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Learnings from real-life experience of using omalizumab for chronicurticaria in Latin America
(Elsevier, 2019-01-08)
Updated urticaria guidelines recommend that patients should be assessed for disease activity, severity,
control, and quality of life at baseline and follow up. Regarding treatment, guidelines consider second generation ...
In situ assessment of superficial moisture condition in façades of historic building using non-destructive techniques
(Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2019-02-12)
In historic building the water resistance capacity of their external materials is a relevant
property that must be known, because the materials play a fundamental role in the
interaction with the external environment. ...
Liver injury after methylprednisolone pulses: A disputable cause of hepatotoxicity. A case series and literature review
(United European Gastroenterology Journal, 2019-02-17)
Corticosteroids are often empirically used to treat idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity with severe
features. Interestingly, intravenous methylprednisolone (MP) is increasingly being recognized as being responsible for
liver ...
Dependence- and disability-free life expectancy across eight low- and middle-income countries: a 10/66 study
(Journal of Aging and Health, 2019-01-30)
The objective of this study was to estimate healthy life expectancies in eight low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), using two indicators: disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and dependence-free life expectancy ...
Long-term stability of two-phase class II: treatment with the carriere motion appliance
(Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, 2019-08)
A Bayesian decision support sequential model for severity of illness predictors and intensive care admissions in pneumonia
(BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2019)
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the
USA. Our objective was to assess the predictive value on critical illness and disposition of a sequential Bayesian
Model ...
Latin America intensive care unit disaster preparedness: results from a web‑based attitudes and perceptions survey
(International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow, 2019-11-11)
Disasters burden on hospital emergency intensive care units (ICUs). This
burden is increased in Latin America (LATAM) where hospital resources, intrahospital
disaster simulations, and perceived level of preparedness vary ...
Natural disasters
(2019)
Natural disasters can cause a rupture of the daily routine with an essential impact on the local resources and the standard functionality of the population. It is critical that as health care personnel, we are familiar ...
Coagulopathy in the surgical patient: trauma-induced and drug-induced coagulopathies
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2019)
Purpose of review
coagulopathy is the derangement of hemostasis that in surgical patients may result in excessive bleeding, clotting or no measurable effect. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the ...
Prehospital administration of tranexamic acid in trauma patients: A 1:1 matched comparative study from a level 1 trauma center
(American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019)
The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of prehospital administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) to injured patients on mortality, thromboembolic events and need for blood transfusion in a level 1 trauma center. ...