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Gravidade dos transtornos relacionados a substâncias nas pessoas em tratamento nos Centros de Atenção Psicossocial de Álcool e outras Drogas

Resumo: Os transtornos relacionados a substâncias são considerados um problema de saúde pública, caracterizados por alterações cognitivas, comportamentais e fisiológicas, ocasionando prejuízos em diversas áreas da vida da pessoa. Sua gravidade pode ser avaliada pelas consequências negativas rel...

Prevalence of oropharyngeal dysphagia in hereditary spastic paraplegias

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (12), 2019
ABSTRACT Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a group of genetic diseases characterized by lower limb spasticity with or without additional neurological features. Swallowing dysfunction is poorly studied in HSP and its presence can lead to significant respiratory and nutritional complications. Objec...

Análisis de la mortalidad por cáncer de mama, tendencias y pronóstico en Santiago de Cuba

Rev. cuba. cir; 58 (4), 2019
RESUMEN Introducción: En los últimos diez años, la tasa de mortalidad por cáncer de mama se ha mantenido aparentemente estable, una de cada 8 mujeres está afectada por esta enfermedad, y de aquí a 20 años esta cifra podría elevarse. Objetivos: Estimar la tendencia de la mortalidad por cáncer d...

Effects of hyperuricemia on incident renal replacement therapy and all-cause mortality among patients with chronic kidney disease stages 3-5: a retrospective cohort study

Säo Paulo med. j; 137 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Findings regarding the effects of hyperuricemia on renal function and mortality have been inconsistent. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of hyperuricemia on incident renal replacement therapy and all-cause mortality among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). DESIGN ...

Predictors and prognostic impact of in-hospital bleeding after transcatheter aortic valve replacement according to barc and varc-2 definitions

Effectiveness of short-term physical agents treatment on macroscopic morphology in patients with plaque psoriasis

Int. j. morphol; 37 (4), 2019
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease that presents skin rashes which can arise through plaques. The aim of this work was to compare the effectiveness of short-term physical agents treatment on macroscopic morphology (area and erythema) in patients with plaque psoriasis. This prospective randomized...

The Usefulness of Admission Plasma NT-pro BNP Level to Predict Left Ventricular Aneurysm Formation after Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Arq. bras. cardiol; 113 (6), 2019
Abstract Background: Left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) is an important complication of acute myocardial infarction. In this study, we investigated the role of N- Terminal pro B type natriuretic peptide level to predict the LVA development after acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Me...

Change in functional moderate mitral regurgitation after aortic valve replacement

Abstract Objective: To evaluate the changes of the mitral valve geometrics and the degrees of moderate mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic stenosis (AS). Methods: A retrospective analysis study of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TE...

Functional independence of elderly patients who fell: a follow-up study

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate, in emergency hospital service and at home, the functional independence of elderly people who fell. Method: longitudinal study with 151 elderly. Functional Independence Measure (FIM) was used. Statistical tests were performed with univariate and bivariate analysis. Resu...

Radiographic predictors determined with an objective assessment tool for neonatal patients with necrotizing enterocolitis

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 95 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: The objective of this study was to develop and validate a computational tool to assist radiological decisions on necrotizing enterocolitis. Methodology: Patients that exhibited clinical signs and radiographic evidence of Bell's stage 2 or higher were included in the study, resulting...