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Tecnovigilância no Brasil: panorama das notificações de eventos adversos e queixas técnicas de cateteres vasculares

Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é identificar, quantificar e categorizar a ocorrência de notificações de eventos adversos e queixas técnicas relacionados ao uso de cateter vascular recebidas pelo sistema NOTIVISA no período de janeiro de 2007 a junho de 2016. Estudo descritivo, retrospectivo, docume...

Six-month bracket failure rate with a flowable composite: A split-mouth randomized controlled trial

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The use of flowable composites as an orthodontic bonding adhesive merits great attention because of their adequate bond strength, ease of clinical handling and reduced number of steps in bonding. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this Randomized Controlled Trial was to comparatively evaluat...

Intraoperative breakage of Sachse's knife blade: A rare complication of optical internal urethrotomy (one case managing experience)

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Optical internal urethrotomy (OIU) is the most common procedure performed for short segment bulbar urethral stricture worldwide. This procedure most commonly performed using Sachse’s cold knife. Various perioperative complications of internal urethrotomy have been described in literature i...

Hallazgos electrocardiográficos en pacientes con marcapasos definitivos: revisión de la literatura
Electrocardiographic findings in permanent pacemaker patients: A literature review

Repert. med. cir; 26 (2), 2017
Los marcapasos cardíacos han sido parte del arsenal terapéutico para el manejo de una variedad de bradiarritmias durante muchas décadas y con la evolución de los generadores de estimulación se ha reducido su tamaño, incrementado la longevidad, así como su complejidad. Los más recientes ofrecen di...

Inappropriate fixation of an endotracheal tube causing cuff malfunction resulting in difficult extubation

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 66 (5), 2016
Abstract We discuss a case of difficult extubation, due to inadequate deflation of the tracheal tube cuff, despite collapse of the pilot balloon, on its aspiration. This was caused by inadvertent kinking of the pilot balloon tubing due to inappropriate tape fixation of the endotracheal tube....

The impact of clinical use on the torsional behavior of Reciproc and WaveOne instruments

J. appl. oral sci; 24 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Torsional overload is a fracture representative parameter for instruments in single-file techniques. Objective The aim of this study was to assess the influence of clinical use, in vivo, on the torsional behavior of Reciproc and WaveOne instruments considering the possibility that they degrade...

Gastrostomía endoscópica -through como dispositivo de instalación

Rev. chil. cir; 68 (2), 2016
Background: The pull-through method to install endoscopic gastrostomies is not devoid of complications. Aim: To describe and show the results of a trans-abdominal method to perform endoscopic gastrostomies using the accessories available in any endoscopic facility. material and methods: The technique con...

When one port does not return blood: two case reports of rare causes for misplaced central venous catheters

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 66 (1), 2016
We present two cases of misplaced central venous catheters having in common theabsence of free blood return from one lumen immediately after placement. The former is acase of right hydrothorax associated with central venous catheterization with the catheter tipin intra-pleural location. In this case the ...

Rotura de la cánula de traqueostomía: una causa rara de dificultad respiratoria en el nino traqueotomizado. Caso clínico

Arch. argent. pediatr; 113 (6), 2015
La fractura y migración de la cánula de traqueostomía en el árbol traqueobronquial es una complicación poco frecuente de la traqueostomía. El diagnóstico precoz y el tratamiento adecuado son esenciales debido al riesgo potencial de obstrucción respiratoria fatal. El diagnóstico se debe sospechar...