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Type II and III selective fetal growth restriction: perinatal outcomes of expectant management and laser ablation of placental vessels

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVES: To describe the perinatal outcomes of type II and III selective fetal growth restriction (sFGR) in monochorionic-diamniotic (MCDA) twin pregnancies treated with expectant management or laser ablation of placental vessels (LAPV). METHODS: Retrospective analysis of cases of sFGR that received ...

Costs and mortality rates of surgical approaches to hysterectomy in Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the costs of hysterectomies performed in Brazil due to benign conditions, and to assess its hospital admittance and mortality rates. METHODS A retrospective cohort was carried out from January 2010 to December 2014, analyzing all hysterectomies (n = 428,346) registered on ...

Trend of oral and pharyngeal cancer mortality in Brazil in the period of 2002 to 2013

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the trend of oral and pharyngeal cancer mortality rates in the period of 2002 to 2013 in Brazil according to sex, anatomical site, and macroregion of the country. METHODS The mortality data were obtained from the Mortality Information System and the population data were ob...

El tratamiento antituberculoso intensificado en adultos con meningitis tuberculosa no reduce la mortalidad
Intensified antituberculosis treatment in adults with tuberculous meningitis does not reduce mortality

Los stents liberadores de everolimus podrían ser una alternativa a la cirugía de revascularización miocárdica en pacientes con compromiso de tronco de coronaria izquierda, sin alto riesgo
Everolimus-eluting stents could be an alternative to bypass surgery for non-high-risk patients with left main coronary artery disease

Results of the implementation of integrated care after cardiorespiratory arrest in a university hospital

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the care measures performed after cardiorespiratory arrest (CRA) and to relate them to the neurological status and survival at four moments: within the first 24 hours, at the discharge, six months after discharge, and one year after discharge. Method: retrospective, ana...

Semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales

ABSTRACT Objective: to perform the semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales, intended to measure the empathetic and systemizing profiles of individuals. The scales originated in Cambridge and were validated in Portugal, and were assessed for their psychometric...

Tendência e causa múltipla de óbito por insuficiência renal crônica em município da Amazônia brasileira

Resumo O presente estudo buscou observar a tendência de mortalidade por insuficiência renal crônica (IRC) e verificar as causas básicas e associadas na capital do Acre, Amazônia brasileira. Para tanto, foi realizado um estudo ecológico com dados de óbitos por IRC do DATASUS ocorridos entre 1986 e ...

Mortalidad por peritonitis secundaria en el Hospital General Docente Dr Agostinho Neto de Guantánamo. Factores determinantes
Mortality due to secondary peritonitis in the General Teaching Hospital Dr Agostinho Neto from Guantánamo. Determining factors

Rev. inf. cient; 97 (1), 2018
Introducción: en la unidad de cuidados intensivos no siempre se conocen los factores que determinan el pronóstico del paciente con peritonitis. Objetivo: precisar los factores determinantes de la mortalidad por peritonitis secundaria en esta unidad en el Hospital “Dr. Agostinho Neto” durante los a...

A inadequação da classificação oficial dos acidentes de trabalho no Brasil

Tradicionalmente, os acidentes do trabalho no Brasil vêm sendo categorizados em documentos governamentais, bem como em textos jurídicos e acadêmicos, como típicos e de trajeto. Face ao aumento da violência urbana e à precarização do trabalho em décadas recentes, discute-se a inadequação concei...