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Cervical arterial dissection: clinical characteristics in a neurology service in São Paulo, Brazil

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (9), 2019
ABSTRACT Cervical arterial dissection accounts for only a small proportion of ischemic stroke but arouses scientific interest due to its wide clinical variability. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate its risk factors, outline its clinical characteristics, compare treatment with antiaggregation or an...

Doble terapia antiagregante en pacientes con accidente cerebrovascular isquémico agudo: Recomendación del grupo CIERTO
Dual antiplatelet therapy for secondary stroke prevention in patients with acute ischemic stroke. CIERTO group recommendation

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (4), 2019
El inicio precoz del tratamiento con antiagregantes plaquetarios es considerado el estándar de cuidado para pacientes con accidente cerebrovascular isquémico agudo. Distintos esquemas de antiagregación se han comparado con resultados que sugieren que la combinación de múltiples antiagregantes se aso...

Vasculopatia livedoide tratada com rivaroxabana

A vasculopatia livedoide é uma doença rara caracterizada pela oclusão da microvasculatura da derme, originando lesões maculosas que, posteriormente, podem evoluir para úlceras e cicatrizes atróficas. Como um fenômeno vaso-oclusivo, o tratamento geralmente é realizado com antiplaquetários e fibri...

Drogas antiplaquetarias de utilización en Síndrome Coronario Agudo

Rev. costarric. cardiol; 21 (1), 2019
Los medicamentos antiplaquetarios, representan el pilar del tratamiento farmacológico, en el síndrome coronario agudo. Su utilización pronta y precisa, permiten ganar minutos importantes en la toma de decisiones de estos pacientes, que permitan una resolución cabal y de optimo pronostico. Esta peque�...

Una intervención multimodal reduciría las prescripciones medicamentosas de alto riesgo
A complex intervention reduces high-risk prescriptions

Anticuerpos antiplaquetarios en pacientes cubanos en espera de trasplante renal

Introducción: Los antígenos específicos de plaquetas, conocidos como antígenos de plaquetas humanas (HPA, del inglés human platelet antigens), se incluyen dentro del espectro de antígenos de histocompatibilidad no-HLA, debido a que los anticuerpos anti-HPA participan en el rechazo del trasplante, a...

An atypical presentation of a severe and massive atheroembolic disease

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Atheroembolic renal disease (AERD) is a kidney manifestation of atherosclerosis as a systemic disease. AERD is defined as a renal impairment secondary to embolization of cholesterol crystals with consequent occlusion of renal vascularization. The current case report describes one patient with mu...

Dual platelet antiaggregation therapy after myocardial revascularization surgery

SUMMARY Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is a consolidated treatment in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) for both symptom control and improvement of prognosis. The patency of venous grafts is still the most vulnerable point of the surgical treatment since it presents a high prevalence of oc...

Evaluation of platelet activity by multiple electrode impedance aggregometry in acute coronary syndromes: pilot study in a Brazilian tertiary-care public hospital

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 52 (2), 2019
There is no definite recommendation for testing platelet aggregation (PA) in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) due to inconclusive evidence on the usefulness of platelet function tests to guide therapy and improve clinical outcomes. The evaluation of PA with multiple electrode impedance platelet aggregometr...

Safety assessment of omeprazole use: a review

Säo Paulo med. j; 136 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Risks regarding hospital admission due to adverse drug reactions and drug interactions from use of omeprazole have been reported. The question guiding the present review was "Which adverse events occur in patients using omeprazole in a Food and Drug Administration-approved and/or o...