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Computerized Tomography Contrast Induced Nephropathy (CIN) among adult inpatients
Introduction: Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) is one of the complications of the use of intravascular contrast agents, being defined as a reduction of the glomerular filtration rate caused by the iodinated contrast.
Luciano Passamani Diogo +2 more
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Deconditioning during neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a possible parameter for predicting operative outcomes. This retrospective cohort study aimed to assess body composition changes in patients with gastro‐oesophageal cancer during neoadjuvant therapy and investigate their association with postoperative complications. Skeletal muscle index values decrease
R. B. den Boer +9 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of acute diverticulitis with unenhanced low‐dose CT
Unenhanced low‐dose CT (LDCT) is as accurate as contrast‐enhanced standard‐dose CT (SDCT) for detection of acute colonic diverticulitis. However, smaller complications, such as pericolic abscesses and small amounts of extraluminal air, can be missed.
A. Thorisson +5 more
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Fifty patients were enrolled and randomized to laparoscopic hernia repair with conventional fascial closure or a peritoneal bridging approach. Follow‐up by CT at 12 months (primary endpoint) revealed no seroma in either group, but seroma was detected clinically in the early postoperative period after 1 month (4 of 25 versus 0 of 25 patients in fascial ...
F. Ali +3 more
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This study investigated whether the total tumour volume (TTV) of colorectal liver metastases could predict patient survival after hepatic resection. Associations were identified between TTV and recurrence‐free survival, overall survival and unresectable recurrence after primary hepatic resection.
K. Tai +13 more
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Manifestações clínicas da neurocisticercose na região do semi-árido do nordeste brasileiro [PDF]
Foram analisados 44 prontuários de pacientes com neurocisticercose, procedentes de Campina Grande e de outras cidades do Estado da Paraíba, Brasil, atendidos entre 1990 e 2001. A média de idade (±DP) foi 20,6 ± 14,3 anos, sendo 54,5% do gênero masculino.
Maria das Graças Loureiro das Chagas +2 more
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Factors affecting mortality after traumatic brain injury in a resource‐poor setting
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 194 patients in a resource‐poor setting was analysed. Some 30·9 per cent had severe TBI, and associated skull fracture was observed in 8·8 per cent. Treatments offered were mainly conservative. The mortality rate was 33·0 per cent, with 72 per cent resulting from severe head injury.
R. Okidi +6 more
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OBJETIVO:Correlacionar os níveis de straylight, de scattering, de opacidade do cristalino (LOCS III) e das aberrações ópticas intraoculares em pacientes com catarata nuclear.
Bruno Freitas Valbon +2 more
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Objective The potential of computed tomography angiography (CTA) was assessed for early determination of stroke subtypes in a Brazilian cohort of patients with stroke.
Felipe Torres Pacheco +3 more
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O objetivo desse manuscrito foi conhecer a freqüência e outros aspectos epidemiológicos da neurocisticercose na Baixada Fluminense, Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
Ernani Costa Mendes +4 more
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