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Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of left ventricular remodeling following anterior acute myocardial infarction

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
OBJECTIVES: Coronary artery disease is the primary cause of death and is responsible for a high number of hospitalizations worldwide. Ventricular remodeling is associated with worse prognosis following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and is a risk factor for ventricular dysfunction and...

Effectiveness and Determinant Variables of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Interventions in Cerebral Palsy Patients with Communication Deficit: a Systematic Review

CoDAS; 33 (5), 2021
ABSTRACT Purpose Assess the effectiveness of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions in patients with CP and to reveal determinant variables of main intervention outcomes: receptive and expressive language. Research strategies The search was performed in following databases: MEDL...

Avaliação do acesso às ações assistenciais no período neonatal
Evaluation of access to care actions in the neonatal period

O período neonatal requer uma atenção qualificada, dada a susceptibilidade do recém-nascido às adversidades. Este estudo objetivou avaliar o acesso e a implementação das ações assistenciais preconizadas pelo Ministério da Saúde para o período neonatal e suas associações com as característi...

Actividad antibacteriana y antifúngica del aceite esencial de Minthostachys mollis frente a microorganismos de la cavidad oral
Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity of the essential oil of Minthostachys mollis against oral microorganisms

Rev. cuba. invest. bioméd; 40 (supl.1), 2021
Introducción: La Minthostachys mollises una planta aromática que crece en América Latina y produce aceites esenciales con acción antimicrobiana. Objetivo: Determinar la actividad del aceite esencial de Minthostachys mollis en diferentes concentraciones, comparado con doxiciclina y fluconazol frent...

Association and correlation between stress, musculoskeletal pain and resilience in nurses before hospital accreditation maintenance assessment

Objective: to associate and correlate musculoskeletal pain, stress and resilience of nurses in the maintenance of Hospital Accreditation Certification. Method: longitudinal study in two moments, before and after the Accreditation maintenance visit, March and June 2019, with 53 nurses from a hospital ins...

Evolution of self-care in patients with heart failure at the first outpatient return and three months after hospital discharge

Objective: to analyze the evolution of self-care in hospitalized patients with decompensated heart failure, between the first return after hospital discharge (T0) and three months after this assessment (T1). Method: an observational, analytical and longitudinal study carried out in the cardiology outpat...

Preditores e qualidade de vida em pacientes com radiodermatite: estudo longitudinal

Resumo Objetivo: Analisar os preditores sociodemográficos, clínicos e terapêuticos e a qualidade de vida em pacientes com radiodermatite. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo longitudinal, realizado com 196 pessoas que desenvolveram reações cutâneas como evento adverso ao tratamento radioterápico. Fo...

Incidence, risk factors and survival of critically-ill patients with acute kidney injury

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the incidence, risk factors and survival of critically-ill patients with acute kidney injury. Method: a concurrent cohort study, conducted with 126 participants between May and September 2019 in a public Intensive Care Unit of the state of Acre. The Kaplan-Meier method ...

Tempo de permanência e motivos de retirada do cateter venoso central de pacientes renais crônicos em hemodiálise ambulatorial

Clin. biomed. res; 41 (1), 2021
Introdução: A permanência prolongada de Cateter Venoso Central (CVC) em Hemodiálise (HD) está relacionado a maior risco de complicações. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o tempo, em dias, de permanência e o motivo de retirada do CVC em pacientes renais crônicos submetidos à HD ambulatorial e...

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for systemic sclerosis: Brazilian experience

Adv Rheumatol; 61 (), 2021
Abstract Background: In the past 20 years, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been investigated as treatment for systemic sclerosis (SSc). The goal of HSCT is to eradicate the autoreactive immune system, which is replaced by a new immune repertoire with long-lasting regulation and tolera...