Publications by authors named "F M Cerqueira"
Assessment of the Radiographic Angular Parameters in the Coronal Plane of the Lower Limbs in Subjects without Knee Osteoarthritis in a Reference Hospital of the Brazilian Unified Health System.
Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo)
December 2024
The present study aims to demonstrate the radiological angular parameters of a sample of patients treated at our institution and to compare the radiological abnormalities with other classifications or parameters from the literature. We evaluated a sample of patients submitted to panoramic radiographic examinations of the lower limbs. The inclusion criteria were: (1) Patients without knee osteoarthritis as assessed by an orthopedist.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of the study was to compare the cost and clinical impact of repeating BioFire FilmArray gastrointestinal (GI) and respiratory (RP) panel assays with 3 vs 4 pathogen targets positive.
Method: We analyzed 12,027 GI and RP panels to evaluate our retesting policy, which retested panels with 3 or more detected pathogens (3-pathogen protocol) compared with the manufacturer's 4-pathogen (4-pathogen protocol) recommendation. We compared the retesting results, calculated the cost implications, and reviewed the clinical impact on antibiotic prescriptions and patient outcomes.
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- Existing image description methods for blind or low vision individuals are often inadequate, either oversimplifying visuals into short captions or overwhelming users with lengthy descriptions.
- VIIDA is introduced as a new procedure to enhance image description specifically for webinar scenes, along with InViDe, a metric for evaluating these descriptions based on accessibility for BLV people.
- Utilizing advanced tech like a multimodal Visual Question Answering model and Natural Language Processing, VIIDA effectively creates descriptions closely matching image content, while InViDe provides insights into the effectiveness of various methods, fostering further development in Assistive Technologies.
Minimally Invasive Quadricepsplasty Using the Adolphson-Cerqueira Technique: A Retrospective Study after 1-Year of Follow-up.
Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr
August 2024
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- * The study included 67 patients who had knee stiffness (range of motion <70°) and evaluated outcomes using the Judet Classification, revealing that 44.8% experienced good to excellent results.
- * Overall, the technique showed satisfactory results in improving knee mobility and had a complication rate similar to other methods, contributing to the discussion on treatment options for knee stiffness.
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- A 26-year-old man with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and chronic ear infections faced a complex medical situation after a car accident that led to a leg amputation and leg fracture requiring surgical fixation.
- He presented with severe pain and discharge from the injured area, but initial antibiotic treatments did not improve his condition, leading to further medical evaluations.
- Ultimately, he was diagnosed with a rare infection caused by Mycobacterium goodii, which improved with targeted antibiotic therapy, highlighting the difficulties in diagnosing infections in patients with compromised immune systems.