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Which Dental Procedures Lead to Greater Distress During Children's Dental Treatment? A Cohort Study

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess children's self-reported distress during dental procedures and investigate risk factors. Material and Methods: A total of 163 children (3-10 years old) were included from a clinical trial on diagnostic strategies for evaluating restorations in primary teeth. Treatment plan...

Skin-to-skin contact and late-onset sepsis in newborns weighing up to 1.800g: a cohort study

Abstract Objectives: to evaluate the association between the time to initiate the first skin-to-skin contact (SSC) and the daily practice time with the rates of late-onset sepsis in newborns ≤1,800g. Methods: a multicentric cohort study was carried out at the neonatal units located in three Brazi...

Riesgo de osteorradionecrosis de los maxilares según el tipo de radioterapia
Risk of Osteoradionecrosis of the Jaws according to Type of Radiotherapy

Rev. cuba. estomatol; 61 (), 2024
Introducción: El cáncer de cabeza y cuello es el séptimo más común a nivel mundial. Las opciones terapéuticas para su manejo incluyen la radioterapia, la cual debe procurar un equilibrio entre la eliminación del tumor y la preservación del tejido sano porque su aplicación implica el riesgo de de...

Effectiveness of treatment of exudative age-related macular degeneration with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drugs

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 83 (), 2024
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the effectiveness of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drugs in exudative age-related macular degeneration. Methods: Retrospective longitudinal study of 54 patients with age-related macular degeneration receiving bevacizumab or aflibercept. Demographic data, vi...

Fontes de erros em estudos comparativos de hidroxicloroquina e cloroquina no tratamento da Covid-19

No início da pandemia de Covid-19, pesquisas com diferentes delineamentos foram iniciadas para avaliar hidroxicloroquina/cloroquina (HCQ/CQ). A avaliação tanto dos erros aleatórios, relacionados a precisão das estimativas, como dos sistemáticos, que representam os vieses, é necessária para compre...

Avaliação do perfil metabólico e da composição corporal por bioimpedância de crianças com displasia septo-óptica
Assessment of the metabolic profile and body composition by bioimpedance of children with septo-optic dysplasia

Introdução: A Displasia septo-óptica (DSO) é uma condição clínica relativamente rara, com uma prevalência de 1:10.000 a 20.000 nascidos vivos. O seu diagnóstico é clínico, sendo realizado quando há pelo menos 2 dos componentes da tríade clássica: hipoplasia de nervo óptico (HNO), malforma�...

Real-world data on adjuvant capecitabine after standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy for triple negative breast cancer

Abstract Objective Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) has become the standard of care for patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) with tumors > 1 cm or positive axillary nodes. Pathologic complete response (pCR) has been used as an endpoint to select patients for treatment scaling. This stud...

Exclusive breastfeeding and its association with pre- and postnatal factors: a cohort prospective study

Braz. j. oral sci; 23 (), 2024
Aim: This cohort study aimed to investigate the exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) prevalence and its association with maternal EBF intention and other variables. Method: Pregnant women (n=653) in the third trimester of pregnancy filled out a questionnaire on EBF intention using the Infant Feeding Intentions ...

Predictores del estado de salud funcional posingreso en cuidados intensivos en pacientes sépticos
Predictors of Post-Admission Functional Health Status in Intensive Care in Septic Patients

Rev. cuba. pediatr; 96 (), 2024
Introducción: Los pacientes críticos pediátricos son susceptibles de presentar alteraciones del flujo sanguíneo cerebral que impliquen un deterioro de su estado de salud funcional. Objetivo: Identificar factores predictores de mayor riesgo de mala evolución funcional en pacientes pediátricos críti...

Estudio de la prevalencia, factores asociados y resultados de la ventilación mecánica prolongada en UCI como característica distintiva de la enfermedad crítica crónica

Rev. méd. Urug; 40 (4), 2024
Introducción: El número de pacientes críticos que requieren Ventilación Mecánica Prolongada (VMP) está aumentando, lo que genera un incremento de la utilización de recursos con consecuencias para los sistemas sanitarios. Numerosos estudios han propuesto distintas definiciones, factores de riesgo y...