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Comportamiento epidemiológico del accidente ofídico en el Departamento del Magdalena, Colombia (2009-2013)

Objetivo: determinar el comportamiento epidemiológico del accidente ofídico en el Departamento del Magdalena, según los eventos notificados durante los años 2009-2013. Materiales y métodos: estudio de tipo descriptivo y retrospectivo. El tamaño muestral fueron 485 casos notificados al Sistema de Vi...

Age and regional differences in clinical presentation and risk of hospitalization for dengue in Brazil, 2000-2014

Clinics; 71 (8), 2016
OBJECTIVES: Dengue cases range from asymptomatic to severe, eventually leading to hospitalization and death. Timely and appropriate management is critical to reduce morbidity. Since 1980, dengue has spread throughout Brazil, affecting an increasing number of individuals. This paper describes age and regi...

A avaliação pré-anestésica para cirurgia oftalmológica em idosos é realmente necessária? A realidade de um hospital público

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (4), 2016
RESUMO Objetivos: A avaliação pré-anestésica (APA) e a realização de exames laboratoriais são questionadas para cirurgias oftalmológicas ambulatoriais por acrescentarem custos e retardarem a cirurgia. Estas são de baixo risco, mas os pacientes são idosos e com várias comorbidades. O objetivo ...

Alteración de las fibras finas A-delta por entrampamiento del nervio mediano en la muñeca utilizando el período silente cutáneo
The impairment of A-delta fibers in median nerve compression at the wrist, using the cutaneous silent period

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (4), 2016
El síndrome del túnel carpiano (STC) es una neuropatía por entrampamiento a nivel de la muñeca que cursa con dolor, parestesias y disestesias dolorosas. El diagnóstico electrofisiológico se basa en el estudio de la neuroconducción de las fibras gruesas. Nuestra hipótesis consiste en la existencia...

Immunoexpression of cleaved caspase-3 shows lower apoptotic area indices in lip carcinomas than in intraoral cancer

J. appl. oral sci; 24 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to evaluate apoptosis by assessing cleaved caspase-3 immunoexpression in hyperplastic, potentially malignant disorder (PMD), and malignant tumors in intraoral and lower lip sites. Material and Methods A retrospective study using paraffin blocks with tissues from pa...

Evidencia serológica retrospectiva de infecciones por Leptospira spp, dengue, hantavirus y arenavirus en indígenas Emberá-Katío, Colombia

Rev. chil. infectol; 33 (4), 2016
We have developed a study in the Embera-Katío indigenous community and we found that the seropositivity for IgG antibodies to Leptospira spp. was 18.1%; to dengue was 61.1%; to arenavirus was 3.1% and to hantavirus was 1.5%. We conclude that this indigenous community live in conditions that promote the ...

Evaluación del tratamiento endodóntico y su relación con el tipo y la calidad de la restauración definitiva

Introducción El éxito endodóntico está determinado por la calidad de los tratamientos de canales radiculares y restaurador, en conjunto con la ausencia de signos y síntomas. Objetivo Determinar el porcentaje de éxito de tratamientos de conductos y su relación con el tipo y la calidad de la restaur...

Mirizzi syndrome grades III and IV: surgical treatment

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 43 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective : to evaluate the epidemiology and outcomes of surgical treatment of patients with Mirizzi Syndrome (MS) grades III and IV, the most advanced according to Csendes classification. Methods : we conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional study by reviewing records of thirteen patients w...

Clinical-epidemiological profile of acute appendicitis: retrospective analysis of 638 cases

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 43 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of acute appendicitis (AA) of the patients treated at a referral center in the Juiz de Fora macro-region, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Methods: we conducted a retrospective, observational study in the Dr. Mozart Geraldo TeixeiraEme...

Assessment of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical patients at the Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 43 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective : to evaluate the antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical patients at the Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - HUGG. Methods : we conducted a rospective study of a cohort of 256 patients undergoing elective operations between January and September 2014. We collected data on demographic...