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Do-not-resuscitate and treatment limitation decisions - Six years of experience from a Portuguese General Intensive Care Unit

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE Treatment limitation, as well as do-not-resuscitate (DNR) directives, are difficult but important to improve patients' quality of life and minimize dysthanasia. We aimed to study the approach to withholding, withdrawal, and DNR decisions, patients' characteristics, and process documen...

Selective screening for thyroid dysfunction in pregnant women: How often do low-risk women cease to be treated following the new guidelines of the American Thyroid Association?

ABSTRACT Objective: Universal screening for thyroid dysfunction in pregnant women is not recommended by the American Thyroid Association (ATA) or the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). This study evaluated the frequency of pregnant women that would have an indication for levothyro...

Medication-overuse headache. Retrospective comparison of preventive treatments

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (10), 2018
ABSTRACT Objectives: Medication-overuse headache is commonly seen in tertiary centers. Limited evidence is available regarding treatment. We compared the use of one or two drugs, three drugs, or four pharmacological agents for the prevention of headache. Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of 14...

Manejo perioperatorio de pacientes usuarios de antiagregantes plaquetarios

Rev. chil. cir; 70 (3), 2018
Resumen El uso de fármacos antiagregantes plaquetarios para prevención primaria y secundaria de eventos cardiovasculares es una práctica común en clínica. La terapia antiagregante plaquetaria disminuye significativamente la incidencia de eventos cardiovasculares, incluyendo infarto agudo al miocardi...

El diagnóstico médico de asma debería ser reevaluado en pacientes sin tratamiento y asintomáticos
Physician-diagnosed asthma should be reassessed in untreated asymptomatic patients

Treatment interruption of biological drugs and tofacitinib in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of case reports

The aim of this study was to evaluate interruption of treatment with biological drugs and tofacitinib due to adverse events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A systematic review was performed in the electronic databases MEDLINE, Cochrane, Scopus, CRD, IPA, Lilacs and Scielo. Case reports addressing ...

Opioids and immunosupression in oncological postoperative patients

Summary Introduction: Recent animal studies demonstrated immunosuppressive effects of opioid withdrawal resulting in a higher risk of infection. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of remifentanil discontinuation on Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)-acquired infection after a schedule of se...

Futilidad médica y obstinación familiar en terapia intensiva: ¿Hasta cuándo seguir y cuándo parar?
Medical futility and family obstinacy in intensive therapy. When to stop and when to keep going?

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (6), 2017
En las últimas décadas han aparecido múltiples publicaciones sobre obstinación terapéutica y futilidad en la Unidad de Terapia Intensiva. Sin embargo, poco se ha publicado sobre la "obstinación familiar" en continuar con medidas invasivas en pacientes graves, a pesar de una adecuada información so...

Renouncement of renal replacement therapy: withdrawal and refusal

J. bras. nefrol; 39 (3), 2017
Abstract Renouncement of renal replacement therapy (RRT) is a medical dilemma. This review covers the concept, the magnitude, the prognosis, and discusses strategies and management approaches about this subject in patients with CKD and AKI. Evidence suggests that refusal is more frequent and carries a mo...

Cúrcuma em combinação com os regimes de terapia tríplice melhora o estresse oxidativo e as alterações histopatológicas em gastrite crônica associada à infecçäo por Helicobacter pylori

Arq. gastroenterol; 54 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) gastric infection is a main cause of inflammatory changes and gastric cancers. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was finding the effects of curcumin on oxidative stress and histological changes in chronic gastritis associated with H. pylori. METHODS ...