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Serum adipocytokine profile and metabolic syndrome in young adult female dermatomyositis patients

Clinics; 71 (12), 2016
OBJECTIVES: To analyse the frequency of metabolic syndrome in young adult female dermatomyositis patients and its possible association with clinical and laboratory dermatomyositis-related features and serum adipocytokines. METHOD: This cross-sectional study included 35 dermatomyositis patients and 48 he...

Acupuntura y masaje: auxiliar en el tratamiento de pacientes con hipertension y diabetes en el Ejido Cuitláhuac de Tacotalpa

ResumenIntroducción.En enfermería ha destacado la inclusión de medicina tradicional y alternativa como disciplina para prevenir, diagnosticar, tratar y rehabilitar al paciente con técnicas de masaje y acupuntura. En la revista Salud Mundial la OMS enlista enfermedades que pueden ser tratadas con dich...

Bases genéticas y moleculares de la enfermedad arterial hipertensiva

Medicentro (Villa Clara); 20 (4), 2016
La hipertensión arterial es una enfermedad común, que constituye un factor de riesgo de enfermedad cardiovascular, y causa alrededor de 13,5 millones de muertes anuales en el mundo. Más de 65 millones de personas en los Estados Unidos, y un billón en el mundo padecen de hipertensión arterial; en Cub...

Nodular glomerulosclerosis in a non-diabetic hypertensive, dyslipidemic, smoker patient: a case report

J. bras. nefrol; 38 (4), 2016
Abstract Introduction: This is a case report of a patient with idiopathic nodular glomerulosclerosis whose pathogenesis and morphology are similar to diabetic nephropathy. Case presentation: A 64-year-old Brazilian man, leukoderma, dyslipidemic, obese with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease secondar...

Serum uric acid and its association with hypertension, early nephropathy and chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetic patients

J. bras. nefrol; 38 (4), 2016
Abstract Introduction: Early detection diabetic nephropathy (DN) is important. Whether serum uric acid (SUA) has a role in the development of DN is not known. Objective: To study the relationship between SUA and hypertension, early nephropathy and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in type 2 d...

Influence of breastfeeding in the first months of life on blood pressure levels of preschool children

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (6), 2016
Abstract Objective: To investigate whether breastfeeding in early life affects blood pressure of preschoolers. Methods: Cross-sectional study nested in a cohort from a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. All children in the cohort were invited for this study. Thus, between 2009 and 2010,...

Adesão ao tratamento dietético e evolução nutricional e clínica de pacientes com diabetes mellitus tipo 2
Adherence to the nutrition treatment and clinical evolution of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

HU rev; 42 (4), 2016
O Diabetes Mellitus (DM) acomete pessoas em todo o mundo. O conhecimento acerca das características da doença e sobre a adesão ao tratamento nutricional em pacientes ambulatoriais é fundamental para um melhor controle da patologia. Esse estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a adesão ao tratamento diet...

Body mass index, blood pressure and electrocardiogram for screening in healthy children at Pilar City, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012

Med. UIS; 29 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Introduction: obesity is frequent in argentinian children and arterial hypertension affects 2.4% of scholars. Objective: the objectives of the present study are to evaluate the prevalence of obesity and hypertension and their association, and to analyze the ability of electrocardiograms to de...

Diagnosis and underdiagnosis of comorbidities in psoriasis patients - need for a multidisciplinary approach

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (6), 2016
Abstract BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease that manifests predominantly in the skin, although systemic involvement may also occur. Although associated comorbidities have long been recognized and despite several studies indicating psoriasis as an independent risk factor for cardiovascul...

Psoriasis comorbidities: complications and benefits of immunobiological treatment

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (6), 2016
Abstract During the last decade, different studies have converged to evidence the high prevalence of comorbidities in subjects with psoriasis. Although a causal relation has not been fully elucidated, genetic relation, inflammatory pathways and/or common environmental factors appear to be underlying the ...