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Accuracy of a portable breath meter test for the detection of halitosis in children and adolescents

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the accuracy of the Breath-Alert™ portable breath meter (BA) for the detection of halitosis in children and adolescents, considering the organoleptic test (OT) as the gold standard in this assessment. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 c...

Comparative tomographic study of the iliac screw and the S2-alar-iliac screw in children

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVES: The recent advancements in spine fixation aid in the treatment of complex spinal pathologies. Both the iliac screw (IS) and the S2-alar-iliac (S2AI) screw provide adequate stability in the fixation of complex lumbosacral spine pathologies, leading to a significant increased rate of using thes...

The effect of regions-of-interest and elasticity modulus selection on differentiating benign and malignant cervical lymph nodes with shear wave elastography

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVE: Imaging diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy has conventionally used ultrasonography. Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a recent ultrasound technological advancement that has shown promise in the important medical problem of differentiating between benign and malignant cervical lymph nodes bas...

Association of bone mineral density with bone texture attributes extracted using routine magnetic resonance imaging

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVE: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-derived bone mineral density (BMD) often fails to predict fragility fractures. Quantitative textural analysis using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may potentially yield useful radiomic features to predict fractures. We aimed to investigate the correlati...

Cross-cultural validation of the FACE-Q Satisfaction with Facial Appearance Overall Scale (FACE-Q SFAOS) in Brazilian rhytidoplasty patients

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to culturally validate the FACE-Q - Satisfaction with Facial Appearance Overall Scale (Face-Q SFAOS) in a population of Brazilian rhytidoplasty patients. METHOD: Authorization for the translation and validation of the questionnaire was obtained from the FACE-Q SFAOS distribu...

Manual and semiautomatic segmentation of bone sarcomas on MRI have high similarity

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 53 (2), 2020
The aims of this study were to evaluate the intra- and interobserver reproducibility of manual segmentation of bone sarcomas in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies and to compare manual and semiautomatic segmentation methods. This retrospective study included twelve osteosarcoma and eight Ewing sarc...

Morphosyntactic evaluation protocol (MEP): validation of content

CoDAS; 32 (6), 2020
Abstract: Introduction: the use of language assessment instruments in the area of speech-language-therapy is essential for the diagnosis and, consequently, for therapeutic planning. In Brazil, there is a shortage of instruments constructed and validated in the morphosyntax area. Morphosyntactic Evaluat...

O impacto da afinação vocal na análise perceptivo-auditiva de vozes normais e alteradas

CoDAS; 32 (4), 2020
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a habilidade de identificação de vozes normais e alteradas por indivíduos afinados e desafinados, comparando seu desempenho nos testes de processamento auditivo e na avaliação perceptivo-auditiva. Método: Participaram 15 indivíduos afinados e 15 desafinados pareados qua...

Adaptación y datos psicométricos de la versión chilena del Protocolo de Exploración de Habilidades Metalingüísticas Naturales en Afasia (MetAphAs)

CoDAS; 32 (5), 2020
RESUMEN Objetivo: El objetivo de este estudio fue adaptar transculturalmente el Protocolo de Exploración de Habilidades Metalingüísticas Naturales en Afasia (MetAphAs), contribuyendo a la aplicación futura del instrumento en la población afásica chilena. Método: la muestra corresponde a 72 indiv...

Development of an instrument to measure the cultural competence of health care workers

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To validate an instrument measuring the cultural competence in health care workers from Chile. METHODS Using Sue & Sue's theoretical model of cultural competence, we designed a scale, which was assessed by health care workers and experts. Subsequently, the scale was applied to a ...