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Uso de anticoagulantes orales directos en pacientes con fibrilación auricular post implante de TAVI: resultados de una encuesta internacional

Rev. méd. Chile; 150 (5), 2022
BACKGROUND: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is beneficial in patients with symptomatic severe Aortic Stenosis (AS). There is no consensus about the best anticoagulation strategy for patients with a recent TAVI and with atrial fibrillation (AF). Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are effect...

Alterações hematológicas na dengue grave – uma revisão sistemática
Hematological changes in serious dengue – a systematic review

Rev. bras. anal. clin; 54 (1), 2022
A infecção causada pelo vírus da dengue gera quase 400 milhões de novos casos a cada ano especialmente nos países tropicais e subtropicais, sendo considerada um problema de saúde pública em todo o mundo. Trata-se de uma doença sistêmica e infectocontagiosa, que pode ser classificada como dengue ...

Therapeutics in radiation-induced proctopathy: a systematic review

Malignant neoplasms are increasingly prevalent in the daily clinical practice. Up to 61% of patients with pelvic malignancies undergo pelvic radiotherapy in different doses, which may cause intestinal damage, and the rectum is the segment most frequently affected due to its fixed position in the pelvis. ...

Estudio de costo-efectividad de profilaxis con emicizumab versus agentes hemostáticos alternativos en pacientes con hemofilia A grave en Perú

Medwave; 22 (2), 2022
Contexto La hemofilia es un trastorno hemorrágico de la coagulación que ocurre en uno de cada 5000 nacimientos masculinos. Los pacientes con hemofilia A grave no tratados tienen complicaciones hemorrágicas, incluyendo sangrados articulares y menor sobrevida. El emicizumab es un anticuerpo monoclonal a...

Experience in the Use of Video Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Unexplained Iron Deficiency Anemia

Abstract Introduction: The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in developed countries has been estimated between 2-5 %, associated with high morbidity and mortality. Etiological identification is sometimes difficult and requires diagnostic methods, such as video capsule endoscopy (VCE). Aim: This stud...

Perfil epidemiológico de pacientes com Hemofilia A e doenças associadas ao uso do fator VIII/recombinante

Introdução: o Brasil é o quarto país em casos de Hemofilia A. O tratamento é infundir o fator de coagulação ausente. Reações ao uso do fator podem incluir manifestações alérgicas, doenças virais transfusionais e aloanticorpos. Objetivo: analisar o perfil epidemiológico de pacientes com Hemo...

Intercambio plasmático terapéutico por plasmafiltración: experiencia de 11 años de un centro

Rev. méd. Chile; 150 (2), 2022
BACKGROUND: Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) is a procedure in which plasma and harmful macromolecules are separated from the rest of the blood components by centrifugation or filtration through membranes and are replaced with solutions with albumin and/or plasma. AIM: To communicate our experience usin...

Predictors of Hospitalization in Vitamin K Antagonist Users Presenting with Bleeding at the Emergency Department

Abstract Background Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) are indicated for the prevention of thromboembolic events and reduction of mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation and patients with valvular prostheses. However, their use is associated with bleeding complications and hospitalizations. Predictors ...

Fiebre hemorrágica Chapare: una enfermedad zoonótica emergente producto de la expansión agrícola

Chapare hemorrhagic fever is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by a Mammarenavirus, of the Arenaviridae family, called Chapare virus. Its name refers to the region in which it first appeared. This virus is transmitted through direct contact with the excreta of wild rodents that interact with humans by ...

Trastornos de la coagulación en cirrosis hepática: artículo de revisión

Hepatología; 3 (1), 2022
Los eventos fisiopatológicos de la cirrosis hepática alteran drásticamente los procesos de hemostasia primaria, secundaria y fibrinólisis. Antiguamente se conceptuaba que dichas alteraciones predisponían exclusivamente a un estado de hipocoagulabilidad, debido a la baja producción hepática de fact...