La psicología de la salud está al servicio de la medicina y busca evaluar, estudiar e intervenir en los factores psicológicos que influyen en el proceso de salud y enfermedad. a raíz del aumento de las cirugías y su calidad de evento estresor, que genera comprensivamente ansiedad en cualquie...
Sarcopenic Obesity is known as a decrease in the quantity and quality of the skeletal muscle mass and increase in fat mass. It can be measured by the residual appendicular skeletal muscle mass (Ap SMM) based on the difference between actual and predicted values. Even though this condition is more common ...
ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the severity of obesity in children and adolescents through the presence of comorbidities and the potential indication of bariatric surgery. Methods: we conducted a cross-sectional study with clinical and laboratory data of the first consultation of patients at the childho...
OBJETIVOS: Avaliar os fatores de risco para a recidiva de peso em indivíduos submetidos à cirurgia bariátrica.
MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal utilizando-se questionário autoaplicável online. O questionário abordou fatores que poderiam estar associados à recidiva de peso após cirurgia bariátrica. F...
Las infecciones de sitio operatorio son eventos adversos frecuentes en cirugía, su presencia determina una mayor morbimortalidad, además de estancia hospitalaria y costos económicos para los afectados. La obesidad constituye un factor de riesgo para dicha enfermedad por aspectos multifactoriales. Cons...
Bariatric surgery is considered the most effective treatment for severe obesity and its benefits include improvement in medical comorbidities. However, a higher rate of suicides after this type of surgery has been reported. We performed a literature review on the subject, and concluded that the mentioned...
ABSTRACT Objective The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is used in the screening of gestational diabetes, in diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in conjunction with fasting blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin. The aim of this study was to examine the incidence and risk factors of adverse effects of OGTT in...
OBJETIVOS: Descrever o perfil sociodemográfico, de comorbidades, bioquímico, de estilo de vida e de uso de medicamentos de pacientes obesos, portadores de síndrome metabólica, candidatos à cirurgia bariátrica.
MÉTODOS: Este estudo transversal retrospectivo incluiu indivíduos obesos grau I, II e I...