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Sonographic biometry of normal kidney dimensions among school-age children in Nsukka, Southeast Nigeria

West Indian med. j; 63 (1), 2014
BACKGROUND: Some kidney diseases are usually associated with changes in kidney size. OBJECTIVE: To determine sonographically the normal limits and percentile curves of the kidney dimensions according to age, gender and somatometric parameters among school-age children. METHODS: A prospective cross-sectio...

Blood use in neurosurgical cases at the University Hospital of the West Indies

West Indian med. j; 63 (1), 2014
OBJECTIVE: Many neurosurgical cases are done without the need for blood transfusion, yet blood is unnecessarily cross-matched, resulting in wasted resources. This study was undertaken to document and compare the number of units of blood components requested, cross-matched and transfused in neurosurgical ...

Valor predictivo de la hiperbilirrubinemia en perforación apendicular

Rev. venez. cir; 67 (3), 2014
Recientemente, se ha propuesto a la bilirrubina total como un marcador específico de perforación apendicular así como la PCR y los glóbulos bláncos. Objetivo: Determinar el valor diagnóstico de la hiperbilirrubinemia como predictor de perforación apendicular. Métodos: un estudio prospectivo en pa...

Biomarkers for screening of lung cancer and pre-neoplastic lesions in a high risk Chilean population

Biol. Res; 47 (), 2014
BACKGROUND: The mortality of lung cancer (LC), increases each year in the world, in spite of any advances, in development of new drugs to advance stages of LC. The high incidence of LC has been associated with smoking habit, genetic diversity and environmental pollution. Antofagasta region has been repor...

Comparative study of risk factors related to cardiovascular disease in children from Bogotá, Colombia and Toluca, Mexico
Comparative study of risk factors related to cardiovascular disease in children from Bogotá, Colombia and Toluca, Mexico.

INTRODUCTION: Currently, cardiovascular risk factors have not been studied so extensively in young people. OBJECTIVE: To compare the cardiovascular risk factor between Colombian and Mexican children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a transversal, descriptive, comparative and clinical study. 30 children of...

Pacientes hospitalizadas por ideación e intento de suicidio en un Hospital de Salud Mental: características clínico-demográficas y seguimiento a seis meses
[Patients hospitalized for suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in a Mental Health Hospital: Clinicodemographical features and 6-month follow-up].

BACKGROUND: Suicide is an issue of high public health impact. In Argentina there are few published studies on suicide and suicide attempt. OBJECTIVE: To determine the percentage of hospitalizations caused by suicidal attempt or suicidal ideation in a Mental Health Hospital of the City of Buenos Aires, de...

Análise funcional e prognóstico de marcha no paciente amputado de extremidade inferior

Acta fisiátrica; 20 (4), 2013
A amputação da extremidade inferior pode afetar a condição física, psíquica e social de um indivíduo. A reabilitação pré e pós protetização é importante para melhorar a funcionalidade e habilidade de deambulação. Os pacientes devem ser avaliados de forma precisa e para isso existem instru...

Avaliação do padrão postural e marcha de pacientes amputados vasculares transtibiais protetizados

Acta fisiátrica; 20 (4), 2013
Objetivo: Avaliar o padrão postural e a marcha de pacientes amputados transtibiais unilaterais, de etiologia vascular que realizaram o processo de protetização e reabilitação no setor de Fisioterapia do Lar Escola São Francisco - Centro de Reabilitação. Método: Trata-se de um estudo Observaciona...

Tratamiento quirúrgico de la estenosis lumbar degenerativa del adulto mayor según la imagenología
Surgical treatment of degenerative lumbar stenosis in elderly patients based on imaging findings

Introducción: la estenosis lumbar degenerativa en pacientes adultos mayores constituye un grave problema de salud actual. Objetivo: demostrar la validez del tratamiento quirúrgico de la estenosis lumbar degenerativa del adulto mayor cuando la decisión del tipo de técnica a realizar se determina por l...