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Maternal weight variation in different intrauterine environments: an important role of hypertension

Abstract Objective Different intrauterine environments may influence the maternal prepregnancy body weight (BW) variation up to 6 months postpartum. The objective of the present study was to verify the association of sociodemographic, obstetric, nutritional, and behavioral factors with weight variation...

Validación del método para la cuantificación de Ciclosporina A en sangre total por HPLC/DAD

Con-ciencia (La Paz); 7 (1), 2019
El presente estudio describe la validación del método para la cuantificación de Ciclosporina A en sangre total por Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Resolución (HPLC) en Fase Reversa con Detector de Arreglo de Diodos. La Ciclosporina A es un fármaco inmunosupresor con un estrecho margen terapéutico a...

Cervical cancer - staging and restaging with 18F-FDG PET/CT

The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize producers to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the phy...

Relapsed ovarian cancer - diagnosis using 18F-FDG PET/CT; 4

The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize procedures to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the ph...

Desafios na interpretação dos ensaios de troponina ultrassensível em terapia intensiva

RESUMO As troponinas cardíacas T e I são marcadores considerados altamente sensíveis e específicos para o diagnóstico de infarto agudo do miocárdio. Atualmente, com o advento dos ensaios ultrassensíveis, uma série de anormalidades não primariamente cardíacas pode se manifestar por meio da eleva...

Urine as a promising sample for Leishmania DNA extraction in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis - a review

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Visceral leishmaniasis is a serious and debilitating infection with high fatality rate in tropical and subtropical countries. As clinical symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis are not so specific, confirmatory diagnostic methods with high sensitivity and specificity are needed. Noninvasive methods ...

Diagnósticos diferenciales de trastorno del espectro autista y aporte de ADOS y ADIR-R como herramientas complementarias

INTRODUCCIÓN: El diagnóstico de los Trastornos del Espectro Autista (TEA) es clínico y complejo por la dificultad de interpretar los síntomas, las frecuentes comorbilidades, la heterogeneidad clínica y la ausencia de indicadores específicos. Múltiples instrumentos se han desarrollado para su evalu...

Dermatite de contato por corticoide em pacientes com dermatite atópica

Objetivo: Avaliar a sensibilização a corticoides tópicos e substâncias do teste de contato padrão e cosméticos em pacientes com dermatite atópica (DA) no Serviço de Alergia e Imunologia do HSPE-SP. Método: Estudo retrospectivo com análise de prontuário de pacientes com DA, classificados de aco...

Use of Mini-FLOTAC and Fill-FLOTAC for rapidly diagnosing parasitic infections in zoo mammals

Abstract Animals reared in restricted environments are highly susceptible to gastrointestinal infection by helminths and protozoa and therefore zoos are characterized as being parasite-rich environments. Successful implementation of control programs of these parasites in zoo environment depends upon pre...

Fuzzy logic and hospital admission due to respiratory diseases using estimated values by mathematical model

Abstract Hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases generate financial costs for the Health System in addition to social costs. Objective of this study was to develop and validate a fuzzy linguistic model for prediction of hospitalization due to respiratory diseases. We constructed a fuzzy model for pr...