Biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease are an essential tool in clinical practice. They allow a non-invasive evaluation of patients and thus guide decision-making at different stages of the disease, including diagnostic suspicion, severity assessment, relapse prediction, and treatment response. Althoug...
Abstract Introduction Facial nerve palsy results in both functional disability and psychological morbidity. There are several well-established grading scales to quantify the quality of life of these patients. Objective Translate and validate the Facial Clinimetric Evaluation (FaCE) scale and Synkines...
Sincinesia,
Parálisis Facial,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Traducción,
Evaluación de la Discapacidad,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Brasil,
Proyectos Piloto,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Calidad de Vida
Abstract Objective To analyze the interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility of the visualization and continuity of the juncional zone (JZ) by three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound in infertile women, and to evaluate the sociodemographic, hormonal, and structural factors that influence these assessment...
Abstract Objective Use of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) has increased significantly since its publication. Although the validity of the SCARED is well established, most of the samples investigated primarily comprised Caucasian children and, where available, people fr...
Abstract Objective Construct validity for the Motor Development Scale (MDS) has not been established. The aim of this study was to examine whether the unidimensional model of MDS would be appropriate for children aged 4 to 6 years-old and provide construct validity for the items concerning this age gro...
Abstract Objectives Our study was conducted to adapt the Body Image and Body Change Inventory (BIBCI) for Portuguese; to evaluate the BIBCI's psychometric properties in samples of university students; to calculate the prevalence of strategies for eating and body change among students; and to evaluate t...
Imagen Corporal,
Peso Corporal,
Conducta Alimentaria,
Conductas Relacionadas con la Salud,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Brasil,
Estudios Transversales,
PsicometríaMétodos,
Psicometría/normas,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Estudiantes,
Universidades
ABSTRACT Objective The objective of this study was to analyze the intraobserver and interobserver reliability of the Lenke classification among spine surgeons from the city of Salvador, Bahia. Methods Preoperative imaging (front, profile and lateral inclinations) examinations of 20 patients at the Ou...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in differentiating bland thrombus from tumor thrombus of the inferior vena cava (IVC) in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively investigated 30 consecutive patients who underwent r...
Carcinoma de Células Renales/diagnóstico por imagen,
Carcinoma de Células Renales/patología,
Carcinoma de Células Renales/cirugía,
Medios de Contraste,
Neoplasias Renales/diagnóstico por imagen,
Neoplasias Renales/patología,
Neoplasias Renales/cirugía,
Imagen por Resonancia Magnética,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Clasificación del Tumor,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Trombectomía/métodos,
Carga Tumoral,
Ultrasonografía Doppler/métodos,
Vena Cava Inferior/diagnóstico por imagen,
Vena Cava Inferior/patología,
Vena Cava Inferior/cirugía,
Trombosis de la Vena,
Trombosis de la Vena/patología,
Trombosis de la Vena/cirugía
CASE STUDY 40-year-old male patient and 32-year-old female partner, with a history of primary infertility of two years duration. The workup revealed idiopathic mild oligoasthenotheratozoospermia, and no apparent female infertility factors. The couple has failed three intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycle...
ABSTRACT Objective: Cystectomy with urinary diversion is the gold standard for muscle invasive bladder cancer. It also may be performed as part of pelvic exenteration for non-urologic malignancy, neurogenic bladder dysfunction, and chronic conditions that result in a non-functional bladder (e.g., inters...
Anastomosis Quirúrgica,
Colon Sigmoide/cirugía,
Colostomía/métodos,
Cistectomía/métodos,
Tiempo de Internación,
Ilustración Médica,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Tempo Operativo,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Enfermedades de la Vejiga Urinaria/cirugía,
Derivación Urinaria/métodos
