e Silva, Lucas de Lucena Simões Fernandes, Matheus Santos de Sousa de Lima, Eline Autran Stefano, José Tadeu Oliveira, Claudia P. Jukemura, José
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Despite a growing number of investigative studies on pancreatic fat deposition, there remains no clear indication regarding the clinical relevance of fat infiltration in the pancreas, also called fatty pancreas (FP). An individual’s body weight is correlated with their pancreatic weight. Moreover, lipid infiltration causes disorders that compromise...
Monteiro, Clara Italiano Simões, Rodrigo Polaquini Goulart, Cássia Luz da Silva, Claudio Donisete Borghi-Silva, Audrey Mendes, Renata Gonçalves
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OBJECTIVES: To identify the clinical discriminative value and determinants of arterial stiffness in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: This prospective cohort study included 51 individuals (53.57±9.35 years) diagnosed with T2DM (stage glucose≥126 mg/dL; diagnostic time: 87.4±69.8 months). All participants underwent an initia...
Yamamoto, Jorge Futoshi de Souza, Izabel Oliva Marcílio Letaif, Leila Suemi Harima Cobello-Júnior, Vilson
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Gregório, Paulo C. Bucharles, Sergio da Cunha, Regiane S. Braga, Tárcio Almeida, Ana Clara Henneberg, Railson Stinghen, Andréa E.M. Barreto, Fellype C.
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OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the potential anti-inflammatory effects of vitamin D supplementation under uremic conditions, both in vivo and in vitro , and its effects on the parameters of mineral metabolism. METHODS: Thirty-two hemodialysis patients were randomly assigned to receive placebo (N=14) or cholecalciferol (N=18) for six month...
Takeda, Flavio Roberto Obregon, Carlos de Almeida Navarro, Yasmin Peres Santo Filho, Marco Aurélio Ribeiro Junior, Ulysses Sallum, Rubens Antônio Aissar Cecconello, Ivan
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Liu, Qian Zhang, Ning Li, Zhengnan He, Hongmei
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) gel in the treatment of refractory pressure injuries and its effect on wound healing time and quality of life of patients. METHODS: A random number table method was used to group 102 patients with refractory pressure injuries into either a control group (CG) (51 cases) re...
Brückmann, Mirtes Pagliarin, Karina Carlesso Garcia, Michele Vargas
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OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to describe and compare the performance of older adults with normal hearing and hearing impairments in mismatch negativity (MMN), correlate MMN with cognitive tasks and central auditory processing (CAP), and identify normal values for MMN in older adults. METHODS: This study had 54 participants. The Montreal Cognitive A...
Ávila, Maria Olinda Nogueira Rocha, Paulo Novis Perez, Caio A. Faustino, Tássia Nery Batista, Paulo Benigno Pena Yu, Luis Zanetta, Dirce Maria T. Burdmann, Emmanuel A.
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OBJECTIVES: Positive fluid balance is frequent in critically ill patients and has been considered a potential biomarker for acute kidney injury (AKI). This study aimed to evaluate positive fluid balance as a biomarker for the early detection of AKI in critically ill patients. METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study. The sample was composed of ...
Portugal, Maria Fernanda Cassino Teivelis, Marcelo Passos da Silva, Marcelo Fiorelli Alexandrino Stabellini, Nickolas Fioranelli, Alexandre Szlejf, Claudia Amaro, Edson Junior Wolosker, Nelson
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OBJECTIVES: In Brazil, descending thoracic aorta disease (TAD), including aneurysms and dissection, are preferentially managed by endovascular treatment (TEVAR) due to the feasibility and good results of this technique. In this study, we analyzed endovascular treatment of isolated TAD (ITAD) in the public health system over a 10-year period in São ...
Crescente, Juliana Goldbaum Dellavance, Alessandra Diniz, Marcio Augusto Carrilho, Flair Jose de Andrade, Luis Eduardo Coelho Cançado, Eduardo Luiz Rachid
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of the antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), antiproteinase-3 and antimyeloperoxidase, in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) with or without inflammatory bowel disease (IBD+ or IBD-) and in different types of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Additionally, to verify the agreement between ANCA patterns by i...