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Frequency and clinical predictors of coronary artery disease in chronic renal failure renal transplant candidates
(Informa Healthcare, 2015-05-01)
Background/aims: Cardiovascular diseases are major causes of mortality in chronic renal failure patients before and after renal transplantation. Among them, coronary disease presents a particular risk; however, risk ...
A prospective study of Cat-Scratch Disease in Lima-Peru
(Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 2002)
Cat-Scratch Disease (CSD) is a benign lymphadenitis that may progress to severe or recurrent forms, and it is occasionally associated with morbidity. Between January of 1998 and March of 1999, forty-three suspected CSD ...
Prevalence of hepatopulmonary syndrome in patients with decompensated chronic liver disease and its impact on short-term survival
(2008)
BACKGROUND: Hepatopulmonary syndrome is reported to occur in 4% to 32% of the patients with chronic liver disease and is associated with poor liver function and shortened patient survival before and after liver ...
Use of the frontal assessment battery in evaluating executive dysfunction in patients with Huntington`s disease
(DR DIETRICH STEINKOPFF VERLAG, 2009)
The frontal assessment battery (FAB) is a bedside cognitive scale designed to measure executive functions. Huntington`s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor, behavioral, and cognitive ...
Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of Fabry disease in pediatric patients: a document from the Rare Diseases Committee of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (Comdora-SBN)
(Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia, 2022-02-25)
Fabry disease (FD) is a genetic disease, with X-chromosome linked inheritance, due to variants in the GLA gene that encodes the α-galactosidase A (α-GAL) enzyme. The purpose of the present study was to create a consensus ...
Self assessment of strengths, weaknesses and self confidence of primary care physicians taking care of rheumatic diseases Autoevaluación de fortalezas, debilidades y confianza de los médicos de atención primaria en el abordaje de enfermedades reumatológic
(2006)
Background: Rheumatologic diseases are common and frequently managed by primary care physicians. Aim: To assess strengths, weaknesses and self confidence of primary care physicians in the management of rheumatic diseases. ...
Functional capacity of Brazilian patients with Parkinson's disease (PD): Relationship between clinical characteristics and disease severity
(Elsevier B.V., 2012-03-01)
The present study had three objectives: (a) to characterize the functional capacity of patients with PD, (b) to assess the relationship between the physical fitness components of functional capacity with clinical characteristics ...
Functional capacity of Brazilian patients with Parkinson's disease (PD): Relationship between clinical characteristics and disease severity
(Elsevier B.V., 2012-03-01)
The present study had three objectives: (a) to characterize the functional capacity of patients with PD, (b) to assess the relationship between the physical fitness components of functional capacity with clinical characteristics ...
Six-minute-walk test and maximum exercise test in cycloergometer in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Are the physiological demands equivalent?
(2010)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
The physiological load imposed by the six minute walk test (SMWT) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients come from small studies where the influence of disease severity has not ...
Mucocutaneous manifestations of helminth infections: Nematodes
(Elsevier, 2015)
In the 21st century, despite increased globalization through international travel for business, medical volunteerism, pleasure, and immigration/refugees into the United States, there is little published in the dermatology ...