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Comparación de puntajes de riesgo para predecir aterosclerosis subclínica
Comparison of risk scores to predict subclinical atherosclerosis

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (5), 2019
La aterosclerosis subclínica es un potente predictor de eventos cardiovasculares, aunque se desconoce cuál de los puntajes de riesgo es más eficaz para predecir su presencia en una población latinoamericana. El objetivo fué comparar la performance de los puntajes de riesgo: Framingham, Regicor y Ath...

Comparação dos critérios da nrs-2002 com o risco nutricional em pacientes hospitalizados

Resumo A triagem "Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002)" é uma ferramenta considerada padrão ouro na análise do risco nutricional. Sendo assim, objetivou-se identificar na "NRS-2002" qual ou quais os critérios avaliados que mais contribuem para determinar o risco nutricional. Estudo descritivo transv...

Is thyroid nodule volume predictive for malignancy?

ABSTRACT Objective: We aimed to determine the roles of preoperative thyroid nodule diameter and volume in the prediction of malignancy. Subjects and methods: The medical records of patients who underwent thyroidectomy between January 2007 and December 2014 were reviewed. The nodule diameters were group...

High Level of Lipoprotein(a) as Predictor for Recurrent Heart Failure in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: a Cohort Study

Arq. bras. cardiol; 113 (2), 2019
Abstract Background: Elevated plasma levels of Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] are recognized as a significant risk factor for atherosclerotic vascular disease. However, there are limited data regarding association between Lp(a) and recurrent heart failure (HF) in patients with chronic HF caused by coronary hear...

Preeclampsia y enfermedad cardiovascular: un enfoque integral para detectar las fases subclínicas de complicaciones obstétricas y cardiovasculares

Rev. chil. cardiol; 38 (2), 2019
ANTECEDENTES: Desde 1995 hasta la fecha la asociación entre patologías derivadas los embarazos hipertensivos y las enfermedades cardiovasculares ha generado un gran volumen de potentes evidencias epidemiológicas y clínicas. OBJETIVOS: Los propósitos de esta revisión son varios. Mostrar la consiste...

Validação da Ferramenta de Rastreio de Risco de quedas (FRRISque) em pessoas idosas que vivem na comunidade

Resumo Objetivou validar a Ferramenta de Rastreamento do Risco de Quedas (FRRISque) em pessoas idosas que vivem na comunidade. Realizou-se um estudo transversal, do tipo screening avaliativo. A amostra foi composta por 854 idosos. Além da versão piloto da FRRISque, foi aplicado o instrumento QuickScree...

Performance of cardiovascular risk scores in mortality prediction ten years after Acute Coronary Syndromes

SUMMARY BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Framingham risk score (FRS) and risk score by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (SR ACC/AHA) in predicting mortality of patients ten years after acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS Thi...

Bleeding risk of small intracranial aneurysms in a population treated in a reference center

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Large multicenter studies have shown that small intracranial aneurysms are associated with a minimal risk of bleeding. Nevertheless, other large series have shown that most ruptured aneurysms are, in fact, the smaller ones. In the present study, we questioned whether small aneurysms are indeed n...

A higher circulating concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin-D decreases the risk of renal cell carcinoma: a case-control study

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the relationship between vitamin D status, using circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D], and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) risk in a case-control study, because the association between the two is unclear in China. Materials and Methods: A total of 135 incident RCC c...