Nutritional status and changes in muscle and adipose tissue determined by computed tomography as predictors of mortality in hospitalized patients.

The aim of the present study was to investigate whether nutritional status and changes in muscle and adipose tissue determined by computed tomography are predictors of mortality in hospitalized patients. This was a prospective cohort study involving patients ≥ 20 years of age hospitalized in a public hospital. Sociodemographic and clinical variables were collected from electronic medical records.

Effects of Kinesio tape on vascularity, pliability and height of the hypertrophic scar in burns patients: a randomized pilot clinical trial.

Deep burns damage the reticular dermis and may lead to the formation of hypertrophic scars. Compression therapy reduces local vascularity and realigns collagen fibers, resulting in esthetic and functional improvements. This study evaluated the effect of Kinesio tape compression with maximum mechanical tension on vascularity, pliability and the height of hypertrophic scars following deep burns.

Updates in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis.

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is an inflammatory and degenerative condition resulting in articular cartilage destruction and functional loss. Its prevalence has grown considerably due to increased life expectancy and obesity, and its diagnosis relies on evaluation, medical examination, and confirmation by supplementary radiographic images. Knee OA is multifactorial and influenced by several local, systemic, and external aspects.

Changes in body composition of burn patients during the phases of response to trauma.

Objective: To assess the changes in body composition of burn patients through electrical bioimpedance in the phases of response to trauma.

Methods: a longitudinal observational study, carried out from October 2019 to March 2020. Sociodemographic, clinical, epidemiological, anthropometric and body composition data were collected.

Trend of pediatric leprosy in an endemic area in Northeast of Brazil, 2008-2018.

Background: The incidence of leprosy in children is an important indicator of the disease's tendency in the general population and suggests intense circulation and transmission of Mycobacterium leprae.

Objectives: To describe the clinical, epidemiological characteristics and temporal dynamics of leprosy cases in children under 15 years of age from 2008 to 2018 in an endemic municipality.

Methods: A descriptive study with an analytical approach was carried out with data from leprosy cases registered in the Brazilian Information System on Notifiable Diseases for the municipality of Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis as a cause of subdural hemorrhage in the pediatric population: Is there a correlation?

Purpose: Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis is an increasingly recognized cause of stroke in children and neonates. Its true incidence appears to be underestimated. Despite being a rare event, certain studies have found a correlation between subdural hemorrhage and cerebral sinus thrombosis.

THE USE OF ANTIFIBRINOLYTICS IN HIP TRAUMA SURGERY IN A PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY.

Objective: To evaluate the use of tranexamic acid (TXA) and ε-aminocaproic acid (EACA) in reducing blood loss in hip and proximal femur trauma surgery.

Methods: Prospective study with 49 patients surgically treated in a trauma hospital between Nov/2015 and Feb/2017. The patients were divided in two groups: TXA (n = 24) and EACA (n = 25).

Multiple sites bullet embolism as a cause of acute abdomen.

Bullet embolism (BE) is a rare and misdiagnosed phenomenon that can significantly affect the cardiovascular system. It occurs when a bullet enters and migrates through the body vessels in gunshot victims. We report in this article a case of a 25-year-old male patient, victim of penetrating trauma caused by a firearm projectile that presented two embolism destinations with acute ischemic repercussions: the right brachial artery and the branches of the superior mesenteric artery.

Clinical and nutritional predictors of hospital readmission within 30 days.

Background/objectives: Identify clinical, sociodemographic, and nutritional predictors of hospital readmission within 30 days.

Subjects/methods: A longitudinal study was conducted with patients hospitalised at a public institution in Recife, Brazil. Sociodemographic (age, sex, race, and place of residence), clinical (diagnosis, comorbidities, medications, polypharmacy, hospital outcome, hospital stay, and occurrence of readmission within 30 days), and nutritional (% of weight loss, body mass index, arm circumference [AC], and calf circumference [CC]) characteristics were collected from the nutritional assessment files and patient charts.

Female insertion in neurosurgery: Evolution of a stigma break.

Background: Utilizing the Brazilian Medical Demography analysis and a literature review, we evaluated how women choose to become neurosurgeons in Brazil and around the world, specifically citing the Europe, the USA, India, and Japan.

Methods: We utilized the Brazilian Medical Demography prepared by the Federal Council of Medicine and the Regional Council of Medicine of the State of São Paulo (2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018). We also included an evaluation of 20 articles from PubMed, the Scientific Electronic Library Online, and National Health Library databases (e.

Differential Frequencies of HLA-DRB1, DQA1, and DQB1 Alleles and Haplotypes Are Observed in the Arbovirus-Related Neurological Syndromes.

Background: We took advantage of the 2015-2016 Brazilian arbovirus outbreak (Zika [ZIKV]/dengue/chikungunya viruses) associated with neurological complications to type HLA-DRB1/DQA1/DQB1 variants in patients exhibiting neurological complications and in bone marrow donors from the same endemic geographical region.

Methods: DRB1/DQA1/DQB1 loci were typed using sequence-specific oligonucleotides. In silico studies were performed using X-ray resolved dimer constructions.

Evaluation of the Southwick Angle in Two Hundred Hips of Asymptomatic Children and Adolescents.

 To measure the mean value of the Southwick angle using two different methods, the manual (1) and digital (2) methods, and to establish a normality value.  A primarily descriptive study with 100 children and adolescents. Individuals with orthopedic complaints regarding the hips and/or knees or gait alterations were excluded.

Electrical activity of the masseter and supra hyoid muscles during swallowing of patients with multiple sclerosis.

Purpose: characterize the swallowing muscles electromyographic activity in EM.

Methods: we evaluated 60 individuals being 30 with definitive diagnosis in EMG and 30 without neurologic changes. Volunteers provided personal data through interview, and we also obtained data from clinical records on the time of diagnosis, disease clinic form and the EDSS scale score.

Impact of Profound Burn on the Quality of Life of Women Attended at the Referral Outpatient Clinic in the State of Pernambuco.

Analyze the influence of deep-degree burns on the quality of life (QoL) of women at treatment in ambulatory after hospital discharge. A cross-sectional study was conducted at a reference public hospital for burns in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, from August 2017 to May 2018. Fifty adult women over 20 years old who suffered deep burns and were in outpatient rehabilitation treatment were included.

Nutritional status and evaluation of the perioperative fasting time among patients submitted to elective and emergency surgeries at a reference hospital.

Objective: to evaluate the clinical, surgical, and nutritional profile of surgical patients admitted to a reference hospital in Recife city, Pernambuco state, Brazil.

Methods: a cross-sectional study carried out in the wards of the General Surgery Service of Hospital da Restauração Governador Paulo Guerra, from June to September 2018. We included adult and elderly patients (both genders) who were submitted to thoracoabdominal procedures and elective or emergency abdominal surgeries, and in which the assessment of nutritional status could be performed within 72 hours of hospital admission.