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Neck and waist circumference values according to sex, age, and body-mass index: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 53 (10), 2020
Body fat distribution predicts cardiovascular events better than body-mass index (BMI). Waist circumference (WC) and neck circumference (NC) are inexpensive anthropometric measurements. We aimed to present the conditional distribution of WC and NC values according to BMI, stratified by age and sex, from ...

Terapia miofuncional orofacial na reabilitação das queimaduras de face em crianças e adolescentes: Uma revisão sistemática

Rev. bras. queimaduras; 19 (1), 2020
OBJETIVO: Identificar e analisar os achados da literatura referentes a terapia miofuncional orofacial em crianças e adolescentes que sofreram queimaduras de cabeça e/ou pescoço. MÉTODO: Revisão sistemática na qual foram incluídos estudos com desenho analítico observacional, sem restrição de idi...

Acute spontaneous suppurative thyroiditis caused by Eikenella corrodens presented with thyrotoxicosis

ABSTRACT Acute suppurative thyroiditis is a very rare and life-threatening endocrine emergency. Thyrotoxicosis is a rare condition accompanying acute suppurative thyroiditis. While the majority of the cases in the literature are caused by different reasons, spontaneous development is very rare. We presen...

Goiter in Brazilian modernism paintings

Objective: To evaluate Di Cavalcanti’s artworks in which goiters are represented before and after the introduction of iodized salt to the Brazilian population. Methods: One hundred and thirty paintings by Di Cavalcanti from the 20’s to 70’s demonstrating necks were evaluated. All the paintings w...

El perímetro de cuello y su relación con los factores de riesgo cardiometabólico en las mujeres

Rev. cuba. endocrinol; 30 (3), 2019
RESUMEN Introducción: El perímetro de cuello en la actualidad es una medida útil asociada de manera significativa a la resistencia a la insulina y al riesgo cardiometabólico. Objetivo: Determinar la relación entre el perímetro de cuello y los factores de riesgo cardiometabólico en mujeres de 45...

Existence of myodural bridge in the trachemys scripta elegans: indication of its important physiological function

Int. j. morphol; 37 (4), 2019
The myodural bridge (MDB) is confirmed that connecting the most of suboccipital muscles to the cervical dura mater through the posterior intervertebral spaces and widely exists in mammals and birds. In order to reveal whether the MDB is universally existing in amniota of vertebrates, we explored the exis...

Técnica del debranching híbrido tipo I del arco aórtico sin circulación extracorpórea

Rev. argent. cir; 111 (4), 2019
Los aneurismas del cayado aórtico representan un desafío, ya que el involucramiento de sus grandes ramas exige una técnica quirúrgica compleja. A partir de la aparición del tratamiento endovascular, una alternativa desarrollada en los últimos años para abordar el cayado aórtico consistió en el t...

Arterial variations within the lateral cervical region: a multidetector CT angiography study

Int. j. morphol; 37 (3), 2019
It is important to know the arterial anatomy within the lateral cervical region before the flap-planning. We evaluated the arterial anatomy in this area using multidetector computed tomography (CT) angiography and our aim was to establish the arterial variations. Both sides of individuals in a total numb...

Diagnósticos de enfermagem em pacientes com câncer de cabeça e pescoço em tratamento ambulatorial

Ciênc. cuid. saúde; 18 (4), 2019
Objective: To identify nursing diagnoses through the NANDA-I classification, its defining characteristics and risk factors in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) in outpatient treatment. Methods:Cross-sectional, descriptive study, developed at the head and neck outpatient clinic ...

Debut de adenocarcinoma de próstata en adenopatía cervical metastásica: reporte de caso clínico

Rev. méd. Maule; 34 (1), 2019
INTRODUCTION: Prostatic carcinoma is a tumor that occurs mainly in men older than 50 years. More than 95% correspond to adenocarcinomas and their degree of tumor differentiation is related to metastasis and death. Becausemetastasis to cervical lymphatics is infrequent and with worse survival, a clinical ...