Monteiro, Clara Italiano Simões, Rodrigo Polaquini Goulart, Cássia Luz da Silva, Claudio Donisete Borghi-Silva, Audrey Mendes, Renata Gonçalves
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Clinics
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...
Gormel, Suat Yuksel, Uygar Cagdas Celik, Murat Yasar, Salim Yildirim, Erkan Bugan, Baris Gokoglan, Yalcin Kabul, Hasan Kutsi Yasar, Salim Köklü, Mustafa
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Abstract Background Comparative data on the performance of cardiovascular risk scoring systems (CRSSs) in patients with severe coronary artery disease (CAD) are lacking. Objectives To compare different CRSSs regarding their ability to discriminate patients with severe CAD. Method A total of 414 patients (297 men; 61.3±12.3 years of age) undergoing ...
Nguyen, Theresa H Tan, Mimi C Liu, Yan Rugge, Massimo Thrift, Aaron P El-Serag, Hashem B
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Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
There is a need to identify individuals with gastric intestinal metaplasia, a precursor to gastric cancer, so they can be offered screening and surveillance. We examined the prevalence of gastric intestinal metaplasia, detected by upper endoscopy biopsy analysis, in different race and ethnic subgroups. We also investigated the extent to which Helic...
Reis, Ana Paula Paz Ruschel, Karen Brasil Moraes, Maria Antonieta P. de Belli, Karlyse Saffi, Marco Lumertz Fagundes, Jaqueline Eilert
Abstract Background The implementation of institutional protocols in the emergency department (ED) for risk stratification in patients with chest pain has been recommended. Objective To assess the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of an institutional risk stratification protocol for chest pain suggestive of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)...
O'Nell-Meyer, Hollis Wei, Olivia E Ruiz, Jennifer A Wade, Peter B Neto, Lindsay O Gromisch, Elizabeth S
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Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
In 2017, ocrelizumab became the first FDA approved disease modifying therapy (DMT) for primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). Although effective, adverse infusion-related reactions (IRR), such as erythema, pruritus, hives, and throat irritation, were frequently reported. To develop an explanatory model of factors associated with increased odd...
Ong, Jue-Sheng Dixon-Suen, Suzanne C Han, Xikun An, Jiyuan Liyanage, Upekha Dusingize, Jean-Cluade Schumacher, Johannes Gockel, Ines Böhmer, Anne Jankowski, Janusz
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Brouwer, Tammo A. van Roon, E. N. Rosier, P. F. W. M. Kalkman, C. J. Veeger, N.
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Perioperative Medicine
BackgroundKnowledge of risk factors for postoperative urinary retention may guide appropriate and timely urinary catheterization. We aimed to determine independent risk factors for postoperative urinary catheterization in general surgical patients. In addition, we calculated bladder filling rate and assessed the time to spontaneous voiding or cathe...
Danilovic, Alexandre Ferreira, Thiago Augusto Cunha Gomes, Samirah Abreu Wei, Isabela Akemi Vicentini, Fabio Carvalho Torricelli, Fabio Cesar Miranda Marchini, Giovanni Scala Mazzucchi, Eduardo Srougi, Miguel Nahas, William Carlos
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Abstract Background and objective: Magnesium ammonium phosphate stones (MAP), also known as struvite stones, are associated with urinary infection and impairment of renal unit. The aim of this study is to evaluate the urinary metabolic risk factors for recurrence of renal calculi in patients submitted to nephrectomy due to MAP stones. Methods: We r...
Azevêdo, Luan Morais Santos, Lucas Souza Pardono, Emerson Almeida, Jeeser Alves Menezes, Aldemir Smith
Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality among adults. Evidence has shown that sedentary behaviors are the main preventable outcome, however, many sedentary children also become sedentary adults. Therefore, identifying potential risk factors as early as possible contributes to therapeutic success. Objective To ...
Dallazen-Sartori, Fernanda Albuquerque, Luciano Cabral Guaragna, João Carlos Vieira da Costa Magedanz, Ellen Hettwer Petracco, João Batista Bodanese, Rodrigo Wagner, Mario Bernardes Bodanese, Luiz Carlos
Abstract Background Prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV) after cardiac surgery imposes a significant burden on the patient in terms of morbidity and financial hospital costs. Objective To develop a risk score model to predict prolonged MV in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. Methods This was a historical cohort st...