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The role of maximum compressed thickness of the quadriceps femoris muscle measured by ultrasonography in assessing nutritional risk in critically-ill patients with different volume statuses

SUMMARY PURPOSE In this prospective observational study, we aimed to investigate the role of the maximum compressed (MC) and uncompressed (UC) thickness of the quadriceps femoris muscle (QFMT) measured by ultrasonography (USG) in the detection of nutritional risk in intensive care patients (ICPs) with ...

Evaluación de un método de amplificación isotérmica mediado por bucle para la detección rápida del virus sincicial respiratorio en niños con infección respiratoria aguda

Biomédica (Bogotá); 39 (2), 2019
Resumen Introducción. El virus sincicial respiratorio humano (hRSV) es la causa más frecuente de infección respiratoria aguda de las vías respiratorias inferiores en niños menores de cinco años. El desarrollo de técnicas moleculares para identificarlo es uno de los retos actuales en el campo de l...

O ser mãe de uma criança com microcefalia

Fisioter. Bras; 20 (3), 2019
Essa pesquisa objetiva analisar o impacto de ser mãe de uma criança com microcefalia, identificando as mudanças ocorridas no seu cotidiano após o nascimento do filho. Participaram desse estudo cinco mães, com faixa etária de 21 a 45 anos, todas atendidas na atenção básica, que tinham filhos de q...

O embarque em um aeroporto como exercício de epidemiologia

J. Health NPEPS; 4 (1), 2019
Objetivo: propor uma narrativa para o ensino de medidas relacionadas a testes diagnósticos e rastreamento através de sua observação no contexto da segurança aeroportuária. Método: trata-se de ensaio teórico-reflexivo, realizado no segundo semestre de 2018, incitado por vivências do autor e exper...

Intra-abdominal fat measurement by ultrasonography: association with anthropometry and metabolic syndrome in adolescents

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 95 (3), 2019
Abstract Objective: To associate intra-abdominal fat thickness measured by ultrasonography to the factors related to metabolic syndrome and to determine cutoff points of intra-abdominal fat measurement associated with a greater chance of metabolic syndrome in adolescents. Methods: This was a cross-sect...

Valor del PET/CT semicuantitativo (SUVmax) en el estudio de nódulo pulmonar sólido

OBJETIVO: Determinar el rendimiento diagnóstico del PET/CT en el estudio de nódulo pulmonar (NP) utilizando SUVmax. MÉTODO: Se revisó la base de datos de PET/CT, seleccionando aquellos solicitados para estudio de NP sólido. Se incluyeron sólo aquellos NP confirmados como malignos o benignos. Se ex...

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...

Impact of PI-RADS v2 on indication of prostate biopsy

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objectives: To identify the group of patients who could safely avoid prostate biopsy based on the findings of multiparametric prostate resonance imaging (MRmp), parameterized with PI-RADS v2, using prostate biopsy as reference test and to assess the sensitivity and specificity of mpMR in identi...

Comparison of Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiograms at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica with Reported Cases in Literature

West Indian med. j; 68 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: This study was undertaken to determine the positive rate for computed tomography pulmonary angiograms (CTPAs) at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), to compare the positive rate at the UHWI to that reported in the literature and to compare the rates of positive CTPAs b...