Objectives This study was designed to determine if a subset of patients who ha ve undergone bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis could be identified in whic h catheterization was of little benefit before completion...
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Objectives This study was designed to determine if a subset of patients who ha ve undergone bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis could be identified in whic h catheterization was of little benefit before completion of the Fontan procedur e. Background diagnostic evaluation before Fontan procedure has typically includ ed cardiac catheterization. However, the overall management strategy for patient s with functional single ventricle has evolved to include staging bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis in most, and it has become uncommon to exclude patient s from Fontan based on catheterization data. methods Patients who underwent bidi rectional cavopulmonary anastomosis and had complete echocardiograms and cathete rizations within three months of each other between January 1992 and October 199 7 were evaluated with a series of clinical and echocardiographic characteristics to identify a subset in whom catheterization was predicted to be of little adde d value (“no-cath”group). The predictive value and sensitivity of these crite ria in excluding patients who required additional intervention, were excluded fr om Fontan, or died within 30 days of Fontan was determined. Results A total of 9 9 patients who underwent bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis at 6.7 months ( range 2.9 months to 14 years) were studied; 46 met criteria for the “no-cath” group. Noninvasive criteria stratified all patients who died (n=5) or did not pr oceed to Fontan (n =1) and 9 of 11 who required additional interventions to the “cath”group. Thus, the negative predictive value of these criteria was 93%. C onclusions Our data suggest that catheterization before Fontan could be avoided in a large percentage of patients without adversely affecting outcome; prospecti ve evaluation of this strategy is warranted.
BACKGROUNd Abortion is of great importance in public health,as it is among the main causes of maternal morbidity and *** addition to sociodemographic-and lifestylerelated factors,studies have associated infections of ...
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BACKGROUNd Abortion is of great importance in public health,as it is among the main causes of maternal morbidity and *** addition to sociodemographic-and lifestylerelated factors,studies have associated infections of the genital tract with higher rates of ***,the exacerbated presence and rise of mollicutes in the genitourinary tract may be related to higher rates of *** To perform an epidemiological analysis of women who had spontaneous abortions and placental colonization by mollicutes in a maternity *** This cross-sectional study involved the collection of data and biological material from women hospitalized due to spontaneous abortion or term *** sample consisted of 89 women who miscarried and 20 women who had full term *** collection was carried out in three stages:(1)Conducting research on the information and clinical data in medical records of patients hospitalized due to abortion;(2)Application of a semi-structured questionnaire to identify the patient's epidemiological profile and(3)Collection of placental *** samples were collected after the curettage procedure(abortion)and after placental expulsion(delivery),both performed by an *** identification in the fragments was performed by real-time polymerase chain *** this study,the following explanatory variables were considered:(1)Sociodemographic variables;(2)Variables related to access to health services;(3)Variables related to lifestyle;and(4)Variables related to sexual and reproductive health,all of which were used to perform descriptive,univariate and multivariate *** In the final model,placental colonization by mollicutes was independently associated with the variables age[odds ratio(OR)=7.55;CI:2.37-24.03]and menarche(OR=3.43;CI:1.03-11.44).In this investigation,the prevalence of mollicutes colonization by at least one of the following three species:mycoplasma hominis,Ureaplasma urealyti
BACKGROUNd Helicobacter pylori(***)infection is predominantly acquired in *** indicated,the most accepted treatment for *** eradication in this age group is first-line triple ***,the increasing resistance to clarithro...
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BACKGROUNd Helicobacter pylori(***)infection is predominantly acquired in *** indicated,the most accepted treatment for *** eradication in this age group is first-line triple ***,the increasing resistance to clarithromycin and nitroimidazoles has been associated with treatment failure,and thus,alternative treatment regimens have been *** To perform a systematic review of randomized controlled trials on treatment regimens for *** infection in *** We surveyed relevant articles published in English from 2010 to April 2020 in the Pubmed and mEdLINE *** included“Helicobacter pylori“/”children or childhood“/”treatment or eradication.”The risk of bias was evaluated according to the Cochrane Handbook of Systematic Reviews for *** Among the 1144 records identified through the database,20 articles were *** studies compared the eradication rates of *** infection between standard triple therapies,changing only the main antibiotic *** studies evaluated the effectiveness of standard triple therapy with the addition of *** study investigated the relationship between the effectiveness in the eradication rates of standard triple therapy and vitamin E *** studies analyzed the eradication rates of sequential *** The findings suggest that although standard triple therapy is the most recommended regimen for children by the current guidelines,other therapeutic schemes have shown promising results and may also be recommended for clinical practice in the future.
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