Showing papers in "Clinics in 2017"

TL;DR: The identification of indicators of presentation at diagnosis will improve the reporting of methodologies used in developing countries and will allow us to evaluate improvements in public health related to breast cancer.

TL;DR: High levels of emotional exhaustion were found in professionals from the maternity unit as well as in professionals with lower educational levels, and depersonalization was higher in physicians with several jobs and in female nurses.

TL;DR: Pain compromises the quality of life of patients with breast cancer, particularly those with advanced stages of the disease.

TL;DR: Transient elastography remained the most effective method for evaluating all degrees of fibrosis and the accuracy of all methodologies was best at F4, while the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index was the most accurate.

TL;DR: Sudden unexpected death in Parkinson’s disease (SUDPAR): a review of publications since the decade of the brain finds that literature on this topic has changed little in the past decade.

TL;DR: It was found that the evaluated drugs showed poor evidence of efficacy in the treatment of overweight and obese patients and robust safety data were not identified to suggest changes in their regulatory status.

TL;DR: Assessing cytokine concentration and the most valuable portion of PRF gels is essential and recommended to all physicians as platelet-rich fibrin is the main entity currently used in regenerative medicine.

TL;DR: The video head impulse test is not a suitable screening tool of the vestibular system in patients with chronic complaints, and the caloric test was more sensitive for Vestibular dysfunction.

TL;DR: A multidisciplinary approach to drug-safety assessments contributes to identifying new, relevant drug-related problems and improving the rate of adverse drug event reporting and this strategy may therefore be applied to improve risk communication in hospitals.

TL;DR: The findings warn of the possible silent dissemination of colistin resistance by carbapenem-susceptible mcr-1 producers, as colistsin susceptibility is commonly tested only among carbapENem-resistant isolates.

TL;DR: The results of this review suggest that the self-collection method is well-accepted and may therefore encourage greater participation in cervical cancer screening programs, however, additional studies are required to verify these results.

TL;DR: The persistence of anatomic variations of the bifid median nerve, persistent median artery and persistent median vein in Chinese individuals and their relationship with carpal tunnel syndrome are investigated to find that these three variations do not present any additional risk for the development of carpal Tunnel syndrome.

TL;DR: At a fixed inspired oxygen fraction, the application of a high-flow nasal cannula after extubation achieves a higher success rate of oxygen therapy and less discomfort at 24h than an air entrainment mask in patients with acute respiratory failure.

TL;DR: It is suggested that arterial hemoglobin oxygen saturation, diastolic blood pressure, lactate level, Glasgow Coma Scale, infused crystalloid volume and presence of traumatic brain injury are independent early mortality predictors.

TL;DR: The combined treatment and aerobic treatment alone were equally effective in reducing the blood pressure, body mass index, and abdominal and waist circumferences, although the addition of the resistance component also helped reduce the fat mass.

TL;DR: The findings indicate thatmiR-3939 and miR-1910-3p may not play important roles in the development of diabetic retinopathy; however, studies with a larger sample size are needed to confirm the findings.

TL;DR: This cross-sectional study evaluated 901 adult and elderly Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health participants from São Paulo, Brazil and found no association between the duration of diabetes and worse hearing thresholds after models were adjusted for age, gender, and the presence of hypertension.

TL;DR: Fracture-level fixation could significantly correct kyphosis and reduce correction loss, and adjacent segment degeneration was less likely to be observed in the intermediate polyaxial pedicle screw fixation group.

TL;DR: Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation is associated with a significantly reduced risk of end-stage renal disease and delays the progression of this disease.

TL;DR: It is indicated that both HDL-C and non-HDL-C are good predictors of the risk of increased arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women in an urban Brazilian population and may be useful tools for assessing therisk of arterials stiffness.

TL;DR: Breast-conserving surgery is a safe and effective therapy for selected locally advanced breast tumors and the pathologic response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST)-breast cutoff was the only factor related to locoregional recurrence disease-free survival.

TL;DR: Individuals with low adherence rates have proportionally higher depression rates and black but not mixed race or white men show less adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy and have a greater chance of developing depression, which directly interferes with adherence.

TL;DR: The rate of adherence to the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer staging system in clinical practice varies according to clinical disease stage, especially in patients with early-stage disease.

TL;DR: The success of four uterine auto-transplants in sheep models is described and all four animals were alive after the surgical procedure and were euthanized after the experimental period.

TL;DR: Evidence of the positive impact of this technology on personnel time and costs and on other outcomes of interest is important for decision making by health managers.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the passive cycle ergometer promoted reduced levels of nitric oxide, showing beneficial effects on oxidative stress reduction, in critical patients.

TL;DR: Uterine Doppler flow velocimetry measurements, particularly pre- and post-molar evacuation pulsatility indices, can be useful for predicting postmolar gestational trophoblastic neoplasia.

TL;DR: The prone position was considered safe and comfortable and could be advantageous for improving oxygen saturation and reducing the systolic blood pressure and respiratory rate and it was found that all the parameters were within the standards of normality.

TL;DR: The low frequency of complications together with the high efficacy of resection support the use of the endoscopic endonasal approach as a feasible, safe, and beneficial technique for the management of masses in the pterygopalatine fossa.

TL;DR: The bleaching procedure was efficient, and the patients could perceive its result, and all products demonstrated color stability after 12 months of follow-up.