Centro Académico de Salud (CAS): Recent submissions
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Risk factors for advanced resuscitation in term and near-term infants: a case-control study.
(BMJ Publishing Group Limited., 2017-01-01)OBJECTIVE: (1) To determine which antepartum and/or intrapartum factors are associated with the need for advanced neonatal resuscitation (ANR) at birth in infants with gestational age (GA) ≥34 weeks. (2) To develop a risk ... -
Hyponatremia and fractures: should hyponatremia be further studied as a potential biochemical risk factor to be included in FRAX algorithms?
(Springer, 2017-01-10)The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX®) was developed by the WHO Collaborating Centre for metabolic bone diseases to evaluate fracture risk of patients. It is based on patient models that integrate the risk associated ... -
Physical Activity Among Organ Recipients: Data Collected From the Latin American Transplant Games.
(Elsevier, 2017-03-01)Background Cardiovascular complications after transplantation are an important cause of non–transplant-related deaths. Depression and anxiety are not unusual among organ recipients. Physical activity reduces cardiovascular ... -
The current status of patient safety in Argentina: Cross sectional study
(Archivos argentinos de pediatria, 2017-02-01)Background. Patient safety is a priority for healthcare organizations. For the PRONAP´s 2013 final exam, the Quality & Patient Safety Subcommittee and the PRONAP managers designed a survey to be answered by ... -
Treatment of Minimally Invasive Hallux Valgus Surgery Complications
(Wolters Kluwer, 2017-03-01)Percutaneous foot surgery is a surgical method of treating various bone and soft-tissue disorders of the foot. In hallux valgus pathology, it is called minimal incision surgery, and is another method to treat this disorder. ... -
Vulvar Langerhans cell histiocytosis and thalidomide: an effective treatment option
(Wiley, 2017-10-25)Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a disease characterized by clonal proliferation and a pathological infiltration of Langerhans cells in one or more organs, in which almost every tissue may be involved. Its incidence ... -
The Process of Lipid Storage in Insect Oocytes: The Involvement of β-Chain of ATP Synthase in Lipophorin-Mediated Lipid Transfer in the Chagas' Disease Vector Panstrongylus Megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
(Elsevier B.V. ScienceDirect, 2017-01-01)Lipophorin is the main lipoprotein in the hemolymph of insects. During vitellogenesis, lipophorin delivers its hydrophobic cargo to developing oocytes by its binding to non-endocytic receptors at the plasma membrane of the ... -
Biomarker-driven phenotyping in Parkinson's disease: A translational missing link in disease-modifying clinical trials.
(Wiley, 2017-02-24)Past clinical trials of putative neuroprotective therapies have targeted PD as a single pathogenic disease entity. From an Oslerian clinicopathological perspective, the wide complexity of PD converges into Lewy bodies and ... -
Spinal neuropeptide expression and neuropathic behavior in the acute and chronic phases after spinal cord injury: Effects of progesterone administration.
(Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved., 2017-02)Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) develop chronic pain that severely compromises their quality of life. We have previously reported that progesterone (PG), a neuroprotective steroid, could offer a promising therapeutic ... -
Loss of dystrophin is associated with increased myocardial stiffness in a model of left ventricular hypertrophy.
(Springer, 2017-03-18)Transition from compensated to decompensated left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is accompanied by functional and structural changes. Here, the aim was to evaluate dystrophin expression in murine models and human subjects ... -
Evaluation of the Performance of an Ophthalmic Thermosensitive Hydrogel Containing Combination of Suramin and Bevacizumab.
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2016)Suramab (SUM) is a new pharmaceutical combination made up of suramine (SUR) and bevacizumab (BVM), which showed a high synergistic effect when administered jointly. As the pharmaceutical vehicle, poloxamer aqueous dispersions ... -
Los trastornos obsesivo-compulsivos y sus manifestaciones cutáneas
(Educación médica continua, 2016-09-03)Self-inflicted dermatoses can cause severe tissue damage and distress in social life, school or work. Largely classified as an impulse control disorder, they are now considered as part of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum ... -
Chronic hepatitis C and chronic kidney disease: Advances, limitations and unchartered territories
(Wiley, 2017-01-20)Over the past few years, treatment options for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have evolved dramatically. The current approved interferon-free direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimens have been shown to be safe and ... -
The damping effect of cement as a potential mitigation factor of squeaking in ceramic-on-ceramic total hip arthroplasty
(British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2016-11-03)Objectives Studies reporting specifically on squeaking in total hip arthroplasty have focused on cementless, and not on hybrid, fixation. We hypothesised that the cement mantle of the femur might have a damping effect on ... -
International variations in application of the best-interest standard across the age spectrum.
(Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com, 2016-10-13)OBJECTIVE: Ethically and legally, assertions that resuscitation is in a patient's best interest should be inversely correlated with willingness to forego intensive care (and accept comfort care) at the surrogate's request. ... -
The Effects of Fat Harvesting and Preparation, Air Exposure, Obesity, and Stem Cell Enrichment on Adipocyte Viability Prior to Graft Transplantation
(Oxford University Press, 2016-07-29)Background: Adipocyte viability is affected by fat preparation and processing methods, but rigorous and objective studies of these relationships are lacking. Objectives: The authors conducted a comprehensive evaluation ... -
Cell Death Mechanisms in Human Chronic Liver Diseases: A Far Cry From Clinical Applicability
(Portland Press, 2016-10-20)The liver is constantly exposed to a host of injurious stimuli. This results in hepatocellular death mainly by apoptosis and necrosis, but also due to autophagy, necroptosis, pyroptosis and in some cases by an intricately ... -
Hepatotoxicity Induced by Coxibs: How Concerned Should We Be?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-08-26)Introduction: The selective inhibitors of COX-2, coxibs, are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that have much better gastrointestinal safety profile as compared with non-selective NSAIDs. In this review, we ... -
Systemic Transplantation of Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells Promotes Axonal Regeneration and Analgesia in a Model of Wallerian Degeneration
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2017-07)Background Reinnervation timing after nerve injury is critical for favorable axonal regeneration, remyelination, and clinical improvement. Considering bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMC) are easily obtained and readily ... -
Hyponatremia and bone disease
(Springer Verlag, 2016-09-24)Hip fractures represent a serious health risk in the elderly, causing substantial morbidity and mortality. There is now a considerable volume of literature suggesting that chronic hyponatremia increases the adjusted odds ...