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La respuesta excelente al tratamiento en pacientes con cáncer diferenciado de tiroides se mantiene a lo largo del seguimiento independientemente del riesgo de recurrencia inicial
Excellent response to treatment in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer is maintained throughout follow-up regardless of the risk of initial recurrence

Resumen Introducción: El riesgo de recurrencia en cáncer diferenciado de tiroides (CDT) se utiliza para determinar la frecuencia de las respuestas estructurales incompletas o excelentes con un valor predictivo positivo cercano al 30%. El riesgo dinámico, que evalúa la respuesta inicial al tratamien...

Chest pain score: a novel and practical approach to angina pectoris. A diagnostic accuracy study

Säo Paulo med. j; 137 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The chest pain classifications that are currently in use are based on studies that are several decades old. Various studies have indicated that these classifications are not sufficient for determining the origin of chest pain without additional diagnostic tests or tools. We describ...

Risk factors and outcome of acute kidney injury after isolated cabg surgery: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent event after cardiac surgery with increased mortality and morbidity. We explored frequency, risk factors, and associated morbidity and mortality of AKI after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery at a single institution. Meth...

Potentially modifiable predictors for renal replacement therapy in patients with cardiac surgery associated-acute kidney injury: a propensity score-matched case-control study

Abstract Objective: To discover potentially modifiable perioperative predictors for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in patients with cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI). Methods: A cohort of 1773 consecutive cardiac surgery patients with postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) from...

Vitamin D deficiency is not associated with higher levels of syntax score

Abstract Objective: To evaluate the association between serum vitamin D (vitD) level and SYNTAX (synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with taxus and cardiac surgery) score (SS). Methods: The medical records of consecutive patients, who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery, were ...

The ability of waist-to-height ratio to identify health risk

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance of the ratio between the waist circumference and the height in the identification of health risk compared with the correlation matrix between the anthropometric parameters body mass index and waist circumference. METHODS A population-based study presenti...

Mental disorders and suicide risk in emerging adulthood: the 1993 Pelotas birth cohort

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of some mental disorders and suicide risk, and the association between them in youths. METHODS Data from the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort (Brazil) was used. The prevalence of mental disorders at 22 years [major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety di...

Prevalence and co-occurrence of modifiable risk factors in adults and older people

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the co-occurrence of the major risk factors for chronic diseases in adults (18-59 years old) and older people (≥ 60 years old) living in Brazilian state capitals and the Federal District. METHODS Cross-sectional study with population-based data from 35,448 adults ...

Cardiorespiratory fitness associated to teenagers' fat: vo2max cutoff point

ABSTRACT Objective: To associate the Maximal Oxygen Uptake (VO2max) with body fat percentage (%BF), and to establish the best VO2max cutoff point for predicting risk %BF in teenagers. Methods: This study was carried out with 979 subjects aged 10 to 18.8 years, 556 (56.8%) girls. The 20 m shuttle run ...

Validade e confiabilidade da versão brasileira da Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool para avaliação do risco de quedas

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 22 (), 2019
RESUMO: Objetivo: Avaliar a validade e a confiabilidade da escala Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool (JH-FRAT) para avaliação do risco de quedas em pacientes hospitalizados. Método: Estudo retroativo com 297 pacientes de um hospital privado de São Paulo usando dados de 2014. A validade foi a...