Abstract Purpose: To evaluate severity and built a pilot of a national databank about pediatric trauma and to determine its severity. Methods: Prospective study of unintentional pediatric trauma in five hospitals in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Results: 916 patients in 4 months. 61.5% of traumati...
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the inflammatory responses induced by laparoscopic hysterectomies with multiport and singleport approaches. Methods: This was a pilot prospective randomized study that included 42 women candidates for hysterectomy at School of Medicine, Hospital das Clínicas, USP. The pa...
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Histerectomía/efectos adversos,
Histerectomía/métodos,
Inflamación/diagnóstico,
Inflamación/etiología,
Laparoscopía/efectos adversos,
Laparoscopía/métodos,
Tiempo de Internación,
Tempo Operativo,
Dolor Postoperatorio,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Summary Objective: To determine the pregnancy recurrence among adolescents and young people in a city located in the extreme south of Brazil and to identify associated factors. Method: One hundred and twelve (112) women participated, having delivered their children in 2010, while adolescents. The sampl...
Summary Objective: To characterize the frequency of HER-2-positive breast cancer in Brazil. Method: In this prospective observational study, we first ascertained the HER-2 status of invasive breast cancer specimens by automated immunohistochemistry (IHC). For specimens classified as 2+ by IHC, we perfo...
Abstract Background Regardless the progress in perioperative care postoperative cognitive decline (PCD) has been accepted unequivocally as a significant and frequent complication of surgery in older patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of postoperative cognitive decline and its ...
Abstract Background and objectives: The current preoperative fasting guidelines allow fluid intake up to 2 h before surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the gastric volume of volunteers after an overnight fast and compare it with the gastric volume 2 h after ingestion of 200 and 500 mL of isot...
Abstract Background: Difficult or impossible face mask ventilation complicated with difficult tracheal intubation during anesthesia induction occurs in 0.4% of adult anesthesia cases, possibly leading to life-threatening complications. Because of such catastrophes, muscle relaxants have been recommended...
Abstract Background and objectives: Sedative and analgesic treatment administered to critically ill patients need to be regularly assessed to ensure that previously stated goals are well achieved as the risk of complications of oversedation is minimized. We revised and prospectively tested the Ramsay Se...
Acatisia Inducida por Medicamentos/diagnóstico,
Analgésicos Opioides/efectos adversos,
Correlación de Datos,
Sedación Profunda,
Hipnóticos y Sedantes/efectos adversos,
Midazolam/efectos adversos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Variaciones Dependientes del Observador,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Agitación Psicomotora/diagnóstico,
Remifentanilo/efectos adversos,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad
Abstract Background: Rocuronium causes pain and withdrawal movement during induction of anesthesia. In this study, palonosetron was investigated to have analgesic effect on the reduction of rocuronium-induced withdrawal movement. Methods: 120 patients were randomly assigned to one of three groups to re...
Buscamos analizar los resultados obtenidos con el uso de stents en el tratamiento de la oclusión neoplásica de colon izquierdo en pacientes estadio IV. 23 pacientes cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión. De los 19 pacientes donde se logró la colocación del stent (82,6%), 2 pacientes (10,5%) sufr...
Epidemiología Descriptiva,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Cuidados Paliativos,
Enfermedad Crítica,
Stents,
Endoscopía Gastrointestinal/estadística & datos numéricos,
Endoscopía Gastrointestinal/efectos adversos,
Obstrucción Intestinal/terapia,
Obstrucción Intestinal/etiología,
Neoplasias del Colon/complicaciones,
Resultado del Tratamiento
