OBJECTIVES: Negative-pressure wound therapy has been widely adopted to reduce the complexity of treating a broad range of acute and chronic wounds. However, its cost is high. The objective of this study was to evaluate the following two different methods of negative-pressure wound therapy in terms of hea...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of pain on quality of life in breast cancer patients. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 400 patients, including 118 without metastasis, 160 with loco-regional metastasis and 122 with distant metastasis. The instruments used were the European Organization for Resear...
OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of vasopressin on the microcirculation and to develop a predictive model to estimate the probability of microcirculatory recruitment in patients with septic shock. METHODS: This prospective interventional study included patients with septic shock receiving noradrenaline ...
Quimioterapia Combinada,
Microcirculación/efectos de los fármacos,
Norepinefrina/administración & dosificación,
Norepinefrina/farmacología,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Choque Séptico/tratamiento farmacológico,
Choque Séptico/fisiopatología,
Vasoconstrictores/administración & dosificación,
Vasoconstrictores/farmacología,
Vasopresinas/administración & dosificación,
Vasopresinas/farmacología
Abstract Introduction: Health-related quality of life is used to denote that portion of the quality of life that is influenced by the person's health. Objectives: To compare the health-related quality of life of individuals with vestibular disorders of peripheral origin by analyzing functional, emotion...
Análisis de Varianza,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Evaluación de la Discapacidad,
Mareo/diagnóstico,
Mareo/fisiopatología,
Mareo/terapia,
Enfermedad de Meniere/diagnóstico,
Enfermedad de Meniere/fisiopatología,
Enfermedad de Meniere/terapia,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Calidad de Vida,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Factores Sexuales,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Factores de Tiempo,
Vértigo/diagnóstico,
Vértigo/fisiopatología,
Vértigo/terapia,
Neuronitis Vestibular/diagnóstico,
Neuronitis Vestibular/fisiopatología,
Neuronitis Vestibular/terapia
Abstract Introduction: Nasal polyposis is often found in patients with cystic fibrosis. Objective: To assess the incidence of nasal polyposis, the response to medical treatment, recurrence and the need for surgical intervention in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis during a three-year follow...
Corticoesteroides/uso terapéutico,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Fibrosis Quística/complicaciones,
Fibrosis Quística/epidemiología,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Incidencia,
Cavidad Nasal/diagnóstico por imagen,
Cavidad Nasal/patología,
Pólipos Nasales/complicaciones,
Pólipos Nasales/tratamiento farmacológico,
Pólipos Nasales/epidemiología,
Pólipos Nasales/patología,
Cirugía Endoscópica por Orificios Naturales/métodos,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Recurrencia,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento
ABSTRACT Purpose: Robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) presents challenges for the surgeon, especially during the initial learning curve. We aimed to evaluate early and mid-term functional outcomes and complications related to vesicourethral anastomosis (VUA), in patients who underwent RARP, du...
Anastomosis Quirúrgica/efectos adversos,
Anastomosis Quirúrgica/métodos,
Hospitales Universitarios,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Prostatectomía/efectos adversos,
Prostatectomía/métodos,
Neoplasias de la Próstata/cirugía,
Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Robotizados/efectos adversos,
Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Robotizados/métodos,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Uretra/cirugía,
Vejiga Urinaria/cirugía
Abstract Background: Acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF) presents high morbidity and mortality in spite of therapeutic advance. Identifying factors of worst prognosis is important to improve assistance during the hospital phase and follow-up after discharge. The use of echocardiography for diagno...
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
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic esophagitis is an emerging disease featured by eosinophilic esophageal infiltrate not responsive to proton pump inhibitors. OBJECTIVE: To characterize histological features of children and adolescents with eosinophilic esophagitis. METHODS: Cross-sectional study in...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Alcoholism and alcoholic liver disease are both considered worldwide health problems. OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of alcohol dependence, the associated risk factors and the concordance between the prevalence found and the data collected during the medical visit were evaluated. MET...
