INTRODUCCIÓN Y OBJETIVOS: El prolapso genital afecta hasta al 50% de las mujeres a nivel mundial, su calidad de vida, percepción corporal y vida sexual. A las pacientes de edad avanzada frecuentemente les ofrecemos técnicas quirúrgicas obliterativas para su manejo. El objetivo fue evaluar los resulta...
INTRODUCCIÓN Y OBJETIVOS: La Hemorragia Postparto (HPP) es uno de los grandes desafíos para el equipo multidisciplinario y sigue siendo una de las principales causas de muerte materna en el mundo, pese a los adelantos en su manejo. Se define como la hemorragia que produce compromise hemodinámico de la...
Summary The consequences of chronic pain and associated disabilities to the patient and to the health care system are well known. Medication is often the first treatment of choice for chronic pain, although side effects and high costs restrict long-term use. Inexpensive, safe and easy to self-administer ...
Summary Chiari malformation (CM) is the most common and prevalent symptomatic congenital craniocervical malformation. Radiological diagnosis is established when the cerebellar tonsils are located 5 mm or more below the level of the foramen magnum on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Surgical treatment is...
Summary Introduction: Breast cancer is the leading type of cancer causing death in women worldwide. The incidence of the disease is expected to grow worldwide due to the aging of the population and risk factors related to lifestyle behaviors. Considering the lifestyle of women with breast cancer before ...
Santos, Michele Devido dos;
Cavenaghi, Vitor Breseghello;
Mac-Kay, Ana Paula Machado Goyano;
Serafim, Vitor;
Venturi, Alexandre;
Truong, Dennis Quangvinh;
Huang, Yu;
Boggio, Paulo Sérgio;
Fregni, Felipe;
Simis, Marcel;
Bikson, Marom;
Gagliardi, Rubens José.
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Patients undergoing the same neuromodulation protocol may present different responses. Computational models may help in understanding such differences. The aims of this study were, firstly, to compare the performance of aphasic patients in naming tasks before and after on...
Background: Vitamin K antagonists significantly decrease the incidence of stroke but increase the risk of bleeding. Aim: To assess the effectiveness and risk of bleeding of vitamin K antagonists in non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Material and Methods: Retrospective cohort study of 524 patients, 236 w...
Acenocumarol/uso terapéutico,
Anticoagulantes/uso terapéutico,
Fibrilación Atrial/complicaciones,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/prevención & control,
Acenocumarol/efectos adversos,
Administración Oral,
Anticoagulantes/efectos adversos,
Fibrilación Atrial/mortalidad,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Hemorragia/inducido químicamente,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Medición de Riesgo,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Management of gastrointestinal bleeding caused by fundal varices is particularly difficult to manage. The options are: transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), endoscopic injection of cyanoacrylate or balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO). We report a 63 year-old male w...
Oclusión con Balón/métodos,
Cianoacrilatos/uso terapéutico,
Várices Esofágicas y Gástricas/terapia,
Hemorragia Gastrointestinal/terapia,
Escleroterapia/métodos,
Várices Esofágicas y Gástricas/complicaciones,
Resultado Fatal,
Hemorragia Gastrointestinal/etiología,
Cirrosis Hepática/complicaciones,
Derivación Portocava Quirúrgica,
Vena Porta,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Although gastrointestinal symptoms are not rare in Systemic lupus erythematosus, enteritis is an atypical manifestation of the disease. We report a 54 year-old woman who presented acute symptoms of diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain, receiving empiric antibiotic therapy for bacterial enteritis with no re...
Enteritis/etiología,
Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/complicaciones,
Enteritis/diagnóstico,
Enteritis/tratamiento farmacológico,
Glucocorticoides/uso terapéutico,
Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/diagnóstico,
Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/tratamiento farmacológico,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
Prednisona/uso terapéutico,
Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X,
Resultado del Tratamiento
OBJECTIVES: Tissue adhesives can be used to prevent pulmonary air leaks, which frequently occur after lung interventions. The objective of this study is to evaluate local and systemic effects of fibrin and cyanoacrylate tissue adhesives on lung lesions in rabbits. METHODS: Eighteen rabbits were submitte...
Cianoacrilatos/uso terapéutico,
Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática,
Adhesivo de Tejido de Fibrina/uso terapéutico,
Hemodinámica,
Interleucina-8/sangre,
Recuento de Leucocitos,
Pulmón/efectos de los fármacos,
Pulmón/patología,
Lesión Pulmonar/tratamiento farmacológico,
Distribución Aleatoria,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Toracoscopía/métodos,
Factores de Tiempo,
Adhesivos Tisulares/uso terapéutico,
Resultado del Tratamiento
