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High prevalence of obesity in rheumatoid arthritis patients: association with disease activity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes, a multi-center study

Adv Rheumatol; 59 (), 2019
Abstract Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a well-documented independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Obesity may provide an additional link between inflammation and accelerated atherosclerosis in RA. Objective: To evaluate the association between obesity and disease parameters and ...

Fatores associados ao peso ao nascer de crianças indígenas Terena, residentes na área urbana de Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Cad. Saúde Pública (Online); 35 (supl.3), 2019
Resumo: O objetivo do estudo foi verificar a associação do peso ao nascer de crianças Terena, residentes na área urbana de Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil, com variáveis demográficas, socioeconômicas e de saúde, e descrever a frequência de baixo peso ao nascer. Os dados foram coletados ...

Is there any change in phenotypic characteristics comparing 5 to 10 years of follow-up in obese patients undergoing roux-en-y gastric bypass?

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 32 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Background : Bariatric surgery promotes significant weight loss and improvement of associated comorbidities; however, nutrients deficiencies and weight regain may occur in the middle-late postoperative period. Aim: To investigate nutritional status in 10 years follow-up. Methods : Longitudina...

Sarcopenia, obesity and sarcopenic obesity in liver transplantation: a body composition prospective study

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 32 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Background: Sarcopenia is prevalent before liver transplantation, and it is considered to be a risk factor for morbidity/mortality. After liver transplantation, some authors suggest that sarcopenia remains, and as patients gain weight as fat, they reach sarcopenic obesity status. Aim: Prospect...

Pancreaticoduodenectomy: impact of the technique on operative outcomes and surgical mortality

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 32 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Background: Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is a procedure associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Initially described as gastropancreaticoduodenectomy (GPD), the possibility of preservation of the gastric antrum and pylorus was described in the 1970s. Aim: To evaluate the mortality ...

Early-life obesity and adulthood colorectal cancer risk: a meta-analysis

ABSTRACT Objective This meta-analysis examines the relationship between early-life obesity and risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in adulthood. Methods A systematic search of Google Scholar, PubMed, and reference data was conducted. Fifteen relevant studies were identified and meta-analyzed, for men and w...

Monitoreo de presión de manguito de tubo endotraqueal

Rev. chil. anest; 48 (2), 2019
OBJECTIVE: Perform an objective monitoring of the endotracheal tube cuff pressure in patients under general anesthesia in the Anesthesiology Service of Hospital Privado de Córdoba. METHODS: It is a controlled, comparative, prospective study where the range of cuff pressures was analyzed at the beginning...

Evaluation of bone disease in patients with cystic fibrosis and end-stage lung disease

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: Bone disease is a common comorbidity in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). We sought to determine risk factors and identify potential biochemical markers for CF-related bone disease (CFBD) in a unique cohort of CF patients with end-stage lung disease undergoing lung transplantation ...

Pelvic, anorectal and urinary symptoms according to the nutritional status of adult women: A cross-sectional study

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 32 (), 2019
ABSTRACT To review the occurrence of pelvic, anorectal and urinary symptoms according to the nutritional status of adultwomen. Methods This is a cross-sectional study with 54 women, aged 18 to 35 years, divided into normal weight (<25kg/m2), overweight (25kg/m2 to 29.99kg/m2) and obesity (≥30...

Fatores associados ao nascimento pré-termo: da regressão logística à modelagem com equações estruturais

O estudo propôs a aplicação da modelagem com equações estruturais (MEE) para estudar variáveis associadas ao nascimento pré-termo com base em um modelo teórico analisado previamente pela regressão logística hierarquizada. Os dados foram provenientes da pesquisa observacional do tipo caso-contro...