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Choosing Wisely for Thyroid Conditions: Recommendations of the Thyroid Departme...
Dora,Jose Miguel; Biscolla,Rosa Paula Mello; Caldas,Gustavo; Cerutti,Janete; Graf,Hans; Hoff,Ana O.; Mazeto,Glaucia M. F. S.ABSTRACT Objective: Choosing Wisely (CW) is an initiative that aims to advance the dialogue between physicians and patients about low-value health interventions. Given that thyroid conditions are frequent in clinical practice, we aimed to develop an evidence-based list of thyroid CW recommendations. Materials and methods: The Thyroid Department of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SBEM) nam...
No association between vitamin D status and COVID-19 infection in São Paulo, Br...
Brandão,Cynthia M. Álvares; Chiamolera,Maria Izabel; Biscolla,Rosa Paula Mello; Lima Junior,José Viana; Ferrer,Cláudia M De FrancischiABSTRACT In recent years the immunomodulatory actions of vitamin D, a steroid hormone, have been extensively studied. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the question arose as to 25(OH)D status would be related to susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection, since several studies pointed out a higher prevalence and severity of the disease in populations with low levels of 25(OH)D. Thus, we investigated the 25(OH)...