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Evaluation of severe hypoglycemia and common mental disorders in patients recei...
Berlanda,Gabriela; Telo,Gabriela H.; Krug,Barbara Côrrea; Scheffel,Rafael Selbach; Pasinato,Bruna; Iorra,Fernando; Reis,João Gabbardo dosABSTRACT This is a retrospective report of the frequency of severe hypoglycemia and the association between common mental disorders and type 1 diabetes mellitus treated with insulin analogues. Patients with severe hypoglycemia compared with those without this complication had a higher prevalence of positive screening for common mental disorders (88% vs.77%, respectively, p = 0.03).
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...
Hypoglycemia frequency and treatment satisfaction in patients receiving insulin...
Berlanda,Gabriela; Telo,Gabriela H.; Krug,Bárbara Côrrea; Scheffel,Rafael Selbach; Pasinato,Bruna; Iorra,Fernando; Reis,João Gabbardo dosABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of hypoglycemia and the treatment satisfaction in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) using insulin analogues. Subjects and methods: This observational retrospective study included 516 adult patients with T1D from 38 cities in Southern Brazil. Demographics and clinical data were collected using a self-report questionnaire. Hypoglycemia was ...
Organizing pneumonia: A late phase complication of COVID-19 responding dramatic...
de Oliveira Filho,Cilomar Martins; Vieceli,Tarsila; de Fraga Bassotto,Caroline; da Rosa Barbato,João Pedro; Garcia,Tiago Severo; Scheffel,Rafael SelbachABSTRACT Organizing pneumonia emerges as a late phase complication of COVID-19. Corticosteroids are standard therapy for organizing pneumonia, but the question of whether an approach with high dose corticosteroids would be beneficial for patients with organizing pneumonia secondary to COVID-19 remains to be answered.Herein we report a series of three patients, one male and two females, mean age 58.3 years old, ...
The BRAFV600E mutation analysis and risk stratification in papillary thyroid ca...
Scheffel,Rafael Selbach; Cristo,Ana Patrícia de; Romitti,Mirian; Vargas,Carla Vaz Ferreira; Ceolin,Lucieli; Zanella,André B.; Dora,Jose MiguelABSTRACT Objective: Although the prognostic role of BRAFV600E mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is controversial, the American Thyroid Association (ATA) includes the mutational status in their risk stratification system. To evaluate the impact of the BRAFV600E mutation status on PTC risk stratification. Subjects and methods: PTC patients attending a university-based hospital who had the analysis of ...
Patterns of radioiodine use for differentiated thyroid carcinoma in Brazil: ins...
Schwengber,Wallace Klein; Mota,Laís Marques; Nava,Carla Fernanda; Rodrigues,João Antônio Paim; Zanella,André B.; Kuchenbecker,Ricardo De SouzaABSTRACT Objective: This study aimed to explore the patterns of radioactive iodine (RAI) use for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) in Brazil over the past 20 years. Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis of the DTC-related RAI prescriptions, from 2000 to 2018, retrieved from the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (Datasus) and National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS) database wa...
Impact of the updated TNM staging criteria on prediction of persistent disease ...
Nava,Carla Fernanda; Zanella,André B.; Scheffel,Rafael Selbach; Maia,Ana Luiza; Dora,Jose MiguelABSTRACT Objective: The 8th TNM system edition (TNM-8) released in 2018 presents significant changes when compared to the 7th edition (TNM-7). The aim of this study was to assess the impact of changing the TNM staging criteria on the outcomes in a Brazilian cohort of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Subjects and methods: DTC patients, attending a tertiary, University-based hospital, were classified by TN...
SAMe-TT2R2 Score in the Outpatient Anticoagulation Clinic to Predict Time in Th...
Pivatto Júnior,Fernando; Scheffel,Rafael Selbach; Ries,Lucas; Wolkind,Ricardo Roitman; Marobin,Roberta; Barkan,Sabrina Sigal; Amon,Luís CarlosAbstract Background: The SAMe-TT2R2 score was developed to predict which patients on oral anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) will reach an adequate time in therapeutic range (TTR) (> 65%-70%). Studies have reported a relationship between this score and the occurrence of adverse events. Objective: To describe the TTR according to the score, in addition to relating the score obtained with the occur...
Prevalência de complicações micro e macrovasculares e de seus fatores de risco ...
Scheffel,Rafael Selbach; Bortolanza,Desirê; Weber,Cristiane Seganfredo; Costa,Luciana Abarno da; Canani,Luís Henrique; Santos,Kátia Gonçalves dosOBJETIVOS: O diabetes melito (DM) do tipo 2 está associado ao desenvolvimento de complicações macroangiopáticas [cardiopatia isquêmica (CI), doença vascular periférica (DVP) e acidente vascular cerebral (AVC)] e microangiopáticas [retinopatia diabética (RD), nefropatia diabética (ND) e neuropatia sensitiva distal (NSD)]. Os objetivos deste estudo foram avaliar a prevalência das complicações crônicas em paciente...