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Gender in the allocation of organs in kidney transplants: meta-analysis
Santiago,Erika Vieira Almeida e; Silveira,Micheline Rosa; Araújo,Vânia Eloisa de; Farah,Katia de Paula; Acurcio,Francisco de AssisOBJECTIVE To analyze whether gender influence survival results of kidney transplant grafts and patients.METHODS Systematic review with meta-analysis of cohort studies available on Medline (PubMed), LILACS, CENTRAL, and Embase databases, including manual searching and in the grey literature. The selection of studies and the collection of data were conducted twice by independent reviewers, and disagreements were ...
Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and risk of infection in patients w...
Fonseca,Jane Corrêa; Caiaffa,Waleska Teixeira; Abreu,Mery Natali Silva; Farah,Katia de Paula; Carvalho,Wânia da Silva; Miranda,Silvana Spindola deOBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and the risk of infection in patients with chronic kidney disease treated at a hemodialysis center. METHODS: We included 307 patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis at the Mineiro Institute of Nephrology, located in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. All of the patients were submitted to tuberculin skin tests (T...