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Oncological results of surgical treatment versus organ-function preservation in larynx and hypopharynx câncer

Summary Introduction: Since the beginning of the 1990s, non-surgical radiochemotherapy treatment has become popular with the prospect of maintaining oncological results and preserving the organ in patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx and hypopharynx. However, subsequent studies d...

Caracterización clínica, diagnóstica y quirúrgica de pacientes con mediastinitis aguda por perforación esofágica cervical y torácica
Clinical, diagnostic and surgical characterization of patients with acute mediastinitis due to cervical and thoracic esophageal perforation

Medisan; 21 (11), 2017
Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y transversal de 30 pacientes con mediastinitis aguda por perforación esofágica, operados en el Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico Saturnino Lora Torres de Santiago de Cuba, con vistas a caracterizarles desde los puntos de vista clínico, diagnóstico y qu...

Percepção da perda auditiva: utilização da escala subjetiva de faces para triagem auditiva em idosos

Resumo A presbiacusia é uma alteração prevalente na população idosa, porém subdiagnosticada, desta forma, é importante aprimorar instrumentos de triagem simples. A escala subjetiva de faces foi proposta como forma de avaliar a autopercepção auditiva do idoso e sua correlação com exames audiol...

Sobrevida de pacientes com AIDS e coinfecção pelo bacilo da tuberculose nas regiões Sul e Sudeste do Brasil

Resumo O presente estudo buscou analisar a sobrevida de pacientes com a coinfecção AIDS-Tuberculose por meio de um estudo de coorte retrospectivo de indivíduos com 13 anos ou mais e diagnóstico de AIDS notificados nos anos de 1998-99 e seguimento de 10 anos. Dos 2.091 casos de AIDS, 517 (24,7%) tinha...

Asociación entre variables demográficas y socioeconómicas y mortalidad por cirrosis y otras enfermedades del hígado

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (11), 2017
Background Cirrhosis is a serious public health problem worldwide. There are geographical, socioeconomic and demographic differences in mortality due to the disease. Aim To establish an association between mortality from cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases and socioeconomic and demographic indica...

Optimización perioperatoria del paciente anciano con fractura osteoporótica de cadera

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (11), 2017
The number of osteoporotic fractures is increasing along with population aging. Most patients with these type of fractures are older than 65 years, with multiple chronic conditions and different degrees of disability. Hip fracture is the most relevant osteoporotic fracture due to its frequency, costs, se...

Prognostic factors of the short-term outcomes of patients with hepatitis B virus-associated acute-on-chronic liver failure

Clinics; 72 (11), 2017
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of the baseline status of patients with hepatitis B virus-associated acute-on-chronic liver failure on short-term outcomes. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted that included a total of 138 patients with hepatitis B virus-associated acute-on-chronic liver fai...

Características de los casos graves de influenza en la provincia de Santa Fe durante el año 2016
Characteristics of severe influenza cases in Santa Fe province during the year 2016

Actual. SIDA. infectol; 25 (96), 2017
Introducción: La infección por influenza puede conllevar a graves compli-caciones, y poner en riesgo la vida. El objetivo de este trabajo fue des-cribir las características de los casos graves confirmados de influenza en la Provincia de Santa Fe durante el año 2016. Materiales y métodos: Descripció...

Importance of Clinical and Laboratory Findings in the Diagnosis and Surgical Prognosis of Patients with Constrictive Pericarditis

Arq. bras. cardiol; 109 (5), 2017
Abstract Background: International studies have reported the value of the clinical profile and laboratory findings in the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis. However, Brazilian population data are scarce. Objective: To assess the clinical characteristics, sensitivity of imaging tests and factors re...