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Cardiovascular risk and bipolar disorder: factors associated with a positive coronary calcium score in patients with bipolar disorder type 1

Objective: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with bipolar disorder. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors associated with positive coronary calcium score (CCS) in individuals with bipolar disorder type 1. Methods: Patients from the Bipolar Disorder Program at H...

Asociación entre la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud y riesgo suicida en adolescentes: estudio transversal

Rev. chil. pediatr; 89 (3), 2018
INTRODUCCIÓN: El deterioro de la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud (CVRS) es un factor de riesgo de suicido en adultos; no obstante, poco se ha estudiado esta dimensión en adolescentes. OBJETIVO: Evaluar la asociación entre calidad de vida relacionada con la salud, medido con el EQ-5D-5L, y ri...

Prevalencia de síntomas de sueño y riesgo de apnea obstructiva del sueño en México

Salud pública Méx; 60 (3), 2018
Resumen: Objetivo: Estimar la prevalencia nacional de síntomas asociados con el sueño (SAS) en México, y su distribución por región, localidad y sexo. Material y métodos: Estudio transversal con muestreo probabilístico, representativo a nivel nacional en adultos mayores de 20 años. Se aplicó u...

The influence of clinical, environmental, and socioeconomic factors on five-year patient survival after kidney transplantation

J. bras. nefrol; 40 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Introduction: The risk of death after kidney transplant is associated with the age of the recipient, presence of comorbidities, socioeconomic status, local environmental characteristics and access to health care. Objective: To investigate the causes and risk factors associated with death durin...

Validation of instrument to assess software of patients' risk classification

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: Validate the content of an instrument that assesses the quality of a software applied to the risk classification of patients. Method: Methodological study, conducted in three stages: adaptation of the instrument, content validation through Delphi technique and pre-test. The results ...

Assessment of the care process with orthotics, prosthetics and special materials

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to assess potential failures in the care process with orthotics, prosthetics and special materials in a high-complexity hospital. Method: an intervention study conducted from March to October 2013. This process was assessed with the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) service t...

Nephrogenic adenoma of the bladder: a single institution experience assessing clinical factors

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Introduction: Nephrogenic adenoma (NA) was first described by Davis in 1949 as a "hamartoma" of the bladder. There are many proposed predisposing factors for NA including chronic inflammation, renal transplantation, and bladder cancer. We examined our experience with NA to determine predisposin...

Positive surgical margins are predictors of local recurrence in conservative kidney surgery for pT1 tumors

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objectives: The clinical significance of positive surgical margin (PSM) after a Nephron Sparing Surgery (NSS) is controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between PSM and the risk of disease recurrence in patients with pT1 kidney tumors who underwent NSS. Materials an...

Clinical and pathologic factors predicting reclassification in active surveillance cohorts

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT The incidence of small, lower risk well-differentiated prostate cancer is increasing and almost half of the patients with this diagnosis are candidates for initial conservative management in an attempt to avoid overtreatment and morbidity associated with surgery or radiation. A proportion of pat...

PCA3 rs544190G>A and prostate cancer risk in an eastern Chinese population

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Background: The association of prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) polymorphism (SNP, rs544190G>A) with metastatic prostate cancer in European descent has been reported. Our aim of the current study was to re-validate the effect of PCA3 polymorphism on prostate cancer risk in an Eastern Chinese...