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Características clínicas e histológicas de adenopatías en pacientes pediátricos

Rev. chil. pediatr; 87 (4), 2016
Introducción: Las adenopatías son una causa muy frecuente de consulta en la población infantil, estando presente hasta en el 44% de los niños menores de 5 años. En algunos casos se requiere la toma de biopsias ganglionares para esclarecer el diagnóstico. Objetivo: Describir las características cl...

Infecciones osteoarticulares en pacientes del Hospital del Instituto de Seguridad del Trabajador (IST) de Viña del Mar: periodo 2012-2013

INTRODUCCIÓN: Las infecciones osteoarticulares son un desafío frecuente en la práctica traumatológica diaria. En Chile y en los distintos hospitales de la región de Valparaíso son escasos los trabajos con relación al tema, lo que es fundamental para optimizar el tratamiento, tanto quirúrgico como...

Fracturas periprotésicas de fémur en artroplastia total de rodilla: experiencia con técnica mínimamente invasiva

ANTECEDENTES: La fractura periprótesica de fémur en artroplastia total de rodilla supone uno de los mayores retos quirúrgicos. La tasa de complicaciones generales supera el 30% tanto con tratamiento conservador como con el quirúrgico. Parece que la técnica de osteosíntesis con placas bloqueadas de ...

Indicators of health and safety among institutionalized older adults

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (4), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify the incidence of mortality, diarrheal diseases, scabies and falls; and the prevalence of pressure ulcers - all of which are related to the safety ofinstitutionalized older adults. METHOD This was a documentary retrospective study developed in a long-term residential carei...

Use of a severity indicator as a predictor of the use of hepatic transplantation resources

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (4), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of a severity indicator for end-stage liver disease as a predictor of resource use in a teaching hospital in São Paulo. METHOD Descriptive, retrospective study, classifying independent variables in seven key dimensions: identification/risk rating; length of stay/...

Mean platelet volume in patients with prolactinoma

ABSTRACT Objective Prolactin is a multifunctional pituitary hormone. The effect of prolactin on platelet activation is not well understood. Prolactinomas are the most common type of pituitary adenomas, and they are medically responsive to dopamine agonists. Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a marker of pla...

Dynamic prediction of the risk of recurrence in patients over 60 years of age with differentiated thyroid carcinoma

ABSTRACT Objective The reclassification of the risk according to the response to the initial treatment makes the treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) vary in each individual. As the influence of age on this diagnostic strategy is unknown, we have decided to assess it in adults who are over 6...

Phacoemulsification in posterior polar cataract

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the results and complications of phacoemulsification surgery in eyes with posterior polar cataracts and compare the techniques of viscodissection and hydrodissection. Methods: The medical records of 29 consecutive patients (16 males, 13 females) with posterior polar catara...

Medical therapy versus trabeculectomy in patients with open-angle glaucoma

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To compare therapeutic outcomes between trabeculectomy and medical therapy in patients with open-angle glaucoma. Methods: In the present retrospective comparative study, the medical charts of 284 patients (eyes) newly diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma who had received conventional me...

Recent transmission of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a prison population in southern Brazil

J. bras. pneumol; 42 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT We conducted a cross-sectional, retrospective study, characterized by classical and molecular epidemiology, involving M. tuberculosis isolates from a regional prison in southern Brazil. Between January of 2011 and August of 2014, 379 prisoners underwent sputum smear microscopy and culture; 53 (1...