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Lipid profile and statin use in critical care setting: implications for kidney outcome

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine whether pre-hospital statin use is associated with lower renal replacement therapy requirement and/or death during intensive care unit stay. Methods: Prospective cohort analysis. We analyzed 670 patients consecutively admitted to the intensive care unit of an academic t...

Characterization of people with hemato-oncological diseases admitted to an emergency unit

Abstract Objectives: To identify the demographic and clinical profile and the reasons for seeking care of people with hemato-oncological diseases attended at an emergency unit. Methods: This descriptive, correlational, quantitative study was carried in the emergency unit of a general teaching hospital ...

Hospital-acquired conditions and length of stay in the pregnancy and puerperal cycle

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of the Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) in women in the puerperal and pregnancy cycle during length of stay. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted with 113,456 women, between July 2012 and July 2017, in Brazil's national hospitals of the supplemen...

Factors associated with the length of hospital stay of women undergoing cesarean section

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether age group, complications or comorbidities are associated with the length of hospitalization of women undergoing cesarean section. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out between June 2012 and July 2017, with 64,437 women undergoing cesarean section and who...

Iniquidades étnico-raciais nas hospitalizações por causas evitáveis em menores de cinco anos no Brasil, 2009-2014

Cad. Saúde Pública (Online); 35 (supl.3), 2019
Resumo: Internacionalmente, observa-se um incremento no uso das internações por condições sensíveis à atenção primária (ICSAP) como indicador de efetividade da atenção primária à saúde. Este artigo analisa as iniquidades étnico-raciais nas internações por causas em menores de cinco anos ...

Factores de riesgo de estenosis de cuello vesical asociada a prostatectomía radical por carcinoma prostático – experiencia en un único centro

Objetivo La estenosis de la anastomosis uretrovesical (EAU-V) afecta al 8,4% de pacientes intervenidos de prostatectomía radical retropúbica por cáncer. Nuestro propósito fue estudiar los factores de riesgo de estenosis de cuello vesical asociada a prostatectomía radical por carcinoma prostático ...

Caracterización epidemiológica de pacientes con enfermedad cerebral vascular aguda en un hospital de Chile en base a registros de grupos relacionados al diagnóstico

Medwave; 19 (6), 2019
Resumen Introducción Las enfermedades cerebrales vasculares son la primera causa específica de muerte y discapacidad en Chile. Objetivo Analizar características epidemiológicas de pacientes hospitalizados con diagnóstico de accidentes vasculares cerebrales en el Complejo Asistencial Víctor Ríos R...

Bronchial carcinoid tumors: second primary neoplasms and outcomes of surgical treatment

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze determinants of prognosis in patients with bronchial carcinoid tumors treated surgically and the potential concomitance of such tumors with second primary neoplasms. Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of 51 bronchial carcinoid tumors treated surgically between 200...

Epidemiology and outcomes of anal abscess in patients on chronic dialysis: a 14-year retrospective study

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: We conducted this retrospective study to elucidate the clinical presentation and outcomes of anal abscess in chronic dialysis patients. METHODS: We performed a chart review of patients who were hospitalized for anal abscess from Jan. 2002 to Dec. 2015. A total of 3,074 episodes of anal absce...

Impact of enhanced recovery after surgery on postoperative rehabilitation, inflammation, and immunity in gastric carcinoma patients: a randomized clinical trial

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 52 (5), 2019
We determined the effects of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in patients undergoing radical surgery for gastric carcinoma. Sixty patients undergoing radical gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma in Lishui Hospital between March and October 2016 were randomized to receive either ERAS (30 patients) or c...