4 results match your criteria: "Pediatra do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.[Affiliation]"
Percutaneous Vocal Fold Lateralization in children - a case series of a Brazilian tertiary pediatric hospital (pediatric vocal fold lateralization cases in a Brazilian hospital).
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol
September 2024
Serviço de ORL Pediátrica do HCSA, Serviço de ORL da ISCMPA, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Pediatra da UFCSPA.
Objectives: Percutaneous Vocal Fold Lateralization (PVFL) consists of external fixation with non-absorbable percutaneous suture of the vocal fold in a lateral position, under direct glottic visualization. The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of PVFL in a university pediatric hospital, as well as to describe the potential risks and complications of the surgery.
Methods: Retrospective cohort study, with data collected from electronic medical records.
SCID and Other Inborn Errors of Immunity with Low TRECs - the Brazilian Experience.
J Clin Immunol
August 2022
Laboratory of Human Immunology, Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, 1730, Av. Professor Lineu Prestes, Sao Paulo, SP, 05508-000, Brazil.
Severe combined immunodeficiency, SCID, is a pediatric emergency that represents the most critical group of inborn errors of immunity (IEI). Affected infants present with early onset life-threatening infections due to absent or non-functional T cells. Without early diagnosis and curative treatment, most die in early infancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMaternal outcomes and risk factors for COVID-19 severity among pregnant women.
Sci Rep
July 2021
Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Article Synopsis
- * A study involving 926 pregnant women revealed that 9.9% had severe COVID-19, with risk factors including pulmonary issues, hypertension, and diabetes.
- * Severe maternal illness was linked to higher rates of cesarean sections, preterm deliveries, and neonatal admissions to intensive care units.
[Neonatal cholestasis: the delay in referring patients for differential diagnosis].
J Pediatr (Rio J)
January 2004
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Pediatra do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.
Objective: An efficient treatment of extrahepatic biliary atresia demands that the diagnostic differentiation between intra- and extrahepatic neonatal cholestasis be performed by the eighth week of life. This study aimed at evaluate the age of the patients admitted to a general hospital for differential diagnosis of cholestatic jaundice.
Methods: Forty nine children from the Pediatric Service at Hospital de Clínicas, in Porto Alegre, have been studied between 1984 and 1991, according to the protocol for diagnostic elucidation followed by this hospital, which includes biliary tract scintigraphy with Tc-99m DISIDA and, depending on its results, an wedge or percutaneous liver biopsy.