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Características e fatores associados à hospitalização nos primeiros anos de vida: coorte de nascimentos de Pelotas de 2004, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Resumo: A hospitalização é um evento frequente nos primeiros anos de vida. No Brasil, a Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios de 2008 registrou uma taxa de hospitalização de 9% entre crianças menores de quatro anos. O estudo objetivou descrever as características da hospitalização nos sei...

Relationship between anterior segment and optic nerve head parameters in healthy subjects

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (5), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine the relationship between anterior segment and optic nerve head (ONH) parameters. Methods: Two hundred healthy subjects were enrolled in this study. The par­ticipants underwent measurement of anterior segment parameters with a Pentacam Scheimpflug system and imaging of th...

One-year observational study of palivizumab prophylaxis on infants at risk for respiratory syncytial virus infection in Latin America

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 93 (5), 2017
Abstract Objective: This study aims to describe real world palivizumab use and effectiveness in high-risk Latin American infants and young children. Method: Prospective, multicenter observational study with infants at risk for severe RSV infection who received palivizumab according to routine clinical ...

Early amplitude-integrated electroencephalography for monitoring neonates at high risk for brain injury

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 93 (5), 2017
Abstract Objective: This study aimed to correlate amplitude-integrated electroencephalography findings with early outcomes, measured by mortality and neuroimaging findings, in a prospective cohort of infants at high risk for brain injury in this center in Brazil. Methods: This blinded prospective cohor...

Nutritional assessment methods as predictors of postoperative mortality in gastric cancer patients submitted to gastrectomy

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 44 (5), 2017
ABSTRACT Objectives: to determine the nutritional evaluation method that best predicts mortality in 90 days of patients submitted to gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Methods: we conducted a prospective study with 44 patients with gastric cancer, stages II to IIIa, of whom nine were submitted to partia...

Thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy: thoracic stage in prone position

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 44 (5), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the National Cancer Institute Abdominopelvic Division (INCA / MS/HC I) initial experience with thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomy with thoracic stage in prone position. Methods: we studied 19 consecutive thoraco-laparoscopic esophagectomies from may 2012 to august 2014,...

Resultados de la manometría del cuerpo esofágico y del asa de yeyuno en pacientes operados por cáncer gástrico con gastrectomía total 5 años después de la cirugía

Rev. chil. cir; 69 (5), 2017
Resumen Introducción: La técnica de elección para la reconstrucción del tránsito intestinal después de una gastrectomía total es la esófago-yeyuno anastomosis en Y de Roux, la cual evita el reflujo de jugo digestivo alcalino. El objetivo del presente estudio es el de analizar la motilidad del es...

Reducción de la morbilidad postoperatoria en el cáncer colorrectal programado: inmunonutrición oral preoperatoria

Rev. chil. cir; 69 (5), 2017
Resumen Objetivo: Valorar la eficacia de la administración preoperatoria de inmunonutrición oral en pacientes con cáncer colorrectal resecable, en términos de reducción de la incidencia de complicaciones infecciosas posquirúrgicas. Material y métodos: Estudio prospectivo y aleatorizado. Se reclu...

Miotomía endoscópica por vía oral (POEM) para el tratamiento de la acalasia: experiencia clínica inicial y resultados a corto plazo

Rev. chil. cir; 69 (5), 2017
Resumen Introducción: La acalasia es el trastorno motor primario más frecuente del esófago. El estándar de tratamiento actual es la miotomía de Heller laparoscópica. En los últimos años, el desarrollo de técnicas endoscópicas avanzadas ha permitido el posicionamiento de la técnica POEM (del i...

Real-world experience with a Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon for the treatment of atherosclerotic infrainguinal arteries: 12-month interim results of the BIOLUX P-III registry first year of enrolment

J. vasc. bras; 16 (4), 2017
Abstract Background Endovascular management of atherosclerotic infrainguinal arteries recently shifted towards drug eluting devices, designed to locally prevent the restenosis process. Numerous clinical studies report an advantage of drug coated balloons over uncoated balloon angioplasty in treating low...