Dapagliflozin plus exenatide on patients with type 2 diabetes awaiting bariatric surgery in the DEXBASU study.

The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist family together with the renal sodium/glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors have garnered interest as potential therapeutic agents for subjects with type 2 diabetes and obesity. In these patients, bariatric surgery is indicated based in a BMI ≥ 35 kg/m. A 24-week non-blinded, randomized pilot study to assess the efficacy of subcutaneous exenatide 2.

[Knowledge, attitude and practice on childhood immunization personnel in Teresina-PI, Brazil, 2015].

Objective: to describe the knowledge, attitude and practice of vaccinators toward childhood vaccination.

Methods: this is a descriptive census study, conducted in 2015 with vaccinators from vaccination rooms of the urban area of Teresina, Piauí, Brazil; data were collected through a questionnaire.

Results: 70 vaccinators were interviewed; most answers related to knowledge and attitude of the vaccinators toward childhood vaccination were considered inadequate (n=58 and n=39, respectively); with regard to practice, there were 43 adequate answers; there was no statistically significant association between the variable knowledge and the variables attitude and practice.

A study of cases reported as incidents in a public hospital from 2011 to 2014.

Objective: Analyzing incidents reported in a public hospital in the Federal District, Brasilia, according to the characteristics and outcomes involving patients.

Method: A descriptive and retrospective study of incidents reported between January 2011 and September 2014.

Results: 209 reported incidents were categorized as reportable occurrences (n = 22, 10.

Description of the male of Tityus kuryi Lourenço, 1997 and notes about males of Tityus stigmurus (Thorell, 1877) and Tityus serrulatus Lutz & Mello, 1922 (Scorpiones, Buthidae).

The male of Tityus kuryi Lourenço, 1997 is described for the first time. Despite being very similar to the female, the male presents more robust metasomal segments. Additionally, the distribution of the sexual populations of another two species of the T.

Low-carbohydrate diet for the treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Medical nutrition therapy based on the control of the amount and distribution of carbohydrates (CHO) is the initial treatment for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), but there is a need for randomized controlled trials comparing different dietary strategies. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that a low-CHO diet for the treatment of GDM would lead to a lower rate of insulin treatment with similar pregnancy outcomes compared with a control diet.

Research Design And Methods: A total of 152 women with GDM were included in this open, randomized controlled trial and assigned to follow either a diet with low-CHO content (40% of the total diet energy content as CHO) or a control diet (55% of the total diet energy content as CHO).

Positive effects of a cognitive-behavioral intervention program for family caregivers of demented elderly.

Objective: It was to examine the effects of a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) program administered to family caregivers of dementia patients.

Methods: Forty family caregivers were enrolled in a CBT intervention across eight weekly sessions. Cognitive, functional and behavioral status of patients were evaluated, as well as their own and their family caregivers' perceptions of quality of life.

Microsatellite markers for the tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum, Serrasalmidae, Characiformes), an economically important keystone species of the Amazon River floodplain.

Colossoma macropomum is a keystone species of the Amazon floodplain, and is an important but severely overexploited commercial species. To provide tools for addressing ecological and conservation questions, we developed 14 highly polymorphic microsatellite markers that had between four and 21 alleles per locus in the 25 tested individuals. With the exception of comparisons involving the locus Cm1F5 that also showed heterozygosity deficiency, no pairs of loci were at linkage disequilibrium.

Detection of altered risk factors in hospitalized patients with coronary artery disease.

Objective: To assess biochemical, anthropometric, and dietary variables considered risk factors for coronary artery disease.

Methods: Using anthropometrics, dietary allowance, and blood biochemistry, we assessed 84 patients [54 males (mean age of 55+/- 8 years) and 30 females (mean age of 57+/-7 years)], who had severe (>/= 70% coronary artery obstruction) and nonsevere forms of coronary artery disease determined by cardiac catheterization. The severe form of the disease prevailed in 70% of the males and 64% of the females, and a high frequency of familial antecedents (92% ' 88%) and history of acute myocardial infarction (80% ' 70%) were observed.

[Protein-energy malnutrition in the gastrectomized patient].

Background: Gastrectomy leads to nutritional consequences that although expected, are not usually measured due to methodological limitations.

Aim: To assess the protein-energy deficiency degrees estimated by isolated or combined indicators.

Patients And Methods: There were studied 71 patients, who had undergone partial (n = 53) or total (n = 18) gastrectomy in the last 6-24 months (M1) or 24-60 months (M2).