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Malignancy rates for Bethesda III subcategories in thyroid fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB)

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVES: Most thyroid diseases are nodular and have been investigated using ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB), the reports of which are standardized by the Bethesda System. Bethesda category III represents a heterogeneous group in terms of lesion characteristics and the malignancy...

Deglutição orofaríngea, nutrição e qualidade de vida no indivíduo com doença pulmonar crônica

CoDAS; 30 (3), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo descrever a eficácia e segurança da deglutição, o risco nutricional e a qualidade de vida em deglutição e relacionar o risco nutricional com a qualidade de vida dos indivíduos com doença pulmonar crônica. Método 17 indivíduos com diagnóstico de doença pulmonar crônica fo...

Burden of ischemic heart disease mortality attributable to physical inactivity in Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze if the burden of ischemic heart disease mortality trend attributed to physical inactivity in Brazil differs from the global estimates. METHODS Databases from the Global Burden of Disease Study for Brazil, Brazilian states, and global information were used. We estimated t...

Revisión de literatura para identificar escalas estandarizadas de evaluación del riesgo suicida en adultos usuarios de atención primaria de salud

Medwave; 18 (5), 2018
Resumen: Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, el suicidio se ha convertido en un problema de salud pública de dimensiones globales. El 45% de los fallecidos por suicidio consultaron con un médico de atención primaria dentro del mes antes de consumar el hecho, sin evidenciarse una evaluación e...

Stroke risk among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
Increased stroke risk among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients has not yet been established. In this study, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess stroke risk among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library were systematical...

Cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with oral cleft: a clinical-electrocardiographic-echocardiographic study

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVES: The present study aims to describe the clinical, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic cardiological findings in a group of patients with oral clefts. METHODS: This is a prospective cross-sectional study on 70 children (age range from 13 days to 19 years) with oral clefts who attended ...

Abordaje “paso a paso” para el manejo de lactantes febriles
Step by step approach for the management of young febrile infants

Estudio pre-trasplante hepático: ¿qué buscar y cómo hacerlo? Si algo es positivo: ¿qué hacemos?

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 29 (supl.1), 2018
The process of evaluation of candidate patients for liver transplantation should include the risk of infectious diseases in order to prevent the drop out of the waiting list due to infections or the occurrence of these in the post-transplant period. Cirrhotic patients in the pre-transplant stage are very...

Predição de risco de lesão por pressão em pacientes de unidade de terapia intensiva: revisão integrativa

Texto & contexto enferm; 27 (3), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo: identificar os instrumentos que são utilizados para avaliar o risco de lesão por pressão em pacientes críticos adultos de unidade de terapia intensiva e analisar a capacidade preditiva dos mesmos. Método: revisão integrativa observando-se os critérios para seleção dos estudos:...

Risks of illness in the work of the nursing team in a psychiatric hospital

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the risks of illnesses related to the work context of nursing workers in a psychiatric hospital. Method: Cross-sectional and quantitative study, developed in a psychiatric hospital with 74 nursing workers. The Work Context Assessment Scale was used to measure the risks of...