Describe the etiology and resistance of bacterial isolates from blood cultures of patients admitted to the Intermediate Care Room of the University Hospital of Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina / PE. All blood cultures, performed by the Clinical Analysis Laboratory of the University Hospital, between January and December 2020 of patients admitted to the Intermediate Care Room through retrospective and quantitati...
Evaluate the bacterial profile of samples of tracheal aspirates and urine cultures from patients admitted to the Intermediate Care Room of the University Hospital of Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina/PE. This is a descriptive, quantitative and retrospective study involving the analysis of the microbiological profile of samples collected from January to December 2020 by the Clinical Analysis Laboratory of the Uni...
Hospital infections are a challenge for public health, given their impact on patient prognosis and hospital costs. The objective of this article was to evaluate the bacterial occurrence and the bacterial profile of tracheal aspirates of patients admitted to the ICU. Retrospective, descriptive and documentary study, having as source spreadsheets available by the Laboratory of Clinical Analysis of the University ...
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndromes (SARS) can be defined by the presence of fever, cough (or sore throat) and dyspnoea, or reduction in O2 saturation. Although they have many etiologies, during the 2020 pandemic occurred a significant increase in the reported cases resulting from infections by SARS-CoV-2. The present study aims to describe the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory data of patients admitted t...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the performance of fine and cutting needles in computed tomography guided-biopsy of lung lesions suspicious for malignancy and to determine which technique is the best option for a specific diagnosis. METHODS: This retrospective study reviewed the data from 362 (71.6%) patients who underwent fine-needle aspiration biopsy and from 97 (19.7%) patients who underwent cutting-needle biopsy be...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the preliminary results obtained using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and the apparent diffusion coefficient for planning computed tomography-guided biopsies of selected mediastinal lesions. METHODS: Eight patients with mediastinal lesions suspicious for malignancy were referred for computed tomography-guided biopsy. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and appare...
OBJECTIVE: Distinct aspects can influence the complication rates of computed tomography-guided percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsy of lung lesions. The purpose of the current study is to determine the influence of radiological techniques and clinical characteristics in predicting complications from this procedure. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study was developed involving 340 patients who were s...
OBJECTIVE: Computed tomography-guided percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsy of lung lesions is a simple, safe and reproducible procedure. Currently, it is widely used to diagnose lung lesions. However, different factors can influence the success rates of this procedure. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of radiological and procedural characteristics in predicting the success rates of...