Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic profile of patients with heart failure.

Unlabelled: Describing and analyzing the electrocardiographic and echocardiographic profile of patients with heart failure (HF).

Methods: Documentary, retrospective, quantitative and descriptive research; data collected at the Hospital das Clinicas of Uberlandia with patients diagnosed with HF.

Results: 81 patients participated in this study, with the average age of 66.

Left atrial myxoma and transient ischemic attack: case report.

Cardiac tumors are rare and myxomas are the most prevalent among them. Although it presents benign histology, they may be the cause of severe consequences due to intracardiac location. Nonspecific manifestations may hinder the diagnosis, which can lead to complications, such as changes in cardiac dynamics, thromboembolic events and death.

Anonymized Distributed PHR Using Blockchain for Openness and Non-Repudiation Guarantee.

We introduce our solution developed for data privacy, and specifically for cognitive security that can be enforced and guaranteed using blockchain technology in SAAL (Smart Ambient Assisted Living) environments. Personal clinical and demographic information segments to various levels that assures that it can only be rebuilt at the interested and authorized parties and no profiling can be extracted from the blockchain itself. Using our proposal the access to a patient's clinical process resists tampering and ransomware attacks that have recently plagued the HIS (Hospital Information Systems) in various countries.

[REVIEW OF COMMON PATHOGENS IN THE BONE AND BLOOD CULTURES AND ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH STERNAL OSTEOMYELITIS].

Aims: This study concentrates on microbiological data collection of deep sternal wounds to delineate early and correct antibiotic therapy.

Background: Deep sternal wound infection, mediastinitis and sternal osteomyelitis are devastating and life-threatening complications of median-sternotomy incisions after cardiac surgical procedures. The incidence of surgical wound infection in sternotomies should be similar to that in any clean surgical procedure (i.

Three-dimensional ultrasound demonstration of the fetal palate in high-risk patients: the accuracy of prenatal visualization.

Objective: The aim of this research was to evaluate the ability of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound for demonstrating the palate of fetuses at high risk for cleft palate.

Method: Fifty-seven fetuses at high risk for cleft palate were referred for specialist ultrasound at 12-40 weeks' gestation. A detailed assessment of palate was made using both two-dimensional and 3D ultrasounds on the axial plane.

The role of antibiotics in rhinoplasty and septoplasty: a literature review.

Background: Prophylactic antimicrobial therapy during nasal surgery is common among surgeons worldwide, although the effectiveness of this practice is controversial. The authors reviewed the literature to evaluate the value of antibiotic prophylaxis.

Methods: A MEDLINE search was preformed using the key terms septoplasty, rhinoplasty, infections and antibiotics.

Expanded reverse abdominoplasty for reconstruction of burns in the epigastric region and the inframammary fold in female patients.

We report the use of expanded reverse abdominoplasty in three female patients with postburn scars involving the entire epigastric region in which the inframammary folds were effaced, resulting in distortion of breast contour. In two of the patients, tissue expanders were used, and subsequently, reverse abdominoplasty was performed, thus re-creating the inframammary fold. The third patient reported to be pregnant after expanders were placed; therefore, smaller volumes of inflation for tissue expansion were necessary.

Stensen duct rupture (sialocele) and other complications of the Aptos thread technique.

Background: The Aptos thread technique is a mode of uplifting the flabby soft tissue of the aging face. Permanent suture material made of polypropylene monofilament with dents is used in this technique. This procedure is gaining popularity throughout the world.

Galactorrhea complicating wound healing following reduction mammaplasty.

Galactorrhea complicating wound healing following reduction mammaplasty occurs rarely; only isolated cases have been reported in recent years. We report the case of a 25-year-old woman who presented with delayed healing and dehiscence of surgical wounds 3 weeks following vertical scar reduction mammaplasty. During surgical debridement, spontaneous discharge of milk in the wound was noted.

Skin substitutes.

The role of skin substitutes in burn surgery and in the treatment of chronic wounds is constantly evolving. New products are regularly being developed and approved for clinical use. Studies on existing products demonstrate their effectiveness in different clinical scenarios.

The use of video capture virtual reality in burn rehabilitation: the possibilities.

We independently explored the use of the Sony PlayStation II EyeToy (Sony Corporation, Foster City, CA) as a tool for use in the rehabilitation of patients with severe burns. Intensive occupational and physical therapy is crucial in minimizing and preventing long-term disability for the burn patient; however, the therapist faces a difficult challenge combating the agonizing pain experienced by the patient during therapy. The Sony PlayStation II EyeToy is a projected, video-capture system that, although initially developed as a gaming environment for children, may be a useful application in a rehabilitative context.

Necrotizing periorbital cellulitis following aesthetic rhinoplasty.

Rhinoplasty is rarely complicated with infection. We present a case of necrotizing periorbital cellulitis that developed in an 18-year-old woman following aesthetic rhinoplasty. The clinical manifestations consisted of swelling of the eyelids and necrosis of the lower eyelid regions, accompanied by high fever.

Ten commandments for minimal pain during administration of local anesthetics.

Local anesthetic agents are administered before many ambulatory cutaneous operations. The injection of the local anesthetic agent is often the only painful aspect of the procedure. There are various factors that determine how painful the anesthetic administration may be.