Urinary cystatin-C and urinary NGAL associated with sepsis predicts longer hospital stay in premature newborns.

To evaluate the urinary biomarkers related to sepsis in preterm newborns (NBs) and to investigate the predictive capacity of these biomarkers for a longer hospital stay. Serum and urine were collected from 27 healthy NBs, 24 NBs with neonatal infection without sepsis and 11 NBs with sepsis for the measurement of sindecan-1, lipocalin associated with urinary neutrophil gelatinase (uNGAL), urinary cystatin-C (uCysC) and urinary kidney injury molecule-1. Levels of uNGAL and urinary cystatin-C were elevated in NBs with sepsis and neonatal infection, and uNGAL was significant predictor of hospital stay longer than 30 days (odds ratio: 1.

Intra- and Inter-expert Validation of an Automatic Segmentation Method for Fluid Regions Associated with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy in OCT Images.

Central Serous Chorioretinopathy (CSC) is a retinal disorder caused by the accumulation of fluid, resulting in vision distortion. The diagnosis of this disease is typically performed through Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging, which displays any fluid buildup between the retinal layers. Currently, these fluid regions are manually detected by visual inspection a time-consuming and subjective process that can be prone to errors.

Incidence and Mortality by the Main Types of Cancer in the City of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Between the Years of 2008 and 2016.

Objective: To analyze the temporal trend of the incidence and mortality rate for prostate, breast, colorectal, lung, cervical, stomach and laryngeal cancer among residents in the city of Cuiabá between 2008 and 2016.

Methods: Time series study with data from the Mortality Information System and the Population-Based Cancer Registry. Stratified by sex, the proportional distribution of new cases and deaths by age group and the cancer incidence and mortality rates standardized by the world population were calculated.

Correlation between baropodometric parameters and functional evaluation in patients with surgically treated congenital idiopathic clubfoot.

The study aimed to investigate the correlation between baropodometric parameters and the functional score in the evaluation of the results of surgery in patients with clubfoot. Fifty-one patients (77 feet) underwent surgical treatment, with a mean follow-up of 9.58 years (5-15 years), and a mean age of 10.