OBJECTIVES: Post-transplantation hypertension is prevalent and is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and subsequent graft dysfunction. The present study aimed to identify the factors associated with arterial stiffness as measured by the ambulatory arterial stiffness index. METHODS: The c...
Monitoreo Ambulatorio de la Presión Arterial/métodos,
Trasplante de Corazón/efectos adversos,
Hipertensión/etiología,
Hipertensión/fisiopatología,
Modelos Logísticos,
Análisis Multivariante,
Pronóstico,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Factores de Tiempo,
Rigidez Vascular/fisiología
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) generates a hypercoagulable state with an increased thrombin generation and raised levels of thrombin-antithrombin complexes, which results in a high risk of stroke and thromboembolism. Aim: To evaluate the anticoagulant effect of rivaroxaban by anti-Xa factor activit...
Antitrombina III/efectos de los fármacos,
Fibrilación Atrial/sangre,
Factor Xa/efectos de los fármacos,
Inhibidores del Factor Xa/farmacología,
Péptido Hidrolasas/efectos de los fármacos,
Rivaroxabán/farmacología,
Trombina/efectos de los fármacos,
Administración Oral,
Factor Xa/metabolismo,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Tiempo de Protrombina,
Trombina/metabolismo,
Factores de Tiempo
Abstract Objective Identify risk factors that determine pneumonia development in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery. Methods Prospective study of a single cohort in a postoperative intensive care unit at a tertiary care center, encompassing all patients undergoing cardiac surgery from January ...
Resumen Objetivos Evaluar la prevalencia de fibrilación auricular (FA) en pacientes portadores de marcapasos bicamerales (MB), las variables asociadas a su aparición y los cambios de conducta clínica que este hallazgo ha generado. Métodos Se incluyó prospectivamente a 500 pacientes ambulatorios po...
Abstract Objective To describe current management and clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Mexico. Methods RENASICA III was a prospective multicenter registry of consecutive patients hospitalized with an ACS. Patients had objective evidence of ischemic hea...
Davalos, Long;
Terrazas, Yessica;
Quintana, Ana;
Egoavil, Martha;
Sedano, Katherine;
Castillo, María E.;
Reyes, Isabel;
Chaparro, Eduardo;
Silva, Wilda;
Campos, Francisco;
Saenz, Andrés;
Hernandez, Roger;
Águila, Olguita del;
Pinto, Daniel Guillén;
Ochoa, Theresa J..
RESUMEN Objetivos. Describir las características clínicas, letalidad, susceptibilidad antibiótica y distribución de serotipos de meningitis neumocócica en pacientes pediátricos de Lima, Perú. Materiales y Métodos. Serie de casos de meningitis neumocócica en niños menores de 16 años. Los da...
Objective: To investigate the moderating effect of an increasing number of clustered metabolic syndrome (MetS) components on the association between MetS and depressive symptoms in a population-based cohort of older adults in Brazil. Methods: This analysis used data from the Bambuí Cohort Aging Study. ...
Análisis de Varianza,
Brasil,
Análisis por Conglomerados,
Trastornos del Conocimiento/fisiopatología,
Estudios Transversales,
Depresión/complicaciones,
Depresión/fisiopatología,
Estilo de Vida,
Síndrome Metabólico/complicaciones,
Síndrome Metabólico/fisiopatología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Escalas de Valoración Psiquiátrica,
Psicotrópicos/uso terapéutico,
Factores de Riesgo,
Circunferencia de la Cintura
ABSTRACT Background: Surgical trauma triggers an important postoperative stress response characterized by significantly elevated levels of cytokines, an event that can favor the emergence of immune disorders which lead to disturbances in the patient's body defense. The magnitude of postoperative stress ...
ABSTRACT Background: Hepatectomies have been increasingly recommended and performed in Brazil; they present great differences related to immediate complications. Aim: Assessing the immediate postoperative complications in a series of 88 open liver resections. Method: Prospective database of patients...
ABSTRACT Background: Elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy has very low risk for infectious complications, ranging the infection rate from 0.4% to 1.1%. Many surgeons still use routine antibiotic prophylaxis Aim: Evaluate the real impact of antibiotic prophylaxis in elective laparoscopic cholecystectom...
