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Reflections on end-of-life dialysis

J. bras. nefrol; 40 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT The world population is aging and diseases such as diabetes mellitus and systemic arterial hypertension are increasing the risk of patients developing chronic kidney disease, leading to an increase in the prevalence of patients on dialysis. The expansion of health services has made it possible t...

Câncer pancreático no Brasil: tendências e projeções da mortalidade até 2029. Arq Gastroenterol

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer is one of the main cancer-related causes of death in developed countries, and one of the most lethal malignant neoplasms. This type of cancer is classified as the ninth most frequent in the world. OBJECTIVE: Analyze temporal trends for pancreatic cancer in Brazi...

Análise dos fatores de risco e complicações pós-operatórias em pacientes portadores de doença de Crohn

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The post-operative complications rate is greater in patients with Crohn's disease than in other abdominal surgeries due to other benign conditions. Prevention and management of such complications are important factors in the care of these patients. OBJECTIVE: The objectives of th...

Associação de polimorfismos da região do promotor do gene interleucina-10 com susceptibilidade ao câncer colorretal: uma revisão sistemática e meta-análise

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Several epidemiological studies have investigated the association of promoter region polymorphisms of Interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene with colorectal cancer (CRC), while the conclusion is still conflicting and inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: We conducted this meta-analysis to evaluate the a...

Meta, prescrição e infusão da terapia nutricional enteral de pacientes críticos em unidade de terapia intensiva

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Enteral nutritional therapy (ENT) is the best route for the nutrition of critically ill patients with improved impact on the clinical treatment of such patients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the energy and protein supply of ENT in critically ill in-patients of an Intensive Care Unit...

Risk assessment for preterm delivery using the fetal fibronectin test associated with the measurement of uterine cervix length in symptomatic pregnant women

Abstract Objective To analyze the use of the measurement of uterine cervix length (MUCL) and the fetal fibronectin (fFN) rapid test as predictors of preterm delivery (PTD) in symptomatic pregnant women assisted at the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Sobral Maternity Hospital. Methods This was a prospe...

Determinación del valor pronostico a 6 meses del puntaje de riesgo OESIL en una cohorte colombiana con síncope evaluada en el servicio de urgencias, primera experiencia latinoamericana

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 88 (3), 2018
Resumen Objetivos: Determinar el rendimiento pronóstico con sensibilidad, especificidad, valor predictivo positivo y valor predictivo negativo del puntaje de riesgo en síncope OESIL para la predicción de eventos graves (mortalidad, intervenciones invasivas cardiovasculares y reingresos) a 6 meses en...

Posicionamento cirúrgico: prevalência de risco de lesões em pacientes cirúrgicos

Rev. SOBECC; 23 (3), 2018
Objetivo: Determinar a prevalência de pacientes em risco de desenvolvimento de lesões decorrentes do posicionamento cirúrgico. Método: Estudo transversal, realizado em hospital privado localizado na região sul do Brasil. Amostra aleatória com 378 pacientes adultos submetidos a cirurgias eletivas en...

Percepción de imagen corporal como factor condicionante del índice de masa corporal en médicos residentes del Hospital de Clínicas

Uno de los factores condicionantes del peso corporal es la percepción que la persona tiene de su imagen corporal. El objetivo fue conocer la percepción de imagen corporal según el índice de masa corporal (IMC) en 107 Médicos Residentes del Hospital de Clínicas.Se utilizó un diseño observacional d...

Hazards of repeat pregnancy during adolescence: A case-control study

Abstract Objective To evaluate the social, obstetric and psychological risk factors related to repeat pregnancy in teenagers. Methods A case control study conducted at Centro de Atenção à Saúde Integral da Mulher (Caism, in the Portuguese acronym), in Campinas, Brazil, from 2015 to 2017. Three gr...