RESUMO A ressuscitação hídrica do paciente em falência circulatória aguda tem como um de seus objetivos aumentar o volume sistólico e, consequentemente, o débito cardíaco, para melhor oxigenação dos tecidos. Contudo, isso não se verifica em cerca de metade dos pacientes, que são considerados ...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Caries diagnosis errors have become a public health problem. Objective: Verify the consistency in terms of decision-making between Brazilian dentists from the country's public health system and the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS), and evaluate the i...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To assist clinicians to make adequate interpretation of scientific evidence from studies that evaluate diagnostic tests in order to allow their rational use in clinical practice. METHODS: This is a narrative review focused on the main concepts, study designs, the adequate interpretat...
A conceptual analysis of diagnostic reasoning in clinical practice is carried out. Using Bayesian inference as an alternative to frequentist inference usually used in science, clinical reasoning uses the scientific method step by step. The concepts of scientific method, probability, statistics and Bayesi...
Introducción: La displasia fibrosa es una patología benigna, poco frecuente, que afecta los huesos, se caracteriza por remplazo gradual del tejido óseo por fibroso, que genera alteraciones óseas estéticas y funcionales; histológicamente presenta una proliferación excesiva de las células mesenquim...
Recently, professional and healthcare-related entities have launched frameworks designed to assess the value of cancer innovations in multistakeholder decision processes. Among the most visible entities that propose and implement value frameworks in oncology are the European Society of Medical Oncology (...
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify factors associated with not attempting resuscitation. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted at the emergency department of a teaching hospital. The sample consisted of 285 patients; in that, 216 were submitted to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and 69 were not. The da...