Publications by authors named "Lucas Goldmann Bigarella"

Background: Liver transplant (LT) patients have become older and sicker. The rate of post-LT major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) has increased, and this in turn raises 30-d post-LT mortality. Noninvasive cardiac stress testing loses accuracy when applied to pre-LT cirrhotic patients.

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Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on global health, primarily characterized by severe respiratory illness. However, emerging evidence suggests that COVID-19 can also lead to secondary sclerosing cholangitis (SC), referred to as post-COVID-19 cholangiopathy.

Aim: To synthesize currently reported cases to assess the current state of knowledge on post-COVID-19 cholangiopathy.

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Background: Obesity is a potential risk factor for complications in plastic surgeries. However, the data presented by primary studies are contradictory.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to summarize and clarify the divergences in the literature to provide a better understanding of the impact of obesity in different plastic surgery procedures.

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Background: Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic mycosis considered endemic and limited to Latin America with the majority of registered cases originating from Brazil. The purpose of this paper was to report a case of a female patient with paracoccidioidomycosis mimicking inflammatory bowel disease and to systematically review available cases of the intestinal presentation of this infectious disease.

Case Report: Female patient, 32-years old, previously asymptomatic, presenting with acute pain in the lower right abdomen, associated with signs of peritoneal irritation and abdominal distension.

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Objectives: We aimed to gather and update the evidence on the impact of exercise on late-life depression.

Method: We conducted an umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that assessed the effects of an exercise intervention for depression in older adults (e.g.

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Background: The use of herbal supplements and alternative medicines has been increasing in the last decades. Despite popular belief that the consumption of natural products is harmless, herbs might cause injury to various organs, particularly to the liver, which is responsible for their metabolism in the form of herb-induced liver injury (HILI).

Aim: To identify herbal products associated with HILI and describe the type of lesion associated with each product.

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Background: A previously healthy 22-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and jaundice. She had a reagent antinuclear factor (1:640, with a homogeneous nuclear pattern) and hypergammaglobulinemia (2.16 g/dL).

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