Abstract: The article discusses the results of a literature review on the application of low intensity laser therapy on the healing of wounds associated diabetes mellitus in the last 10 years. Objective: To determine the most effective parameter in healing wounds related to diabetes mellitus, as well as...
Abstract: Background: Although asymptomatic, melasma inflicts significant impact on quality of life. MELASQoL is the main instrument used to assess quality of life associated with melasma, it has been validated in several languages, but its latent dimensional structure and psychometric properties haven...
Melanosis/psicología,
Calidad de Vida,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios/normas,
Brasil,
Análisis Factorial,
Lenguaje,
Psicometría,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Factores de Tiempo
Abstract: Evolution and cost of three types of compression therapy (single layer, multilayer and Unna boot) in patients with venous ulceration were compared. The evaluation lasted two months and used photographic records and instrument based on pressure ulcer scale for healing (PUSH). Treatment with mono...
Abstract Objective: This systematic review aimed to verify the available scientific evidence on the clinical performance and diagnostic accuracy of nutritional screening tools in hospitalized pediatric patients. Data source: A search was performed in the Medline (National Library of Medicine United Sta...
França, Danielle Corrêa;
Camargos, Paulo Augusto Moreira;
Jones, Marcus Herbert;
Martins, Jocimar Avelar;
Vieira, Bruna da Silva Pinto Pinheiro;
Colosimo, Enrico Antônio;
Mendonça, Karla Morganna Pereira Pinto de;
Borja, Raíssa de Oliveira;
Britto, Raquel Rodrigues;
Parreira, Verônica Franco.
Abstract Objective To generate prediction equations for spirometry in 4- to 6-year-old children. Methods Forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 0.5 s, forced expiratory volume in one second, peak expiratory flow, and forced expiratory flow at 25–75% of the forced vital capacity were a...
Factores de Edad,
Algoritmos,
Análisis de Varianza,
Antropometría,
Volumen Espiratorio Forzado/fisiología,
Ápice del Flujo Espiratorio/fisiología,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Estándares de Referencia,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Espirometría/métodos,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Factores de Tiempo,
Capacidad Vital/fisiología
Abstract Objective The potential role of procalcitonin (PCT) in the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSIs) is still unclear and requires further research. The diagnostic value of serum PCT for the diagnosis of CRBSI in children is evaluated here. Method This study was conducted be...
Bacteriemia/sangre,
Bacteriemia/diagnóstico,
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Proteína C-Reactiva/análisis,
Calcitonina/sangre,
Infecciones Relacionadas con Catéteres/sangre,
Infecciones Relacionadas con Catéteres/diagnóstico,
Infecciones por Bacterias Gramnegativas/sangre,
Infecciones por Bacterias Gramnegativas/diagnóstico,
Infecciones por Bacterias Grampositivas/sangre,
Infecciones por Bacterias Grampositivas/diagnóstico,
Inmunoensayo,
Recuento de Leucocitos,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas
Conflicts of interest are situations in which professional judgment concerning a primary interest, tends to be influenced by a secondary interest. These conflicts could compromise the reliability of biomedical research and result in the dissemination of biased results. Therefore, it is essential to prote...
Objetivou-se avaliar a confiabilidade e validade convergente entre os questionários "The Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index and Problem Index" (The O'Leary-Sant) e "Pelvic Pain and Urgency/Frequency (PUF) Patient Symptom Scale"; verificar quais são as disfunções sexuais em pacientes com CI, identifi...
Objetivo Presentar el nuevo instrumento de valoración de resúmenes que se aplica desde 2014 en los congresos de la SCCh, de forma tal de estandarizar su aplicación ítem por ítem. Material y método Estudio bietápico con metodología cualitativa para generación de ítems y construcción de instrume...
Objetivo Evaluar la concordancia en talla para la edad entre referencias antropométricas de crecimiento en niños indígenas colombianos estudiados en la Encuesta Nacional de la Situación Nutricional de Colombia 2010 -ENSIN 2010-. Métodos Análisis secundario de 2 598 datos de indígenas colombianos m...
