Introducción: el asma grave es una de las pocas enfermedades que mantiene tasas de mortalidad iguales desde hace décadas.
Objetivo: presentar la evolución clínico-anestesiológica de una paciente con antecedentes de asma bronquial grave y obesidad mórbida, propuesta para resección de una estenosis ...
Duarte, Péricles A D;
Costa, Jaquilene Barreto;
Duarte, Silvana Trilo;
Taba, Sheila;
Lordani, Claudia Regina Felicetti;
Osaku, Erica Fernanda;
Costa, Claudia Rejane Lima Macedo;
Miglioranza, Dalas Cristina;
Gund, Daniela Prochnow;
Jorge, Amaury Cesar.
OBJECTIVES: To describe the experience of an outpatient clinic with the multidisciplinary evaluation of intensive care unit survivors and to analyze their social, psychological, and physical characteristics in a low-income population and a developing country. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study. Adult s...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedad Crítica/mortalidad,
Enfermedad Crítica/psicología,
Depresión/etiología,
Hospitalización,
Hospitales Universitarios,
Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos/estadística & datos numéricos,
Calidad de Vida,
Enfermedades Respiratorias/etiología,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Sobrevivientes/psicología,
Sobrevivientes/estadística & datos numéricos
Abstract Background: Clinical studies demonstrate that up to 40% of patients do not respond to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), thus, appropriate patient selection is critical to the success of CRT in heart failure. Objective: Evaluation of mortality predictors and response to CRT in the Brazil...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Bloqueo de Rama/mortalidad,
Bloqueo de Rama/cirugía,
Terapia de Resincronización Cardíaca/métodos,
Terapia de Resincronización Cardíaca/mortalidad,
Desfibriladores Implantables/efectos adversos,
Ecocardiografía,
Insuficiencia Cardíaca/fisiopatología,
Hospitales,
Enfermedades Pulmonares Obstructivas/fisiopatología,
Infarto del Miocardio/fisiopatología,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Análisis de Supervivencia,
Tasa de Supervivencia
Abstract The best approach of multivessel coronary artery disease in the context of acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation and primary percutaneous coronary intervention is one of the main reasons for controversy in cardiology. Although the main global guidelines do not recommend routine c...
Viana, Mateus dos Santos;
Lopes, Fernanda;
Cerqueira Junior, Antonio Mauricio dos Santos;
Suerdieck, Jessica Gonzalez;
Silva, André Barcelos da;
Silva, Ana Clara Barcelos da;
Souza, Thiago Menezes Barbosa de;
Carvalhal, Manuela Campelo;
Rabelo, Marcia Maria Noya;
Correia, Luis Claudio Lemos.
Abstract Background: When performing coronary angiography in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the anatomical extent of coronary disease usually prevails in the prognostic reasoning. It has not yet been proven if clinical data should be accounted for in risk stratification together with anato...
Síndrome Coronario Agudo/diagnóstico,
Síndrome Coronario Agudo/mortalidad,
Angiografía Coronaria,
Técnicas de Apoyo para la Decisión,
Mortalidad Hospitalaria,
Modelos Logísticos,
Datos de Salud Generados por el Paciente,
Intervención Coronaria Percutánea/mortalidad,
Pronóstico,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Curva ROC,
Factores de Riesgo
Introducción: los quistes coloideos (QC) son tumores benignos de crecimiento lento, que comprenden menos del 1% de los tumores intracraneales. Se presentan en adultos jóvenes y se ubican más frecuentemente en el techo del tercer ventrículo. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar una serie de pacien...
ABSTRACT We compared the discriminatory capacity of the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) versus the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) score for predicting ICU mortality, need for and length of mechanical ventilation, ICU stay, and hospitalization in patients with suspected infectio...
ABSTRACT Biochemical markers produced by the affected organ or body in response to disease have gained high clinical value due to assess disease development and being excellent predictors of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to analyze different biochemical markers in critically cancer pa...
Abstract Introduction: The lungs are often involved in a variety of complications after kidney transplantation. Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is one of the most serious manifestations of pulmonary involvement. Objective: To describe the main causes of ARF in kidney transplant patients who require int...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze mortality from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in Brazil over the period 1979-2014. Methods: Microdata were extracted from the Brazilian National Ministry of Health Mortality Database. Only deaths for which the underlying cause was coded as International Classificatio...
