Use of psychotropic drugs among workers on leave due to mental disorders.

Objective: To describe the use of psychotropic drugs among civil servants with registered absenteeism due to mental disorders, and to investigate associations with duration of leave of absence.

Methods: A cross-sectional study with civil servants on leave of absence due to mental disorders, between January and December 2017. Demographic, occupational and clinical variables were extracted from secondary data.

Microalbuminuria in nondiabetic and nonhypertensive systolic heart failure patients.

The American Diabetes Association and the National Kidney Foundation define microalbuminuria as an albumin (microg)/creatinine (mg) ratio (ACR) between 30 and 300 microg/mg regardless of sex. Microalbuminuria is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. The authors evaluated the prevalence of microalbuminuria in nondiabetic and nonhypertensive systolic heart failure (SHF) patients.