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Diseño de un bipedestador semiautomático reajustable para el desplazamiento de personas con paraplejia
Design of a semi-automatic adjustable standing frame for paraplegics

Introducción: La paraplejia es una condición de salud ocasionada por lesiones lumbares que conlleva a las personas a permanecer la mayor parte de su tiempo postradas, ocasionando problemas de respiración, variaciones en la presión arterial y la aparición de úlceras en sus partes de apoyo. Objetiv...

Pediatric airway: What is new in approaches and treatments?

Rev. colomb. anestesiol; 49 (2), 2021
Abstract Perioperative morbidity and mortality are high among patients in the extremes of life undergoing anesthesia. Complications in children occur mainly as a result of airway management-related events such as difficult approach, laryngospasm, bronchospasm and severe hypoxemia, which may result in car...

Diagnóstico de la dinámica cardiaca mediante proporciones de la entropía
Heart dynamics diagnosis based on entropy proportions

Introducción: Los valores de la frecuencia cardiaca normales y anormales registrados en los equipos electrocardiográficos ambulatorios o continuos han sido caracterizados mediante nuevas metodologías diagnósticas, las cuales se han desarrollado en el contexto de la teoría de los sistemas dinámicos ...

Evaluación económico ambiental de productos médicos de uso corriente en un hospital público de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Economic-environmental evaluation of commonly used medical devices in a public hospital of the City of Buenos Aires

INTRODUCCIÓN: Los establecimientos de atención de la salud utilizan sustancias y productos potencialmente peligrosos para la salud de los pacientes, los trabajadores, la comunidad o el entorno, ya sea en forma directa o transformados en residuos con potencial impacto ambiental. En el marco de la estrat...

Transcatheter Interatrial Shunts for the Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Abstract Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a clinical syndrome, which accounts for about 50% of patients with heart failure (HF). The morbidity and mortality associated with HFpEF is similar to HFrEF. Clinical trials to date have failed to show a benefit of medical therapy for HFp...

Evaluation of Polyethylene Wear in a Brazilian Ultracongruent Knee Prosthesis with a Rotating Platform

Abstract Objective To evaluate the wear of polyethylene in a Brazilian ultracongruent knee prosthesis with a rotating platform (Rotaflex, Víncula, Rio Claro, SP, Brasil). Methods We used the test method with the loading and preparation parameters mentioned in the standards regulation ISO 14243-1:2009,...

Usability of free software used for visualization and measurement of digital orthodontic models

Biosci. j. (Online); 37 (), 2021
The aim of this study was to evaluate the usability of the free software available that allow visualization and measurement of orthodontic digital models. 80 graduate students of orthodontics were asked to perform pre-defined tasks in a digital model through 3D Viewer ® and 3D-Tool ® software. The succ...

Impacto orçamentário na compra de equipamentos de proteção individual para enfrentamento da Covid-19

Nursing (Ed. bras., Impr.); 24 (272), 2021
A Covid-19 é causada pelo coronavírus e transmitida por contato próximo, gotículas e aerossóis. Para minimizar o risco de transmissão, profissionais de saúde devem fazer uso de equipamentos de proteção individual, como máscaras ou respiradores, aventais e luvas. Objetivou-se analisar a qu...