5 results match your criteria: "University Center Newton Paiva[Affiliation]"

Background: Comprehensive medication management (CMM) is a clinical service based on the theoretical and methodological framework of pharmaceutical care. Service blueprint is one of the most widespread visual tools of service design. It enables description of the processes involved in service provision that ultimately define patient experience.

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Background: The effects of bariatric surgery can reflect in the oral cavity and can cause alterations in oral health. This high prevalence of oral alterations in the pre and post-operative periods has been highlighted in different studies.

Objectives: To investigate the effect of bariatric surgery on periodontal status through a systematic review.

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Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a rare fungal infection in the world, but endemic and acquired exclusively in Latin America, with the highest prevalence in South America and Brazil, particularly. Changes in oral cavity are common and constitute the first clinical manifestation in many patients. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of oral PCM and analyse the profile of the disease and patients.

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Effect of acetylsalicylic acid on platelet activation and oxidative profile in a set of Brazilian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis

March 2015

aClinical and Toxicological Department, Federal University of Minas Gerais bRede Sarah Hospitals cCenter of Research René Rachou, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation dPharmacy College, University Center Newton Paiva eSanta Casa Hospital, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) is a metabolic disorder associated with hyperactivation of platelets, increased formation of platelet microparticles (PMPs) and oxidative stress that are related to cardiovascular complications. Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is an antiplatelet agent used in the prevention of atherothrombosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ASA by means of platelet activation and oxidative profile.

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δ-Opioid receptor agonist SNC80 induces central antinociception mediated by Ca2+ -activated Cl- channels.

J Pharm Pharmacol

August 2012

Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Biological Sciences and Health, University Center Newton Paiva, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channels (CaCCs) are involved in central antinociception induced by the activation of µ-, δ- and κ-opioid receptors.

Methods: The nociceptive threshold for thermal stimulation was measured using the tail-flick test in Swiss mice. The drugs were administered via the intracerebroventricular route.

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