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Avaliação da veia cava inferior na decisão de fluidoterapia em cuidados intensivos: implicações práticas

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 ...

Toma de decisiones para el tratamiento de caries oclusales en el sistema de salud público brasileño
Decision-making for the treatment of occlusal caries in the Brazilian public health system

Rev. cuba. estomatol; 56 (2), 2019
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...

Rational use of diagnostic tests for clinical decision making

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...

Bases científicas del razonamiento clínico: inferencia Bayesiana

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (2), 2019
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...

CardioER® - Using smartphone medical applications as an aid to clinical decision-making - are we ready for this?

Displasia fibrosa: parámetros a considerar para la decisión quirúrgica
Fibrous dysplasia: parameters to be considered for surgical decision making

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...

Value-based medicine in oncology: the importance of perspective in the emerging value frameworks

Clinics; 73 (supl.1), 2018
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 (...

Abordaje “paso a paso” para el manejo de lactantes febriles
Step by step approach for the management of young febrile infants

Do not attempt resuscitation orders at the emergency department of a teaching hospital

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 15 (4), 2017
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...