Repositório Científico ESCS

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury: the importance of diagnostic criteria for establishing prevalence and prognosis in the intensive care unit

Autores: Edmilson Leal Bastos de Moura, Fábio Ferreira Amorim, William Huang et al.

To establish whether there is superiority between contrast-induced acute kidney injury and contrast-induced nephropathy criteria as predictors of unfavorable clinical outcomes. Retrospective study carried out in a tertiary hospital with 157 patients undergoing radiocontrast infusion...

Social representations of health councilors regarding the right to health and citizenship

Autores: Luciana Melo de Moura, Helena Eri Shimizu

To know the structure of the social representations of right to health and citizenship of health municipal councilors. This is a qualitative study, based on the central nucleus theory of social representations, carried out in...

Brazilian version of the Functional Status Score for the ICU: translation and cross-cultural adaptation

Autores: Vinicius Zacarias Maldaner da Silva, Jose Aires de Araújo, Gerson Cipriano et al.

The aim of the present study was to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Functional Status Score for the intensive care unit (FSS-ICU) into Brazilian Portuguese. This study consisted of the following steps: translation (performed by...

A murine model of elastase- and cigarette smoke-induced emphysema: is it an opportunity to understand CT emphysema in humans?

Autores: Alfredo Nicodemos Cruz Santana

Smoking-epigenetics interaction: What do microRNAs tell us about susceptibility to atherosclerotic disease in smokers?

Autores: Luiz Sérgio F de Carvalho

Epidemiological profile of elderly patients with non-melanoma skin cancer seen at the dermatology outpatient clinic of a public hospital

Autores: Thiara Cristina Rocha Lenzi, Carmelia Matos Santiago Reis, Maria Rita Carvalho Garbi Novaes

Basal cell carcinoma and Squamous cell carcinoma, referred to as non-melanoma skin cancer, are the most common malignancies in humans. Their incidence is increasing worldwide every year. In Brazil, even with the advent of educational...

Undergraduate research in medical education

Autores: Fábio Ferreira Amorim, Levy Aniceto Santana, Ingrid Lazo Toledo et al.

Eosinophilic fasciitis

Autores: Elisa Baranski Lamback, Fernanda Simões Seabra Resende, Thiara Cristina Rocha Lenzi

Eosinophilic fasciitis is a rare sclerodermiform syndrome of unknown etiology. It is characterized by the thickening of the muscular fascia and subcutaneous tissue, with a variable infiltration of eosinophils. Peripheral eosinophilia, poly or monoclonal hypergammaglobulinemia...

Functional Status Score for the ICU: An International Clinimetric Analysis of Validity, Responsiveness, and Minimal Important Difference

Autores: Minxuan Huang, Kitty S Chan, Jennifer M Zanni et al.

To evaluate the internal consistency, validity, responsiveness, and minimal important difference of the Functional Status Score for the ICU, a physical function measure designed for the ICU. Clinimetric analysis. Five international datasets from the United...

Skin mottling score as a predictor of 28-day mortality in patients with septic shock

Autores: Edmilson Bastos de Moura, Fábio Ferreira Amorim, Alfredo Nicodemos da Cruz Santana et al.