Publications by authors named "A P Macedo"
Pyeloplasty at an early age (<2 years) can be treated by a flank open, laparoscopy or robotic approach. We want to demonstrate our strategy and how to construct a very inexpensive pyelostent from a Foley tube. The Ottoni catheter is made from a Foley tube, sectioning the proximal end keeping a plastic circular basement for fixation to the skin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Benzodiazepines are the third most misused medication, with many patients having their first exposure during a surgical episode. We sought to characterize factors associated with new persistent benzodiazepine use (NPBU) among patients undergoing cancer surgery.
Patients And Methods: Patients who underwent cancer surgery between 2013 and 2021 were identified using the IBM-MarketScan database.
Variations in liver histology and P-gp expression among fish species in Doce River Basin, Brazil: implications for pollution sensitivity.
J Mol Histol
December 2024
Fish may have different sensitivity to pollutants present in the water. We analyzed the liver histology, and P-gp expression in six species of fish from the Doce River basin. Fish were caught at six different points in the Doce River, and liver samples were taken for histological analysis.
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- Patients with chronic critical illness (CCI) often experience acquired muscle weakness, making optimal protein intake crucial for their recovery, but guidelines on the ideal protein levels remain unclear.
- A systematic review was conducted by searching major databases for studies comparing high versus low protein intake in critically ill adults who had been in the ICU for more than a week.
- The analysis included four studies with over 1,700 patients, revealing that higher protein intake (greater than 1.3g/kg/day) significantly reduced early mortality rates in these patients.
Background: The gastrointestinal microbiota can modulate systemic estrogens, potentially influencing estrogen-induced breast neoplasia development. This study aimed to assess alterations in the gut microbiota in breast cancer patients.
Methods: A search strategy was developed using the terms: "Microbiota," "Gastrointestinal Microbiome," "Breast Cancer," and synonyms.