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High-flow nasal cannula to prevent postextubation respiratory failure in high-risk non-hypercapnic patients: a randomized multicenter trial
(Springer Nature, 2017-05-02)
Background: Extubation failure is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, but cannot be safely predicted or avoided. High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) prevents postextubation respiratory failure ...
Evaluación de competencias en comunicación clínica en estudiantes de medicina con paciente simulado
(SciELO, 2018)
Background: Communication skills are not learnt innately. It is therefore necessary to both train and evaluate medical students in this area. Aim: To evaluate communication skills of fourth-year medical ...
Effectiveness of a Surgery Admission Unit for patients undergoing major elective surgery in a tertiary university hospital
(Springer Nature, 2010-01-22)
Background: The increasing demand on hospitalisation, either due to elective activity from the waiting lists or due to emergency admissions coming from the Emergency Department (ED), requires looking ...
CPT1C promotes human mesenchymal stem cells survival under glucose deprivation through the modulation of autophagy
(Nature Research, 2018-05-03)
Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are widely used in regenerative medicine. In some
applications, they must survive under low nutrient conditions engendered by avascularity. Strategies to
improve ...
A mini review focused on the proangiogenic role of silicate ions released from silicon-containing biomaterials
(Journal of Tissue Engineering, 2017-04-06)
Angiogenesis is considered an important issue in the development of biomaterials for the successful regeneration of tissues including bone. While growth factors are commonly used with biomaterials to ...
Impaired cerebral autoregulation is associated with brain dysfunction in patients with sepsis
(Springer Nature, 2018-12-04)
Background: Sepsis-associated brain dysfunction (SABD) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The pathophysiology of SABD is multifactorial. One hypothesis is that impaired cerebral autoregulation ...
Selective dorsal rhizotomy in cerebral palsy: selection criteria and postoperative physical therapy protocols
(SciELO, 2018)
Objective: To identify selection criteria for selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) in cerebral palsy, to analyze the instruments used for evaluation, and to describe the characteristics of physical therapy ...
Evaluation of bone loss in antibacterial coated dental implants: an experimental study in dogs
(Elsevier, 2016-12)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vivo effect of antibacterial modified dental implants in the first stages of peri-implantitis. Thirty dental implants were inserted in the mandibular premolar ...
Evaluation of RETICs glaucoma diagnostic calculators in preperimetric glaucoma
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2018-11)
Purpose: To evaluate two glaucoma diagnostic calculators (GDC) in a group of eyes with preperimetric glaucoma (PPG).
Methods: All eyes (n = 265) included in this study had ocular hypertension with ...
Standardizing admission and discharge processes to improve patient flow: a cross sectional study
(Springer Nature, 2012-06-28)
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate how hospital capacity was managed focusing on standardizing the admission and discharge processes. Methods: This study was set in a 900-bed university ...