ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a smoking cessation program, delivered by trained health care professionals, in patients hospitalized for acute respiratory disease (RD) or heart disease (HD). Methods: Of a total of 393 patients evaluated, we included 227 (146 and 81 active smokers ...
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Cardiopatías/terapia,
Hospitalización,
Alta del Paciente,
Evaluación de Programas y Proyectos de Salud,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Enfermedades Respiratorias/terapia,
Cese del Hábito de Fumar/métodos,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Factores de Tiempo,
Cumplimiento y Adherencia al Tratamiento,
Resultado del Tratamiento
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the value of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) in the diagnosis of acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) and in monitoring treatment response, analyzing the relationship between suPAR and fibrinogen in AECOPD. AECOPD leads to increased airway inf...
Enfermedad Aguda,
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Análisis de los Gases de la Sangre,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática,
Fibrinógeno/análisis,
Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica/sangre,
Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica/diagnóstico,
Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica/terapia,
Receptores del Activador de Plasminógeno Tipo Uroquinasa/sangre,
Valores de Referencia,
Pruebas de Función Respiratoria,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the role of echocardiography in reducing shock reversal time in pediatric septic shock. Methods: A prospective study conducted in the pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital from September 2013 to May 2016. Ninety septic shock patients were ran...
Abstract Objective: To compare the effectiveness of a single intramuscular dose of bromopride, metoclopramide, or ondansetron for treating vomiting. Methods: Randomized controlled trial including children 1-12 years of age presenting with acute vomiting at the pediatric emergency department. Outcomes: ...
Abstract Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the hypothesis that use of heliox would result in improvement of gas exchange when used with high flow nasal cannula in infants with RSV acute bronchiolitis. Methods: All patients that met the inclusion criteria were randomized to either he...
The formation of a new joint between a pathologically enlarged coronoid process and the body of the malar bone is known as Jacob's disease. hyperplasia of the coronoid process was first described in 1853 by von Langenbeck, and it was not until 1899 when Oscar Jacob described the disease that was named af...
The safety and effectiveness of main anti-obesity drugs are controversial, and there is no consensus among regulatory agencies regarding anti-obesity drugs. We undertook an overview of systematic reviews (SR) of randomized controlled trials (RCT) to summarize the quality of evidence related to anti-obesi...
The combination of Inhibitors of protease boceprevir (BOC) or telaprevir (TLV) concomitantly with peginterferon (PEG) and ribavirin (RBV) constitute the triple therapy (TT) for Hepatitis C treatment. Objective: To describe the experience of the TT treatment of chronic hepatitis C patients, besides discus...
O desenvolvimento da cinecoronariografia por Sones, no início da década de 1960, abriu caminho para a moderna cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio. Em 1967, Favarolo realizou as primeiras pontes de veia safena e a técnica se expandiu mundialmente. Apesar de seu começo empolgante, no início d...
Revascularización Miocárdica/métodos,
Vasos Coronarios,
Vena Safena,
Infarto del Miocardio/complicaciones,
Insuficiencia Cardíaca/complicaciones,
Factores de Riesgo,
Trasplantes,
Stents Liberadores de Fármacos,
Intervención Coronaria Percutánea/métodos,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Diabetes Mellitus,
Everolimus/uso terapéutico
