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Lower long-term mortality in obese patients with community-acquired pneumonia: possible role of CRP

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between obesity and mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in China. METHODS: In total, 909 patients with CAP were recruited for this study from January 2010 to June 2015. All patients were selected and divided int...

Dupilumab in the treatment of severe atopic dermatitis refractory to systemic immunosuppression: case report

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Case report of a patient with severe atopic dermatitis who showed a good response to dupilumab. She had already used two immunosuppressive agents, cyclosporine A and mycophenolate mofetil, for the treatment of atopic dermatitis with no proper control of the disease. She had also been taking all ...

Drug interactions in maternal intensive care: prevalence, risk factors, and potential risk medications

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize severe potential drug interactions in maternal intensive care, and to determine their frequency, risk factors and potential risk medications. Methods: An observational and longitudinal study conducted between December 2014 and December 2015 in a maternal intensive ca...

Medidas cepstrais na avaliação da intensidade do desvio vocal

CoDAS; 31 (4), 2019
RESUMO Objetivo Analisar se existe associação entre a presença, a intensidade e o tipo de desvio vocal e as medidas cepstrais em amostras de indivíduos com queixa vocal. Método Foram utilizadas 376 amostras da vogal /ε/ de indivíduos de ambos os gêneros, com queixa vocal. Utilizou-se uma es...

Propiedades psicométricas del PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire) en centros de atención primaria de Chile

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (1), 2019
Background: Simple and brief questionnaires with adequate psychometric properties are useful for the early detection of depressive disorders. Aim: To analyze the psychometric behavior of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in Chile. Material and Methods: Data were collected from 1,738 adult patien...

The role of magnetic resonance imaging in Ménière disease: the current state of endolymphatic hydrops evaluation

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Technical advances in magnetic resonance imaging have allowed to accurately detect and grade endolymphatic space distension in Ménière disease; this was only possible in post-mortem histological studies until a few years ago. Magnetic resonance imaging rules out other causes of vertigo and hea...

Índices de gravidade do trauma: capacidade preditiva para admissão e mortalidade de pacientes na unidade de terapia intensiva de um hospital privado

Introdução: há muito tempo se discute a definição do nível de gravidade do trauma, o qual pode ser determinado por índices de trauma. Atualmente, existem diversos índices na literatura que, em sua maioria, analisam a probabilidade de sobrevida (Ps) das vítimas de trauma. Entretanto, são escasso...

Hipertensos internados em uma unidade de terapia intensiva geral: características clínicas, gravidade e desfecho

Introdução: A hipertensão arterial é um importante problema de saúde pública, principalmente pela elevada prevalência na população adulta. Porém, são poucos os estudos sobre as características dos hipertensos internados em unidade de terapia intensiva. Objetivo: Comparar pacientes hipertensos...

Fine-tuning multilevel modeling of risk factors associated with nonsurgical periodontal treatment outcome

Abstract This retrospective study evaluated the influence of known risk factors on nonsurgical periodontal treatment (NSPT) response using a pocket depth fine-tuning multilevel linear model (MLM). Overall, 37 patients (24 males and 13 females) with moderate-to-severe chronic periodontitis underwent NSPT....

Demarcated opacity in primary teeth increases the prevalence of molar incisor hypomineralization

Abstract This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the prevalence of molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) and its relationship with the number of primary teeth with developmental defects of enamel (DDE). A representative population-based sample of 731 schoolchildren was randomly selected from the publ...