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Incidencia y letalidad intrahospitalaria por insuficiencia cardiaca en Chile: ¿Existen diferencias por sexo?

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (6), 2017
Background: Gender may influence the incidence, severity and hospital mortality due to heart failure (HF). Aim: To evaluate the influence of sex on the proportion of patients hospitalized due to heart failure, its incidence and hospital mortality. Methods: Analysis of the hospital discharge database of...

Estimación de la incidencia del cáncer de laringe en Chile según la aplicación de un formulario de registro digital

Introducción: El cáncer de laringe es una neoplasia frecuente en otorrinolaringología. Actualmente la incidencia ajustada por edad en Chile de cáncer laríngeo se proyecta en base al Registro Poblacional de Cáncer de la provincia de Los Lagos (International Agency for Research on Cancer - WHO), sien...

Anesthesia management by residents does not alter the incidence of recall of tracheal extubation: a teaching hospital-based propensity score analysis

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 67 (3), 2017
Abstract Background and objectives: The memory of emergence from anesthesia is recognized as one type of anesthesia awareness. Apart from planed awake extubation, unintentional recall of tracheal extubation is thought to be the results of inadequate anesthesia management; therefore, the incidence can be...

Influence of meteorological variables on dengue incidence in the municipality of Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Meteorological influences along with the lack of basic sanitation has contributed to disease outbreaks, resulting in large socio-economic losses, especially in terms of dengue. This study aimed to evaluate the meteorological influences on the monthly incidence of dengue in Arapir...

Pacemaker Implants in Children and Adolescents with Chagas Disease in Brazil: 18-Year Incidence

Arq. bras. cardiol; 108 (6), 2017
Abstract Background: Chagas disease continues to be a serious public health problem, and accounts for 25-30% of the indications for cardiac stimulation in Brazil. Objective: To assess clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with Chagas disease, younger than 18 years, who had undergone ...

Incidência e fatores predisponentes de insuficiência renal aguda em unidade de terapia intensiva

Cogit. Enferm. (Online); 22 (2), 2017
O estudo objetiva identificar incidência, classificação e fatores predisponentes de insuficiência renal aguda em pacientes internados em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Trata-se de estudo documental, descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa, realizado no período de janeiro a fevereiro de 2016, a partir ...

Incidence of skin diseases diagnosed in a public institution: comparison between 2003 and 2014

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (3), 2017
Abstract Epidemiology of diseases is influenced by population socio-demographic circumstances. Therefore it can be modified along the time. There are no studies exploring epidemiological transition in dermatology. This study investigated the incidence of dermatoses in new patients from a Brazilian countr...

Population attributable fractions for colorectal cancer and red and processed meats in Colombia - a macro-simulation study

Colomb. med; 48 (2), 2017
Abstract: Aim: to estimate the population attributable risk of consumption of red and processed meat for colorectal cancer in Colombia. Methods: to model the expected incidence of colorectal cancer in the hypothetical situation of no red and processed meat consumption in Colombia, for the year 2010. ...

The reasons for evisceration after penetrating keratoplasty between 1995 and 2015

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the indications and frequency of evisceration after penetrating keratoplasty (PK). Methods: The medical records of all patients who underwent evisceration after PK between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2015 at Ankara Training and Research ...