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Lesão por pressão decorrente do posicionamento cirúrgico e fatores associados

Resumo Objetivo: Analisar a ocorrência de lesão por pressão decorrente do posicionamento cirúrgico e os fatores associados. Método: Estudo observacional, longitudinal, realizado com 239 pacientes submetidos à cirurgia eletiva. Para coleta de dados, utilizou-se instrumento de caracterização soci...

Construction and validation of the neonatal nutritional risk screening tool

ABSTRACT Objective: To develop and validate both the content and reliability of the Neonatal Nutritional Risk Screening Tool (FARNNeo). Methods: Methodological study, convergent care. The instrument was built prior to the literature review and was analyzed by eight judges, during three cycles of the ...

Bar, soft and dri post-hepatic transplantation: what is the best for survival analysis?

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 34 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Background: Liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with terminal liver disease. The Balance of Risk Score (BAR), Survival Outcomes Following Liver Transplantation (SOFT) and Donor Risk Index (DRI) scores are predictive systems for post-transplant survival. Aim: To evalua...

Consideraciones anestésicas en lupus eritematoso sistémico

Rev Chil Anest; 50 (4), 2021
INTRODUCTION: Sistemyc lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoinmune disease associated to severe organ damage and mortality. SLE patients have a higher surgical risk. The objective of this article is to review the systemic manifestations of SLE and how they can challenge the anesthetic management, so a saf...

Risk stratification in acute variceal bleeding: Far from an ideal score

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
OBJECTIVES: Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) results from rupture of esophageal or gastric varices. It is a life-threatening complication of portal hypertension. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how to predict adverse outcomes and identify high-risk patients. In variceal hemorrhage, high Child-Turcotte-Pugh...

Risk factors for fine and gross motor development in preterm and term infants

CoDAS; 33 (6), 2021
ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate the association of sociodemographic, obstetrical and psychosocial factors with fine and gross motor developmental delay in preterm and term infants, in the age group of three months and one day to twelve months and twenty-nine days. Methods The term and preterm infants w...

Inappropriate screening of obstructive coronary artery disease during pre-anesthesia assessment of candidates for non-cardiac surgery

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 54 (2), 2021
Preoperative evaluation in elective surgeries has been associated with successful surgical treatment. However, there is no solid scientific evidence that screening for coronary artery disease (CAD) reduces surgical risk. The aims of this study were to describe the frequency of inappropriate investigation...

Interacción entre los determinantes medioambientales y socioeconómicos para el riesgo para leishmaniasis cutánea en América Latina

RESUMEN Objetivo. Determinar y caracterizar áreas de riesgo potencial de la ocurrencia de leishmaniasis cutánea (LC) en América Latina (AL). Método. Estudio observacional ecológico con unidades de observación definidas por municipios con transmisión de LC entre 2014-2018. Se utilizaron variables...

Road traffic injuries and substance use among emergency department patients in the Dominican Republic and Peru

ABSTRACT Objective. To report demographic and substance use characteristics and risk of road traffic injury (RTI) from alcohol use, cannabis use, and combined use in a sample of emergency department patients from two countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Methods. A cross-sectional study in whic...

Evaluación del impacto de las medidas no farmacológicas contra las enfermedades por COVID-19 e influenza en Hong Kong: estudio observacional
Impact assessment of non-pharmacological measures against COVID-19 and influenza diseases in Hong Kong: an observational study