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Malignant extra-cranial germ cell tumors in children and adolescents: Results following the guidelines of SFOP/SFCE 95 Protocol

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (5), 2016
Between September 1995 and December 2010, 99 new consecutive assessable patients with extra-cranial MGCT were treated according to SFOP/SFCE TGM95 Protocol. A "watch and wait" strategy for completely resected stage I-II was observed in cases with preoperative high tumor markers levels. Metastatic disease...

Mortalidad atribuible al tabaquismo en Tucumán, Argentina 2001-2010
Smoking-attributable mortality in Tucumán, Argentina 2001-2010

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (5), 2016
El tabaquismo es la principal causa evitable de muerte en el mundo. En la Argentina, en 2000, el 16% de las muertes fueron atribuibles al tabaco en mayores de 35 años. En Tucumán existen datos de prevalencia de consumo de tabaco pero no del efecto del tabaquismo sobre la mortalidad. El objetivo fue est...

Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of enteric rods and pseudomonads isolated from the dental prostheses biofilm

J. appl. oral sci; 24 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT Aspiration of oral bacteria leads to cardiac and respiratory infectious diseases and dentures can act as a reservoir for pathogenic microorganisms. Objective: To determine the occurrence and the in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of enteric rods and pseudomonads from the denture biofilm of 5...

Prevalence, severity, and risk indicators of gingival inflammation in a multi-center study on South American adults: a cross sectional study

J. appl. oral sci; 24 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence and severity of gingival inflammation and associated risk indicators in South American adults. Material and Methods: Multi-stage samples totaling 1,650 adults from Porto Alegre (Brazil), Tucumán (Argentina), and Santiago (Chil...

Mortality related to tuberculosis-HIV/AIDS co-infection in Brazil, 2000-2011: epidemiological patterns and time trends

Abstract: Co-infection of tuberculosis (TB)-HIV/AIDS is a persistent public health problem in Brazil. This study describes epidemiological patterns and time trends of mortality related to TB-HIV/AIDS co-infection. Based on mortality data from 2000-2011 (almost 12.5 million deaths), 19,815 deaths related ...

Histopathological features of post-mortem pituitaries: A retrospective analysis

SUMMARY Objective: As a result of the use of neuroimaging techniques, silent pituitary lesions are diagnosed more and more frequently; however, there are few published post-mortem studies about this gland. Incidence data of pituitary lesions are rare and in Portugal they are outdated or even non-existen...

Disease-free survival in patients with non-metastatic breast cancer

SUMMARY Introduction: Breast cancer is the second most common malignancy in the world and the one with highest incidence in the female population; it is also a major cause of death from cancer among women. Objective: To analyze the disease-free survival (DFS) at 5 years and prognostic factors in women ...

Nivel socioeconómico bajo y el dolor incapacitante en pacientes de la unidad del dolor

Cienc. enferm; 22 (3), 2016
Objetivo: Conocer la asociación entre el nivel socioeconómico que presentaban los pacientes diagnosticados de dolor crónico que acudían a la Unidad del Dolor y su adaptación al dolor crónico en términos de dolor, discapacidad y estado de ánimo. Material y método: Se realizó un estudio correl...

Increased ultrasensitive C-reactive protein is not associated with obesity in hospitalized heart failure patients

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the association between obesity and levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in patients with heart failure admitted to a tertiary hospital. Methods: Cross-sectional study with a consecutive sampling of hospitalized patients with heart failure. Sociodemogra...

Proportional Mortality due to Heart Failure and Ischemic Heart Diseases in the Brazilian Regions from 2004 to 2011

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (3), 2016
Abstract Background: Heart failure (HF) and ischemic heart diseases (IHD) are important causes of death in Brazil. Objective: To assess proportional mortality (PM) due to HF and IHD as underlying causes stratified by sex and age groups in the Brazilian geoeconomic regions from 2004 to 2011. Methods: D...