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Prostate cancer screening among elderly men in Brazil: should we diagnose or not?

Int. braz. j. urol; 46 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Purpose: Prostate cancer screening in the elderly is controversial. The Brazilian government and the National Cancer Institute (INCA) do not recommend systematic screening. Our purpose was to assess prevalence and aggressiveness of prostate cancer in men aged 70 years and above, on the first La...

Bone scan positivity in non-metastatic, castrate-resistant prostate cancer: external validation study

Int. braz. j. urol; 46 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Introduction: Tables predicting the probability of a positive bone scan in men with non-metastatic, castrate-resistant prostate cancer have recently been reported. We performed an external validation study of these bone scan positivity tables. Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospectiv...

Recomendaciones actualizadas para profilaxis de la enfermedad tromboembólica venosa en Argentina
Updated recommendations for venous thromboembolic prophylaxis in Argentina

Medicina (B.Aires); 80 (1), 2020
La enfermedad tromboembólica venosa (ETV) en adultos hospitalizados posee elevada morbimortalidad, es origen de complicaciones crónicas y determina incrementos de costos para el sistema de salud. Desde la publicación de recomendaciones de tromboprofilaxis en pacientes internados en 2013, han surgido n...

Ossicular chain reconstruction in chronic otitis media: hearing results and analysis of prognostic factors

Abstract Introduction The goal of ossiculoplasty is to improve hearing and the success of this procedure depends on several factors. Objective Analyze the hearing results in patients with chronic otitis media undergoing ossicular chain reconstruction, as well as predictive factors for successful surger...

Prognostic Prediction of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Parameters in Heart Failure Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Arq. bras. cardiol; 114 (2), 2020
Abstract Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with increased mortality in heart failure (HF) patients. Objective: To evaluate whether the risk of AF patients can be precisely stratified by relation with cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) cut-offs for heart transplantation (HT) selection...

Update of the Brazilian Guideline on Nuclear Cardiology - 2020

Arq. bras. cardiol; 114 (2), 2020

Pacientes com carcinoma hepatocelular são favorecidos no atual sistema brasileiro de alocação de fígados para transplante. Análise de riscos competitivos

Arq. gastroenterol; 57 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: In Brazil, the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score is used to prioritize patients for deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT). Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) receive standardized MELD exception points to account for their cancer risk of mortality, which...

Composición corporal y factores de riesgo metabólico en profesores de enseñanza básica de colegios de Chile

Int. j. morphol; 38 (1), 2020
En el mundo la obesidad es considerada una pandemia que provoca grandes cambios metabólicos, responsables de las llamadas enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles (ECNT), las cuales presentan un 60 % de mortalidad, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (2016). En Chile el 75 % de la población adul...

Tendencia del bajo peso al nacer en recién nacidos a término y su relación con la pobreza y el desarrollo municipal en Colombia. 2000-2014

Rev. chil. nutr; 47 (1), 2020
El objetivo del estudio fue describir las prevalencias de bajo peso al nacer a término y las desigualdades socio-geográficas entre los municipios y regiones de Colombia. Se realizó un estudio ecológico longitudinal a partir de los registros de estadísticas vitales del Departamento Administrativo Nac...

Proposal of a clinical score to stratify the risk of multidrug-resistant gram-negative rods bacteremia in cancer patients

Braz. j. infect. dis; 24 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Introduction: Multidrug-resistant gram-negative rods (MDR GNR) represent a growing threat for patients with cancer. Our objective was to determine the characteristics of and risk factors for MDR GNR bacteremia in patients with cancer and to develop a clinical score to predict MDR GNR bacteremia...