Abstract Objective: To measure the concentration of cefazolin in the anterior mediastinal adipose tissue of patients undergoing cardiac surgery, determining the variation of cefazolin concentration. Methods: Two samples of approximately 1g of subcutaneous tissue were collected from 19 patients who unde...
ABSTRACT Objective Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have an increased risk of metabolic disorders and alterations on irisin levels. Therefore, the purpose of the current investigation was to quantify the circulating irisin concentration in HIV-infected subjects under highly...
Abstract Objective: To develop and validate equations to estimate the percentage of body fat of children and adolescents from Mexico using anthropometric measurements. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 601 children and adolescents from Mexico aged 5-19 years. The participants were r...
Introdução: a obesidade, uma pandemia mundial, é uma condição clínica que se relaciona com diversas comorbidades, como a hipertensão arterial, que pode ser farmacologicamente tratada com Losartan. A complexidade da obesidade associada ao uso de medicamentos poderia programar metabolicamente divers...
ABSTRACT Hemosiderotic fibrohistiocytic lipomatous tumors are rare neoplasms that were first described in 2000. Initially considered a benign lipotamous lesion of the soft tissues, nowadays they are considered to be a locally aggressive tumor. They occur mainly in the foot and ankle of women in their fif...
Resumen Introducción: la acumulación de tejido adiposo epicárdico se asocia con obesidad y aumento en la prevalencia, severidad y recurrencia posteriores a la ablación de la fibrilación auricular. Dentro de los mecanismos implicados se considera un estado proinflamatorio que lleva al remodelamient...
Abstract Adipose tissue is a vital component of the human body, but in excess, it represents a risk to health. According to the World Health Organization, one of the main factors determining excessive body adiposity is the dietary habit. This systematic review investigated longitudinal studies that asses...
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate local and systemic recurrence of breast cancer in patients submitted to autologous fat grafting in the immediate reconstruction after conservative surgery for breast cancer. Methods: this is a historical cohort study comparing 167 patients submitted to conservative sur...
