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Impact of arterial procedures on coagulation and fibrinolysis - a pilot study

Abstract Objective: The main goal of our study was to assess the impact of vascular procedures on the activity of hemostatic and fibrinolytic pathways. Methods: We enrolled 38 patients with ≥ 45 years old undergoing surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm or peripheral artery disease under general ...

Comparative analysis of myocardial protection with htk solution and hypothermic hyperkalemic blood solution in the correction of acyanogenic congenital cardiopathies - a randomized study

Abstract Objective: The goal of the present study was to compare the myocardial protection obtained with histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) cardioplegic solution (Custodiol®) and with intermittent hypothermic blood solution. Methods: Two homogenous groups of 25 children with acyanotic congenital...

Transferencia de intervalos de referencia en Valencia-Venezuela

El objetivo de la presente investigación consistió en revisar si los valores de referencia producidos por la industria de diagnóstico in vitro eran transferibles a una determinada población. Para este estudio fueron analizadas muestras de suero de una población de 23 individuos. El análisis de las ...

Enhancing PSMA-uptake with androgen deprivation therapy - a new way to detect prostate cancer metastases?

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT imaging is a promising modality for the staging of recurrent prostate cancer (PCa). Current evidence suggests limited diagnostic value of the 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT in PSA-levels ≤0.3ng/mL. Experimental data have demonstrated an increase in PSMA-expression in PCa metas...

A higher circulating concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin-D decreases the risk of renal cell carcinoma: a case-control study

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the relationship between vitamin D status, using circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D], and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) risk in a case-control study, because the association between the two is unclear in China. Materials and Methods: A total of 135 incident RCC c...

Predicting urine output after kidney transplantation: development and internal validation of a nomogram for clinical use

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To analyze pre-transplantation and early postoperative factors affecting post-transplantation urine output and develop a predictive nomogram. Patients and Methods: Retrospective analysis of non-preemptive first transplanted adult patients between 2001-2016. The outcomes were hourly di...

Trends in renal calculus composition and 24-hour urine analyses in patients with neurologically derived musculoskeletal deficiencies

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To better characterize metabolic stone risk in patients with neurologically derived musculoskeletal deficiencies (NDMD) by determining how patient characteristics relate to renal calculus composition and 24-hour urine parameters. Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective coh...

Prognostic significance of inflammation-based prognostic scoring in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objectives: To investigate whether Glasgow Prognostic Score has prognostic significance in patients with upper urinary urothelial carcinoma. Patients and methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of 74 patients with upper urinary urothelial carcinoma. We set the cut-off value f...

Role of native thiol, total thiol and dynamic Disulphide in diagnosis of patient with prostate cancer and prostatitis

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Background: Our study investigates whether Native Thiol, Total Thiol and disulphide levels measured in serum of patients with prostate cancer and prostatitis and of healthy subjects, have any role in differential diagnosis. Materials and Methods: Patients followed up for histopathologically ve...

Limited significance of repeated long-term radiological and hormonal examination in nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: The purposes of the present study were to evaluate growth rate of nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) and their development to hormonal hypersecretion on follow-up. Materials and methods: A retrospective study was conducted from the electronic medical records. A total of 314 p...