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Risk factors for new-onset diabetes mellitus after kidney transplantation (NODAT): a Brazilian single center study

ABSTRACT Objectives: This study aims to verify the new-onset diabetes after kidney transplant (NODAT) incidence in recipients within 1 year after kidney transplantation from a single center in Southern Brazil and to assess the associated conditions. Subjects and methods: A retrospective study of 258 po...

Cabestrillos uretrales en el manejo de la incontinencia urinaria de esfuerzo en mujeres
Urethral slings in treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women

Med. UIS; 31 (3), 2018
Resumen La incontinencia urinaria es considerada un problema higiénico y social; la OMS estima que unos 200 millones de personas sufren de incontinencia urinaria. La primera línea de manejo es el tratamiento médico; sin embargo, cuando no hay mejoría o cuando la incontinencia es severa, el Gold Stand...

Ceratoplastias penetrantes realizadas em serviço oftalmológico de referência revisão dos resultados e complicações

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 77 (6), 2018
Resumo Objetivo: Descrever o perfil epidemiológico, avaliar as complicações e a melhora da acuidade visual em pacientes submetidos a ceratoplastia penetrante na Policlínica de Botafogo-RJ. Métodos: Estudo transversal e retrospectivo, realizado no período de janeiro/2014 a abril/2018, com revisão...

A Comparison of the Operative Techniques and the Postoperative Complications for Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid Implantation

Abstract Introduction Bone anchored hearing aids (BAHA) represent a useful surgical option for patients with single sided deafness. Objectives To compare multiple techniques for BAHA implantation regarding postoperative complications, operative time, and duration between the surgery and the first use o...

Cerclaje Cérvico-Ístmico transabdominal: experiencia de 30 años
Cervical-Isthmic transabdominal cerclage: experience of 30 years

RESUMEN Introducción: se define incompetencia cervical como la incapacidad del cuello uterino de retener una gestación en el segundo trimestre, en ausencia de contracciones uterinas. El cerclaje cervical es la intervención que ha demostrado utilidad en el tratamiento de la incompetencia cervical. La ...

Ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral block for closed loop ileostomy repair in severe COPD: a case report

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 68 (6), 2018
Abstract Background and objectives: Ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral block is usually considered a good alternative to epidural thoracic for anesthesia and pain control in thoracic and breast surgery. Furthermore it has also been used during abdominal surgery lately, especially hepatic and renal...

Hypotension associated to a bilateral quadratus lumborum block performed for post-operative analgesia in an open aortic surgery case

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 68 (6), 2018
Abstract Background and objectives: Bilateral quadratus lumborum block has been described for major abdominal procedures when sepsis is present, because risks associated to epidural are considered elevated. In an open aortic surgery, a single-shot bilateral quadratus lumborum block type 1 may be an alte...

Fatal cardiac tamponade that developed in the post-anesthesia care unit: a rare complication after lung lobectomy

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 68 (6), 2018
Abstract Background and objectives: Cardiac tamponade is potentially fatal medical condition, which rarely occurs as a complication of lung lobectomy. We present the first case of cardiac tamponade to develop in a Post-Anesthesia Care Unit following a lung lobectomy. Case report: A 54-year-old man with...

Anesthetic management of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke: Influences on outcome and complications

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 68 (6), 2018
Abstract Background and objectives: The emerging use of endovascular therapies for acute ischemic stroke, like intra-arterial thrombectomy, compels a better understanding of the anesthetic management required and its impact in global outcomes. This article reviews the available data on the anesthetic ma...