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27/08/2019

Sensorineural deafness is one of the most important complications of bacterial meningitis
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https://adc.bmj.com/content/76/2/134.full

27/08/2019

Prospective identification of tumorigenic breast cancer cells
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https://www.pnas.org/content/100/7/3983.short

26/08/2019

Approximately 300 million people worldwide currently have asthma, and its prevalence increases by 50% every decade.
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There has been a sharp increase in the global prevalence, morbidity, mortality, and economic burden associated with asthma over the last 40 years, par…

23/08/2019

In patients with acute lung injury or the acute respiratory distress syndrome, mechanical ventilation with a lower tidal volume decreased mortality and increased the number of ventilator-free days.
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network. Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4;342:1301-8. [PubMed ID: 10793162] (All 2001 articles were reviewed for relevancy, a...

23/08/2019

Acute left ventricular (LV) systolic failure as a consequence of acute severe brain injury with status epilepticus in a young infant is not common.
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https://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12887-019-1658-5

21/08/2019

Gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) harbors the majority of T lymphocytes in the body and is an important target for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).
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Gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) harbors the majority of T lymphocytes in the body and is an important target for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). We analyzed longitudinal jejunal biopsy samples from HIV-1-infected patients, during both primary and chronic stages of HIV-1 infection,...

20/08/2019

Detecting and addressing aspiration early in children with dysphagia, such as those with cerebral palsy, is important for preventing aspiration pneumonia.
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Detecting and addressing aspiration early in children with dysphagia, such as those with cerebral palsy, is important for preventing aspiration pneumonia. The current gold standards for assessing aspiration are swallowing function tests, such as fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES)....

20/08/2019

Observational studies support an association between a low blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and the risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Vitamin D Supplementation and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

13/07/2019

Increased sympathetic tone and intravascular volume depletion, may also contribute to reduced renal perfusion increasing the risk of kidney damage during long-distance exercise.
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Previous studies have demonstrated the physiological changes induced by exercise exposure in hot environments. We investigated the hematological and oxidative changes and tissue damage induced by marathon race in different thermal conditions. Twenty-six male runners completed the São Paulo In...