Surgical treatment of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in children and adolescents: A review.

Objective: To discuss surgery for non-cystic fibrosis [CF] bronchiectasis in children and adolescents.

Sources: Non-systematic review including articles in English, mainly from the last 5 years.

Summary Of Findings: In this review, we present that in low- and middle-income countries [LMIC] clinical treatment fails in around 20% of cases due to low socioeconomic status and poor adherence.

Analysis of adhesions resulted from mesh fixation with fibrin sealant and suture: experimental intraperitoneal model.

Objective: To compare surgical fixation of polypropylene mesh (PP) and coated polypropylene mesh (PCD) using polypropylene suture and fibrin glue, as for the formation of intraperitoneal adhesions.

Methods: A sample of 46 female Wistar rats were randomized into six groups: two control groups, with five rats each, were subjected to one medial incision (MI) and the other to a U-shaped incision (UI), none of these groups received the mesh. Two groups of PP mesh, with ten rats, fixed with suture (PPF), the other with six rats, fixed with biological glue (PPC).

[Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in chronic renal failure patients under haemodialysis in Porto Alegre, Brazil].

Introduction: The most common cause of chronic renal failure (CRF) among patients who are starting on dialysis in developed countries is diabetes mellitus (DM), with growing rates approaching 50%. In Brazil, the available data indicate a lower prevalence, around 27%, even though it is also increasing.

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of DM in the adult population of patients on hemodialysis for CRF in Porto Alegre, Brazil.