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Surgical Treatment of Carotid-cavernous Fistula Performed through the Brazilian Unified Health System

Arq. bras. neurocir; 40 (3), 2021
Introduction The carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF) is an abnormal communication between the arterial carotid system and the cavernous sinus. In most cases, spontaneous fistulas are due to the rupture of intracavernous carotid artery aneurisms. Traumatic fistulas occur in 0.2% of head injuries, and 75% of a...

Hospitalization costs and their determining factors among patients undergoing kidney transplantation: a cross-sectional descriptive study

Säo Paulo med. j; 137 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cost evaluation is a key tool in monitoring expenditure for budget management. It increases the efficiency of possible changes through identifying potential savings and estimating the resources required to make such changes. However, there is a lack of knowledge of the total cost o...

The cost of stroke in private hospitals in Brazil: a one-year prospective study

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Few studies from low- and middle-income countries have assessed stroke and cerebral reperfusion costs from the private sector. Objective To measure the in-hospital costs of ischemic stroke (IS), with and without cerebral reperfusion, primary intracerebral hemorrhage (PIH), subarachnoid hemorrh...

The cost of stroke in a public hospital in Brazil: a one-year prospective study

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Low- and middle-income countries face tight health care budgets, not only new resources, but also costly therapeutic resources for treatment of ischemic stroke (IS). However, few prospective data about stroke costs including cerebral reperfusion from low- and middle-income countries are availabl...

Postoperative atrial fibrillation: evaluation of its economic impact on the costs of cardiac surgery

Abstract Objective: The objective of this study was to calculate the direct costs of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) in a high-complexity cardiovascular hospital. Methods: We performed a cost analysis with a pairwise-matched design. Twenty-two patients with POAF and 22 patients without this co...

Relationship between availability of physiotherapy services and ICU costs

J. bras. pneumol; 44 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine whether 24-h availability of physiotherapy services decreases ICU costs in comparison with the standard 12 h/day availability among patients admitted to the ICU for the first time. Methods: This was an observational prevalence study involving 815 patients ≥ 18 yea...

Evolution of incidence, mortality and cost of nontraumatic abdominal emergencies treated in Brasil in a period of nine years

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence, mortality and cost of non-traumatic abdominal emergencies treated in Brazilian emergency departments. METHODS: This paper used DataSus information from 2008 to 2016 (http://www.tabnet.datasus.gov.br). The number of hospitalizations, costs - AIH length of st...

Factors associated with hospital admissions due to hypertension

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To study the temporality of hospital admissions due to arterial hypertension and its associated factors. Methods: An ecological study with secondary data on hospital admissions due to essential arterial hypertension - ICD 10, from the Hospital Information System, the Mortality Infor...

Costo de las neumonías asociadas a la ventilación mecánica en pacientes adultos en un hospital general en Chile

Rev. chil. infectol; 34 (5), 2017
Resumen Introducción: La neumonía asociada a la ventilación mecánica (NAVM) es un evento adverso que aumenta la morbi-mortalidad y costos. Genera días adicionales de hospitalización y de procedimientos diagnósticos y terapéuticos para su tratamiento. No existen datos actualizados nacionales resp...