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1. The feared postdilation complication in caustic esophageal stenosis: combined endoscopic and surgical treatment

   ENDOSCOPY, v.53, n.12, p.E446-E447, 2021

2. Depression as a determinant of frailty in late life

   AGING & MENTAL HEALTH, v.25, n.12, p.2279-2285, 2021

   Objectives Accumulating evidence shows depression as a risk factor for frailty, but studies are mainly population-based and widely differ in their assessment of either depression or frailty. We investigated the association between depression and frailty among geriatric outpatients using different...

3. Acute Ligament Injuries of the Elbow

   SEMINARS IN MUSCULOSKELETAL RADIOLOGY, v.25, n.4, p.580-588, 2021

   Ulnar collateral, radial collateral, lateral ulnar collateral, and annular ligaments can be injured in an acute trauma, such as valgus stress in athletes and elbow dislocation. Recognizing normal anatomy in magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography studies is important to identify ligamentou...

4. COVID-19, congenital heart disease, and pregnancy: dramatic conjunction-case report

   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CASE REPORTS, v.5, n.10, article ID ytab291, 6p, 2021

   Background Epidemiological data from the COVID-19 pandemic report that patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease have worse outcomes and higher mortality, and that pregnant women should be considered at high risk. Case summary A 25-year-old pregnant woman on the waiting list for a heart t...

5. Inhibition of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Replication by Hypertonic Saline Solution in Lung and Kidney Epithelial Cells

   ACS PHARMACOLOGY & TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE, v.4, n.5, p.1514-1527, 2021

   An unprecedented global health crisis has been caused by a new virus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We performed experiments to test if a hypertonic saline solution was capable of inhibiting virus replication. Our data show that 1.2% NaCl inhibited virus repl...

6. Reduced quality of life in a pediatric-onset Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders cohort

   MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS, v.56, article ID 103252, 5p, 2021

   Background: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) is a severe condition associated with high disability and low quality of life (QoL) in adults. Since this evaluation had been rarely perfomed in children, this study aimed to describe QoL in pediatric-onset NMOSD with positive aquaporin4...

7. Prognostic accuracy of qSOFA at triage in patients with suspected infection in a Brazilian emergency department

   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, v.50, p.41-45, 2021

   Objective: To evaluate the prognostic accuracy of qSOFA for predicting in-hospital mortality among patients with suspected infection presenting to the ED of a public tertiary hospital in Brazil. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of consecutive adult patients (age >= 18 years) wit...

8. Orthohepadnavirus infection in a neotropical bat (Platyrrhinus lineatus)

   COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, v.79, article ID 101713, 6p, 2021

   Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the prototype of the Orthohepadnavirus genus and represents an important cause of chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatic cancer in humans worldwide. To verify the occurrence and genetic variability of orthohepadnavirus among neotropical bats, we tested 81 liver...

9. Long term follow-up of shunted idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients: a single center experience

   ACTA NEUROLOGICA BELGICA, v.121, n.6, p.1799-1806, 2021

   Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a condition characterized by gait disturbance, dementia and/or urinary incontinence and enlarged ventricular system due to disturbance of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This study aims to describe the long-term experience with patients with iNPH subm...

10. The effects of acute kidney injury in a multicenter cohort of high-risk surgical patients

    RENAL FAILURE, v.43, n.1, p.1338-1348, 2021

    Background and objectives Patients who develop post-operative acute kidney injury (AKI) have a poor prognosis, especially when undergoing high-risk surgery. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the outcome of patients with AKI acquired after non-cardiac surgery and the possible ...