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Are computed tomography 3D measurements of the upper airways in mouth-breathing children in agreement with the ENT clinical diagnosis of obstruction?

Abstract Introduction: Imaging studies have hystorically been used to support the clinical otorhinolaryngological evaluation of the upper respiratory tract for the diagnosis of obstructive causes of oral breathing. Objective: The objective of this study was to compare 3D volumetric measurements of nasa...

Cambios estructurales cerebrales en epilepsia generalizada idiopática identificados por análisis de imágenes de resonancia magnética automatizados
Cerebral structural changes in generalized idiopathic epilepsy identified by automated magnetic resonance imaging analysis

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (2), 2019
El objetivo de este estudio fue combinar dos métodos automatizados de análisis estructural de imágenes de resonancia magnética para identificar cambios estructurales en pacientes nacidos en Argentina con epilepsia generalizada idiopática (EGI) en comparación con un grupo control de adultos sanos. F...

Proposition of decision limits for serum lipids in Brazilian children aged one to 13 years

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 95 (2), 2019
Abstract Objective: To determine decision limits for total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides in healthy children and adolescents from Cuiabá, Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 1866 healthy children and adolescents randomly selected...

Serum PTH reference values in an adult Brazilian population: implications for the diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism

ABSTRACT Objective: To define serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) reference values in carefully selected subjects following the recommended pre-analytical guidelines. Subjects and methods: First, 676 adults who would be submitted to thyroidectomy were evaluated. Patients using interfering medications or wi...

Evaluation of immunological parameters in pregnant women: low levels of B and NK cells

Abstract Objective To describe the immunological and hematological reference intervals of low-risk pregnant women. Methods A cross-sectional retrospective database analysis of a basic and translational study analyzing the hematological evaluation blood counts and immunophenotyping of TCD3 + , TCD4 + ...

Association between radiographic classification and surgical technique in extractions of third lower molars

RFO UPF; 24 (1), 2019
Introduction: establish an association between the radiographic classification and the surgical technique related to the lower third molars. Materials and method: a retrospective study was carried out, with the descriptive analysis of the data. The sample consisted of 100 patients (n = 100) from the spon...

Effectiveness of over-the-counter tooth-whitening strips and toothbrushing for stain removal

RFO UPF; 24 (1), 2019
Objective: The present study compared the effectiveness of over-the-counter tooth-whitening strips and too-thbrushing for stain removal. Materials and method: Forty bovine teeth were subjected to initial color re-adings and divided into two groups: 20 teeth were stained with grape juice fo...

Comparação das medidas extraorais com as medidas intraorais na confecção da prótese total

RFO UPF; 24 (1), 2019
Introdução: o edentulismo é um problema bastante comum, e o conhecimento adequado da anatomia e da fisiologia da cavidade oral é essencial na recuperação e no equilíbrio neuromuscular do sistema estomatognático. O uso das linhas de referência juntamente com o plano oclusal orientam o posicioname...