Charlson comorbidity index scores and in-hospital prognosis of patients with severe acute respiratory infections.

Background: Respiratory infections are one of the leading causes of mortality, and comorbid conditions play a significant role in the severity and fatality of these infections.

Aims: We evaluated the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score and possible predictors of mortality in hospitalised patients with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), aiming to test if the CCI is a valid in-hospital prognostic indicator.

Methods: Patients older than 14 years, hospitalised from 2010 to 2016 due to SARI by viral infection and who were submitted to respiratory virus testing were included.

Comparison of the dietary intake amongst women in the late postoperative period after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with the bariatric food pyramidof dietary intake with reference values among women in late postoperative of y-en-roux gastric bypass.

Introduction: the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is considered to be an efficient treatment of obesity. There is an improvement in the dietary intake in the immediate postoperative period, but after the first year there is a tendency to return to the old pre-surgery habits. The objective of the present study was to compare the dietary intake of women in the late postoperative period after RYGB with the recommendations of the specific bariatric food pyramid.