<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> The objective of this study was to investigate the accuracy of a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation equation based upon serum cystatin C (Hojs) and the abbreviated Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) study and the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) corrected for body surface area (CG-BSA) estimation equations for detecting moderate chronic kidney disease against <sup>51</sup>Cr-EDTA cle...
CONTEXT: Recent studies support the hypothesis that postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome and some irritable bowel syndrome patients display persistent signs of minor mucosal inflammation. Mesalazine has intestinal anti-inflammatory properties including cyclooxygenase and prostaglandin inhibition. The effects of mesalazine on postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome and noninfective irritable bowel syndrome pa...
INTRODUÇÃO: A pneumonia é uma doença comum, com alta mortalidade, e é a sexta causa de morte nos EUA e a quinta no Brasil, na população idosa. O tratamento inicial das pneumonias é empírico, porque o agente etiológico é identificado, aproximadamente, em apenas 50% dos casos. Assim, várias sociedades científicas definiram guias para orientar a terapêutica antimicrobiana inicial. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a aderência ao ...