate the relationship between preoperative anxiety and vasovagal symptoms observed during the administration of spinal anesthesia in patients undergoing surgery in the perianal and inguinal regions. Methods: The study included patients with planned surgery fo...

Ansiedade e depressão no período pré-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca

Rev Rene (Online); 18 (3), 2017
Objetivo: analisar na literatura científica a frequência da ansiedade e a depressão no período pré-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca. Métodos: trata-se de uma revisão integrativa, cujo corpus de análise foi composto por 17 artigos, em uma busca realizada nas plataformas MEDLINE (Pubmed), SCOPUS, ...

Analysis of obese patients' medical conditions in the pre and postoperative periods of bariatric surgery

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 44 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: to compare the clinical conditions of obese patients in the pre and postoperative period of bariatric surgery. Methods: we carried out a descriptive, retrospective, quantitative study by consulting the charts of 134 patients who underwent bariatric surgery in the period from 2009 ...