Performance of magnetic resonance imaging to predict maternal outcomes in patients at high risk for placenta accreta spectrum disorder.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic performance of MRI parameters to predict adverse maternal peripartum outcomes in pregnant females at high-risk for placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorder.

Methods And Materials: This retrospective study evaluated 60 pregnant females who underwent MRI for placental assessment. MRI studies were reviewed by a radiologist blinded to all clinical data.

Accuracy of muscle fasciculations for the diagnosis of later-onset spinal muscle atrophy.

Diagnosis of later-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) can be challenging. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic properties of the detection of muscle fasciculations for SMA diagnosis in adolescents and adults with proximal muscle weakness. A cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study was performed, in which 10 subjects with SMA (5 with type II and 5 with type III) and 9 subjects with genetic muscle diseases were evaluated by physical examination, muscle ultrasound (MUS) and electromyography (EMG).

Diagnostic performance of the RSNA-proposed classification for COVID-19 pneumonia versus pre-pandemic controls.

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) classification system for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia compared to pre-pandemic chest computed tomography (CT) scan images to mitigate the risk of bias regarding the reference standard.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional, diagnostic test accuracy study. Chest CT scans, carried out from May 1 to June 30, 2020, and from May 1 to July 17, 2017, were consecutively selected for the COVID-19 (positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction [RT-PCR] for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 result) and control (pre-pandemic) groups, respectively.

Effects of high protein, low-glycemic index diet on lean body mass, strength, and physical performance in late postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To investigate whether increasing protein consumption to twice the recommended daily allowance (RDA) by The Institute of Medicine affects lean body mass (LBM), muscle strength, and physical performance in late postmenopausal women.

Methods: Parallel-group randomized trial with 26 apparently healthy women aged ≥ 65 years. Participants were randomly assigned to low-glycemic index diets with protein consumption at current RDA (0.

Acoustic signal of silent tracheal aspiration in children with oropharyngeal dysphagia.

Unlabelled: Objetive: The aim of this study was to characterize the acoustic signal of silent tracheal aspiration in children with oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD).

Method: Thirty-two children with OPD were examined with combined digital cervical auscultation (DCA) and videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS). Power spectral density (PSD, in 1/√Hz) of the acoustic signal from a sequential series of five liquid swallows was used for comparisons between children who silently aspirated and children who did not aspirate on VFSS.

Non-Answered Questions in Patients with Endobronchial Valve Placement for Lung Volume Reduction.

Endoscopic lung volume reduction is a minimally invasive procedure performed to reduce the space occupied by the emphysemas' lobes. This procedure has been demonstrated to be beneficial for patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and severe hyperinflation. The use of endobronchial valves is increasing, as well as the number of reports of adverse events.

Accuracy of clinical swallowing evaluation for diagnosis of dysphagia in children with laryngomalacia or glossoptosis.

Objective: To investigate the accuracy of clinical evaluation of swallowing in a sample of children with laryngomalacia or glossoptosis and describe the prevalence of dysphagia in each of these diseases, as well as characterize the swallow response to speech and language therapy interventions.

Study Design: Children aged 1 month to 11 years receiving care at the Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil, were evaluated in a cross-sectional design. Evaluation of swallowing was performed at two time points by two blinded speech-language pathologists, one responsible for clinical evaluation and the other for videofluoroscopic study.

Associations between body composition and lifestyle factors with bone mineral density according to time since menopause in women from Southern Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate whether body composition, dietary pattern and habitual physical activity are associated with BMD according to time since menopause in women from Southern Brazil with no clinical evidence of disease.

Methods: 99 participants were enrolled and anthropometry, body composition and BMD by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, rest metabolic rate by indirect calorimetry, dietary pattern by semi quantitative food frequency questionnaire and habitual physical activity by pedometer were performed.

Results: Mean age was 55.

Aortic lesion simulating pulmonary disease: a case report.

The authors report the case of an elderly woman assessed for dyspnea and right costal margin pain, whose chest radiography demonstrated opacity simulating pulmonary lesion, and computed tomography revealed the vascular origin of the condition. Acute aortic syndrome due to ruptured atheromatous plaque penetrating through the elastic lamina in association with aortic hematoma and aneurysm is a relevant differential diagnosis to be considered in these cases.

Lean muscle mass in classic or ovulatory PCOS: association with central obesity and insulin resistance.

This age-matched case-control study assessed total and segmental lean muscle mass in classic or ovulatory polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients and investigated whether lean mass is associated with hormone and metabolic features. Participants underwent anthropometric and clinical evaluation. Habitual physical activity was assessed with a digital pedometer, and body composition by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.