Objective. To determine whether disease predicts weight loss in population-based studies, as this may confound the relationship between weight and mortality. Materials and methods. We used longitudinal data from the Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study (CRELES) and the English Longitudinal Study...
Artritis,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/epidemiología,
Causalidad,
Enfermedad Crónica/epidemiología,
Costa Rica/epidemiología,
Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiología,
Inglaterra/epidemiología,
Encuestas Epidemiológicas,
Enfermedades Pulmonares/epidemiología,
Neoplasias/epidemiología,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Fumar/epidemiología,
Pérdida de Peso
Los Criterios Diagnósticos para la Investigación de los Trastornos Temporomandibulares (CDI/TTM) ofrecen un sistema estandarizado para evaluar la Disfunción Temporomandibular (DTM). Sin embargo, la validez del diagnóstico clínico obtenido con estos criterios al compararlo con el diagnóstico obtenid...
El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la eficacia de la técnica educativa Desarrollo de Habilidades para mejorar los conocimientos de salud oral de madres y reducir el índice de higiene oral de preescolares. Materiales y Métodos: se hizo un estudio cuasi-experimental, se aplicó un cuestionario v...
ABSTRACTObjective:to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of non-operative management (NOM) of liver injury, being the only abdominal injury, from gunshot wounds to the abdomen.Methods:patients who had liver damage diagnosed as single abdominal injury caused by PAF in the right thoracoabdominal region, ...
ABSTRACTObjective:to evaluate effectiveness of using chest X-ray (CXR), pelvis X-ray (RXP) and FAST (Focused Abdominal Sonography on Trauma) to exclude significant lesions of the body in blunt trauma.Methods:a prospective study involving 74 patients whom made the three tests (CXR, RXP and FAST) during th...
ABSTRACTObjective:to analyze the associated factors with empyema in patients with post-traumatic retained hemothorax.Methods:prospective observational study. Data were collected in patients undergoing PD during emergency duty. Variables analyzed were age, sex, mechanism of injury, side of the chest injur...
Objetivo Determinar la relación entre mala autopercepción de salud (APES) con desenlaces de salud física, salud mental y síndromes geriátricos, en un período de seguimiento de un año. Métodos Estudio prospectivo sobre una cohorte de 231 adultos mayores de 60 años de la comuna 18, clasificados co...
OBJECTIVE: to analyze the accuracy of the defining characteristics of the Impaired gas exchange nursing diagnosis in children with acute respiratory infection.
METHOD: open prospective cohort study conducted with 136 children monitored for a consecut...
OBJECTIVE: to develop a risk score for unplanned removal of peripherally inserted central catheter in newborns.
METHOD: prospective cohort study conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit with newborn babies who underwent 524 catheter insertions. Th...
INTRODUCTION: Upper airway nerve and muscle damage associated with obstructive sleep apnea may impair the strength and dynamics of pharyngeal and esophageal contractions during swallowing. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence of alterations in pharyngoesophageal manometry in patients with obstructive slee...
