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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Where are we in 2020?

Abstract Aortic stenosis is an insidious disease of rapid progression after the onset of symptoms. Aortic valve replacement surgery is a well-established therapy that reduces symptoms and increases survival rates. However, the procedure may be associated with high operative mortality rates and promote co...

Causes of death in growing-finishing pigs in two technified farms in southern Brazil

Pesqui. vet. bras; 40 (10), 2020
The aim of this study was to investigate the main causes of death in growing-finishing pigs in southern Brazil. During a one-year period (from 2018 to 2019), two industrial pig herds (18 and 20 thousand pigs each farm) in southern Brazil were monitored along the four seasons of the year (12 days per seas...

Survival in pediatric patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: scoping systematic review

Abstract Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 has currently affected 8,015,502 million people worldwide with global mortality around 5%. Information in pediatric cancer patients is still limited, but it is emerging day by day. The objective of this scoping review was to analyze the available data ...

Considerations on the use of antihypertensive blockers of the renin-angiotensin system in adults and children in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract As severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected patients with hypertension and other cardiovascular comorbidities develop more severe coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 and are at high risk of death, a controversy arose about the use of antihypertensives as angiotensin-conve...

Assessment of preoperative endometrial histopathological sampling as a predictor of final surgical pathology in endometrial cancer

Abstract Objective To evaluate the agreement between the histopathological diagnoses of preoperative endometrial samples and surgical specimens and correlate the agreement between the diagnoses with the impact on surgical management and the survival of patients with endometrial adenocarcinomas. Methods...

La diabetes e hipertensión arterial como factores asociados con la letalidad por Covid-19 en Sonora, México, 2020

Salud pública Méx; 62 (5), 2020

Revisión rápida: contaminación del aire y morbimortalidad por Covid-19

Salud pública Méx; 62 (5), 2020
Resumen Objetivo: Analizar la evidencia sobre la relación entre la contaminación del aire y un riesgo mayor de morbimortalidad por Covid-19. Material y métodos: Se utilizó una adaptación de la metodología de revisiones rápidas de Cochrane. La búsqueda se realizó en PubMed y MedRxiv y se limit...