Publications by authors named "Luiz Gustavo Ferreira Cortes"
Estimated glomerular filtration rate in clinical practice: Consensus positioning of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN) and Brazilian Society of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (SBPC/ML).
J Bras Nefrol
April 2024
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents one of today's main public health problems. Serum creatinine measurement and estimation of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are the main tools for evaluating renal function. There are several equations to estimate GFR, and CKD-EPI equation (Chronic Kidney Disease - Epidemiology) is the most recommended one.
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- Infectious meningoencephalitis is a serious condition causing inflammation in the brain, and the FilmArray panel offers quick testing for 14 pathogens associated with it.
- The study aimed to evaluate how effective this panel is when implemented in a hospital setting by comparing its results with other clinical and laboratory data.
- Out of 496 samples tested, 17.75% were positive for pathogens, primarily viruses, but many retests showed inconsistencies, with 80% of initially positive results being non-reproducible, raising questions about the reliability of the panel's findings in certain cases.
Background: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a myeloid neoplasm associated with a high morbidity and mortality. The diagnosis, risk stratification and therapy selection in AML have changed substantially in the last decade with the progressive incorporation of clinically relevant molecular markers.
Methods: In this work, our aim was to describe a real-world genomic profiling experience in AML and to demonstrate the impact of the European Leukemia Net 2022 update on risk stratification in AML.