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Ideação suicida em universitários da área da saúde: prevalência e fatores associados

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 40 (), 2019
Resumo Objetivo: Identificar prevalência e fatores associados da ideação suicida em universitários da área da saúde. Método: Estudo transversal, com 142 universitários da área da saúde de instituição pública de Teresina-Piauí-Brasil. Utilizou-se Escala de Ideação Suicida e questionári...

Outcomes of elderly patients undergoing emergency surgery for complicated colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVE: Colorectal cancer is one of the most frequent types of malignant neoplasms. Age is a risk factor for this disease, with 75% of cases diagnosed in patients older than 65 years. Complications such as obstruction, hemorrhage, and perforation are present in more than one-third of cases and require...

The effects of cataract surgery on autonomic heart rate control: a prospective cross-sectional and analytical study

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to evaluate the effects of cataract surgery on cardiac autonomic modulation. METHODS: A cross-sectional and analytical study was conducted at the Hospital Maria Braido in the city of São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, between 2015 and 2016. We investigated 19 patients of both sexes wh...

Learning robotic pyeloplasty without simulators: an assessment of the learning curve in the early robotic era

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVE: To analyze our experience and learning curve for robotic pyeloplasty during this robotic procedure. METHODS: Ninety-nine patients underwent 100 consecutive procedures. Cases were divided into 4 groups of 25 consecutive procedures to analyze the learning curve. RESULTS: The median anastomosis...

Impact of heart rate on reproducibility of heart rate variability analysis in the supine and standing positions in healthy men

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVE: The reliability of heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is not yet fully understood, especially considering different body positions and the mathematical influence of heart rate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of HRV in supine and standing positions, with and without ma...

Male sex is an independent risk factor for poor neurodevelopmental outcome at 20 months' corrected age, in human milk-fed very preterm infants: a cohort study

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine associations between sex and neurodevelopmental outcomes in human milk-fed very preterm infants, adjusted to early measured nutrient intakes and other neonatal cofactors. Methods: Consecutive inborn human milk-fed infants, with gestational age <33 weeks, were eligibl...

Comparison of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios in normoglycemic and hyperglycemic subjects

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios as possible parameters of systemic inflammation in hyperglycemic and normoglycemic subjects. Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional study of data collected from patients tested for fasting blood glucose, gl...

Effect of gallic acid addition on some mechanical properties of self-adhesive resin cements

Abstract Self-adhesive resin cements (RCs) activate matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) and cathepsin-related collagen degradation, and gallic acid (GA) inhibits the activity of both MMPs and cysteine cathepsins. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the setting time, biaxial flexural strength, and Vicker...

Trastornos de la conducta alimentaria: alteraciones cardiovasculares al ingreso y evolución a 3 meses

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (1), 2019
Background: Cardiovascular complications can occur in up to 80% of adolescent patients with eating disorders (ED) and account for 30% of their mortality. Aim: To evaluate cardiovascular complications in adolescents with ED and their evolution after refeeding. Patients and Methods: In adolescents with E...

The effect of noise on attention and performance in reading and writing tasks

CoDAS; 31 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose This study investigated the effects of two levels of noise on the performance of young students of three educational levels and tested their ability to maintain attentional focus in reading and writing tasks. Methods 162 school children in the third, fourth and fifth grades were placed...