4 results match your criteria: "Edmundo Vasconcelos Hospital Complex[Affiliation]"
Refractory epistaxis and Stamm's S-point.
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
February 2022
São Paulo ENT Center (COF), Edmundo Vasconcelos Hospital Complex, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Purpose Of Review: Ethmoidal arteries are gaining increasing importance as the main source of severe refractory epistaxis. In this direction, Stamm's S-point, a specific bleeding point in the upper nasal septum, around the projection of the axilla of middle turbinate, posterior to the septal body, was recently described. The aim of this review was to present recent data on S-point and its role in severe refractory epistaxis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystematic endoscopic assessment of bleeding sites in severe epistaxis: the role of the S-point and the superior epistaxis.
Rhinology
October 2020
Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM), Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Background: Systematic endoscopic assessment (SEA) of bleeding sites is critical for topodiagnosis and treatment of severe epistaxis, which is not limited to the posterior region. A bleeding site originating from the ethmoidal vasculature, the S-point, has recently been described. The aim of this study is to ascertain the prevalence of each bleeding site in severe epistaxis using a SEA protocol that includes the S-point.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground:: The incidence of cholecystolithiasis is approximately 15% of the population. It is believed that between 30-40% of cholecystectomy patients have symptoms after surgery, being changes in bowel habits the most common among them.
Aim:: 1) Defining the prevalence, and 2) identifying predictors of changes in bowel habits after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
A workshop on asthma management programs and centers in Brazil: reviewing and explaining concepts.
J Bras Pneumol
July 2015
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Department of Pediatrics, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Objective: To report the results of a workshop regarding asthma management programs and centers (AMPCs) in Brazil, so that they can be used as a tool for the improvement and advancement of current and future AMPCs.
Methods: The workshop consisted of five presentations and the corresponding group discussions. The working groups discussed the following themes: implementation of asthma management strategies; human resources needed for AMPCs; financial resources needed for AMPCs; and operational maintenance of AMPCs.