Fundamento: As doenças cardiovasculares têm aumentado em todo o mundo nas últimas décadas devido ao aumento na ocorrência de fatores desencadeantes. No período pós-operatório de cirurgia cardiovascular, os pacientes experimentam um declínio funcional, que pode ser potencializado pelo tempo de in...
Abstract Objective: To identify prenatal, perinatal and postnatal risk factors in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by comparing them to their siblings without autistic disorders. Method: The present study is cross sectional and comparative. It was conducted over a period of three months (Ju...
Obesity has a high prevalence among children. On the other hand, acute respiratory infections especially of viral origin, are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in this age group. During the recent pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) virus, obesity was identified as a novel independent risk factor ...
Introduction: Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a chronic respiratory disease that is established as a consequence of a lung infection produced by adenovirus. The clinical and radiological evidence as well as spirometric variables are the cornerstones of diagnosis; however, the functional ...
We report a case of a child with meningoencephalitis of atypical etiology. The patient developed the disease after an infection in the upper airways with unfavorable evolution. The clinical recovery was only possible after the administration of adequate antibiotic therapy for the etiological agent. This ...
Introducción: La reciente aparición y propagación mundial de la nueva cepa del virus de las gripe A H1 N1 ha resultado en la primera pandemia del siglo XXI. Las mujeres embarazadas están en mayor riesgo de contraer enfermedad severa y complicaciones por la gripe A H1N1. Objetivo: determinar la propor...
: Introduction. Severe pulmonary involvement may occur after adenovirus infection and longstanding pulmonary sequelae may observe essentially bronchiolitis obliterans (BO). Objective. To evaluate the CT findings in children who had suffered adenovirus infection. Patients and method. We reviewed retrospec...
Las infecciones respiratorias constituyen la primera causa de morbimortalidad en pacientes portadores de VIH. Debido a que un gran porcentaje de estos pacientes no tiene expectoración, se requiere de procedimientos invasivos para obtener muestras de secreciones del tracto respiratorio inferior. La fíbr...
