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Pérdida de respuesta a terapia anti-TNF en enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal: experiencia en un hospital de referencia en Lima - Perú

RESUMEN Objetivo: Evaluar la respuesta al tratamiento con anti-TNFs en pacientes con enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal. Materiales y métodos: Estudio prospectivo observacional realizado en el Servicio de Gastroenterología del Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara, de enero 2015 a agosto 2018. Resu...

Falha de extubação em unidade de terapia intensiva pediátrica: estudo de coorte retrospectivo

RESUMO Na unidade de terapia intensiva (UTI) pediátrica, a falha de extubação pode aumentar o risco de mortalidade. Este estudo objetivou: (1) verificar a taxa de falha de extubação na UTI pediátrica de um hospital público do município de Bauru (São Paulo, Brasil); (2) identificar a principal ca...

Increase of incidence of congenital syphilis in santa catarina state between 2007-2017: temporal trend analysis

ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the incidence of congenital syphilis and temporal trends of the reported cases of the disease in the state of Santa Catarina between 2007 and 2017. Methods: Observational study with retrospective cohort design, with secondary data from the Injury of Notification Inform...

Controle ineficaz da saúde em pessoas vivendo com AIDS: análise de conteúdo

Resumo Objetivo Analisar o conteúdo do diagnóstico de enfermagem da Taxonomia II da NANDA International, Inc (NANDA-I) Controle Ineficaz da Saúde em pessoas vivendo com Aids. Métodos Estudo do tipo metodológico, de abordagem quantitativa. A validação de conteúdo foi realizada por 41 especiali...

Nonadherence to treatment recommendations is a factor contributing to the clinical failure of daptomycin: Cohort study in Brazil

To evaluate the clinical outcomes of daptomycin therapy and adherence to treatment recommendations, a retrospective cohort study was conducted with patients that received daptomycin during the period of the study. The adherence and nonadherence to clinical guidelines were assessed through organism identi...

Clinical study of Dysfunctional Ventilatory Weaning Response in critically ill patients

Objective: to clinically validate the nursing diagnosis of Dysfunctional Ventilatory Weaning Response in adult patients admitted to Intensive Care Units. Method: a concurrent cohort performed with 93 patients admitted to Intensive Care Units. The incidence and incidence density of the diagnosis were est...

Biomechanical comparison of plantar-to-dorsal and dorsal-to-plantar screw fixation strength for subtalar arthrodesis

ABSTRACT Objective To compare screw fixation strength for subtalar arthrodesis. Methods Eight matched pairs of cadaver feet underwent subtalar joint arthrodesis with two 7.3mm cannulated screws. Randomization was used to assign screw orientation, such that one foot in each pair was assigned dorsal to p...

Chagas disease is associated with a poor outcome at 1-year follow-up after cardiac resynchronization therapy

SUMMARY BACKGROUND: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a therapeutic modality for patients with heart failure (HF). The effectiveness of this treatment for event reduction is based on clinical trials where the population of patients with Chagas' disease (DC) is underrepresented. OBJECTIVE: To e...

Falha no diagnóstico e no tratamento medicamentoso da hipertensão arterial em idosos brasileiros - Estudo FIBRA

Resumo O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar prevalências de falhas no diagnóstico, no uso de anti-hipertensivos e na eficácia do tratamento medicamentoso da hipertensão, e a associação destes parâmetros com variáveis sociodemográficas, de saúde e acesso ao serviço de saúde em idosos não in...

Relevance of a skilled vascular surgeon and optimized facility practices in the long-term patency of arteriovenous fistulas: a prospective study

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (3), 2019
Abstract Introduction: Arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) are the best hemodialysis vascular accesses, but their failure rate remains high. Few studies have addressed the role of the vascular surgeon's skills and the facility's practices. We aimed to study these factors, with the hypothesis that the surgeon's...