Publications by authors named "M C Salomao"
[Experience of setting up a state pharmacovigilance committee during the COVID-19 pandemicExperiencia de la puesta en marcha de un comité estatal de farmacovigilancia durante la pandemia de COVID-19].
Rev Panam Salud Publica
December 2024
Objective: To describe the implementation and pioneering work of a vaccine pharmacovigilance committee in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, for the analysis of events supposedly attributable to vaccination or immunization (ESAVI) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: This is a retrospective, mixed-methods (qualitative and quantitative) case study focusing on the work carried out by the pharmacovigilance committee in the years 2021 and 2022. The minutes of committee meetings were used to describe how the committee operates.
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- * A study demonstrates that metallothionein (MTH) immunohistochemistry (IHC) is a highly effective diagnostic method for WD, showing high sensitivity (91.20%) and perfect specificity (100%) in a cohort of 91 patients compared to control samples.
- * MTH IHC could serve as a cost-effective and reliable screening tool for diagnosing WD in patients of different ages and disease stages, enhancing patient evaluation and management.
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- Gastrointestinal involvement of Kaposi sarcoma is rare, especially in the lower tract, where it can mimic regular bowel polyps.
- A study examined 15 patients (mostly men aged 26-80) with polypoid Kaposi sarcoma lesions in various parts of the lower gastrointestinal tract, finding that 11 had multifocal involvement and some also had upper tract lesions.
- The findings suggest careful examination of gastrointestinal polyps in immunocompromised patients is essential, with immunohistochemical stains like human herpesvirus-8 aiding in accurate diagnosis.
Biomechanical and tomographic findings in Brown-McLean syndrome.
Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep
December 2024
Purpose: Brown-McLean syndrome (BMS) is a clinical condition characterized by peripheral corneal edema with central corneal transparency. This study aims to document the tomographic and biomechanical characteristics of 3 patients with typical BMS features using the Pentacam® AXL and CORVIS ST® (Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany).
Observations: Three cases of BMS are presented.
The nonalcoholic steatohepatitis clinical research network (NASH-CRN) system is commonly used for histologic assessment of disease activity and fibrosis in NASH. Despite this, the system does not fully capture the range of disease activity and fibrosis. As such, an expanded NAS (E-NAS) grading and staging system with a calculated E-NAS index was developed by our group.
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