RESUMO: Objetivo: Identificar fatores associados a maior probabilidade de sobrevida de homens com 60 anos ou mais em quase 15 anos. Métodos: É um estudo de coorte prospectivo, em que o tempo zero é o ano de 2000 e cujos óbitos (evento final) foram mensurados até novembro de 2014. As variáveis i...
ABSTRACT Purpose: although locking plates have led to important changes in fracture management, becoming important tools in the orthopedic surgeon's arsenal, the benefits of locking plates for traumatic diastasis of the pubic symphysis have not been established. This study was conducted to assess the qu...
ABSTRACT Purpose: to evaluate the occurrence of loss of sensitivity of the inferior alveolar nerve, and to monitor the remission of this change in patients with mandibular fractures subjected to surgical treatment. Methods: patients with mandibular fractures, surgically treated within one year, were pr...
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate symmetry after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) for cancer. Methods: a prospective study of patients undergoing BCS. These patients were photographed using the same criteria of evaluation. The references points used were the nipple height difference (NH), the nipple-man...
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the level of satisfaction with childbirth and the postpartum period. Method: This is a longitudinal, observational study. Clinical variables of the patients and delivery were collected, and a descriptive and inferential analysis was performed. The validated state-trait ...
Abstract: Introduction: Given the high prevalence of polypharmacy patients, it is paramount that they be handled with an effective therapeutic alliance and with safe and feasible treatments. Empathy towards the patient is essential, and the lack of prescriber experience may hamper such bond. Objectives:...
Abstract Objective: to evaluate the complications of percutaneous renal biopsy based on outcomes and clinical indicators of the Nursing Outcomes Classification. Method: a prospective longitudinal study. The sample consisted of 13 patients submitted to percutaneous renal biopsy, with 65 evaluations. Th...
Objetivo: Descrever o perfil epidemiológico e microbiológico das puérperas com
diagnóstico de infecção após cesárea, caracterizando as infecções de sítio cirúrgico
e o tratamento. Métodos: Coorte prospectiva de parturientes submetidas a parto
cesáreo em maternidade pública de Manaus, Amazo...
Infección Puerperal/microbiología,
Infección Puerperal/tratamiento farmacológico,
Infección Puerperal/epidemiología,
Profilaxis Antibiótica,
Gentamicinas/uso terapéutico,
Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana,
Cesárea/efectos adversos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Staphylococcus aureus
Abstract Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation consequent to immunosuppressive therapy is an increasingly prevalent problem with serious clinical implications. Treatment with biologic agents conduces to the loss of protective antibody to HBV surface antigen (anti-HBs), which significantly inc...
Antirreumáticos,
Productos Biológicos,
Antígenos de Superficie de la Hepatitis B,
Virus de la Hepatitis B,
Enfermedades Reumáticas,
Antirreumáticos/uso terapéutico,
Productos Biológicos/uso terapéutico,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Antígenos de Superficie de la Hepatitis BSangre,
Virus de la Hepatitis B/inmunología,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Enfermedades ReumáticasSangre,
Enfermedades Reumáticas/tratamiento farmacológico,
Factores de Riesgo
Introducción: Actualmente se prefieren procedimientos mínimamente invasivos como las técnicas endovasculares para el tratamiento de la insuficiencia de vena safena mayor que pueden ser por ablación térmica, química o mecánica. Éstos tienen la ventaja de ser ambulatorios, presentar menos complicac...
Insuficiencia Venosa/cirugía,
Procedimientos Endovasculares/efectos adversos,
Ablación por Radiofrecuencia/métodos,
Procedimientos Endovasculares/métodos,
Ablación por Radiofrecuencia/efectos adversos,
Vena Safena/cirugía,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Actividades Cotidianas,
Trabajo
