Abstract Thromboembolic events are frequent in patients with COVID-19 infection, and no cases of bilateral renal infarctions have been reported. We present the case of a 41-year-old female patient with diabetes mellitus and obesity who attended the emergency department for low back pain, respiratory fail...
ABSTRACT Objective: Recently, several studies have found that obesity had a protective effect against varicocele, but no meta-analysis has confirmed this finding. Therefore, we conducted this meta-analysis to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and varicocele. Material and Methods...
RESUMO Objetivo O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a cinética diafragmática, a função respiratória e a dosagem sérica de leptina e citocinas inflamatórias (IL-6 e TNF-α) em três grupos clínicos: obeso, asmático e saudável. Métodos Estudo clínico-exploratório realizado com 73 jovens ...
La obesidad es una enfermedad que se ha visto relacionada con la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus, sugiriendo que los obesos tienen mayor riesgo a padecer COVID-19 grave y sus complicaciones, cobrando mayor relevancia en Chile, país con tasas elevadas de obesidad. Se revisan mecanismos fisiopatológicos i...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the fiber intake and the relationship with cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus. Methods: This is a cross-sectional in which adolescents with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus were evaluated. The dietary consumption ...
Obesity has been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer recurrence and death. Some readily available biomarkers associated with systemic inflammation have been receiving attention as potential prognostic indicators in cancer, including neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymp...
Resumo Objetivo: Identificar, na literatura científica, a relação da obesidade como fator de risco agravante para a morbidade por COVID-19. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo bibliográfico, tipo revisão integrativa de literatura, nos idiomas português, inglês e espanhol, por meio da estratégia PIC...