Publications by authors named "Gabriela Goes Costa"

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  • The study aimed to evaluate euthyroid sick syndrome as a predictor of mortality in ICU patients, identify factors influencing death, and create a formula for calculating death probability.
  • Conducted in a hospital's ICU with 100 patients, most were young women, but older patients with euthyroid sick syndrome had higher mortality rates, linked to length of hospital stay and comorbidities.
  • The research found key thyroid hormone levels related to mortality, developing a logistic regression formula for death probability, though it noted a gender sampling bias due to the hospital's focus on maternal care.
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This research aims to determine whether the combination of epidemiological and clinical features can predict malaria. Diagnostic investigation detected 22.3% of individuals with Plasmodium vivax (P.

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This reports a case of scorpionism caused by Tityus serrulatus. A male adult was stung while unloading bananas at the supply center in Belém, Pará, Brazil. The bananas originated in another state (Bahia) and were brought to Belém by truck.

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