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Valve heart surgery in Brazil - the bypass registry analysis

Abstract Objective: To analyze the profile and outcomes of patients who underwent valve heart surgery in Brazil, using information retrieved from the Brazilian Registry of Cardiovascular Surgeries in Adults (BYPASS Registry) database. Methods: This is a multicenter cohort study, evaluating 920 patients...

Presente y futuro de la vigilancia de defectos congénitos en las Américas

Los defectos congénitos contribuyen sustancialmente a la cartga de morbimortalidad en la Región de las Américas. Existen numerosas iniciativas para concientizar sobre este problema y para implementar acciones de vigilanciia en los sectores de salud y de gobierno. Sin embargo, todavía hay un largo cam...

Cost modifications during the early years of the use of the national cardiovascular data registry for quality improvement

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVES: Quality improvement (QI) initiatives based on data from international registries have been reported previously; however, there is a lack of information on the impact on the costs of medical care associated with the use of these tools. METHODS: Patients admitted due to myocardial infarction (...

Características operativas de los marcadores inflamatorios para el diagnóstico de enfermedades infecciosas, autoinmunes y oncológicas en el ámbito de atención primaria
Operational characteristics of inflammatory markers for the diagnosis of infectious, autoimmune and oncological diseases in the primary care setting

Siniestros de tránsito de las personas mayores en Chile entre los años 2008 y 2017: estudio descriptivo

Medwave; 20 (5), 2020
OBJETIVO: Determinar si las personas mayores tienen mayor tasa de sufrir siniestros de tránsito, de fallecer o de lesionarse en estos, en comparación con personas adultas en Chile entre los años 2008 y 2017. MÉTODO: Se utilizaron las bases de datos de la Comisión Nacional de Seguridad de Tránsito d...

Incidencia, factores de riesgo y letalidad de la fractura de cadera en Chile: estudio transversal sobre registros nacionales de 2017

Medwave; 20 (5), 2020
PURPOSE: To describe the incidence of hip fracture in Chile during 2017, identify risk factors for in-hospital mortality, and estimate annual case fatality rate. METHOD: The study design was cross-sectional and analytical. We obtained the registries of all patients from the Chilean Ministry of Health who...

Excesso de mortalidade no Brasil em tempos de COVID-19

Resumo Tendo em vista o crescente número de óbitos pela pandemia de COVID-19 no país, o presente trabalho apresenta análise descritiva inicial e exploratória sobre o excesso de mortalidade observado nos meses de março a maio de 2020 nas capitais e nos demais municípios do país. A fonte de dados u...

Relationship between donor quality and recipient gravity in liver transplant

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Tools such as MELD score and DRI are currently used to predict risks and benefits on liver allocation for transplantation. Aim: To evaluate the relation between donor quality and recipient severity on liver allocation. Methods: Liver transplants performed in 2017 and 2018 were eva...

Conocimientos, actitudes, prácticas y subregistro de dengue en el municipio de Tocaima, Cundinamarca, 2019

Cuarzo; 26 (2), 2020
Introducción. Pese a las estrategias de vigilancia se cree que existe subregistro de dengue, lo que puede ser secundario a la no detección de casos ya sea por no consulta del paciente, por falla en el diagnóstico o diligenciamiento de fichas de notificación. Objetivo. Estimar el subregistro de los ca...

Trends in cancer incidence in Uruguay: 2002 -2015

Colomb. med; 50 (4), 2019
Abstract Background: Uruguay is the south American country which has the highest cancer incidence and mortality rates. The National Cancer Registry collects data on cancer cases nationwide since 1989 and has reached high quality standards in the last decades. This is the first report on incidence trend...