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Hyponatremia and risk factors for death in human visceral leishmaniasis: new in...
Daher, Elizabeth de Francesco; Soares, Douglas de Sousa; Parente Filho, Sérgio Luiz Arruda; Meneses, Gdayllon Cavalcante; Freitas, Tainá Veras de SandesBackground: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important and potentially fatal neglected tropical disease. The aim of this study was to investigate hyponatremia and risk factors for death among VL patients. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with VL patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in Northeast Brazil, from 2002 to 2009. Patients were divided into two groups: non-survivors and survivors. Hyponatrem...
Changing patterns in leptospirosis : a three-decade study in Brazil
Daher, Elizabeth de Francesco; Carvalho, Gabriela Studart Galdino de; Soares, Douglas de Sousa; Mendes, Matheus HenriqueBackground This study was conducted to investigate changes in the clinical pattern of leptospirosis over time, analyzing its clinical and laboratory presentations in a metropolitan city of Brazil. Method This was a retrospective study including all patients with leptospirosis admitted to tertiary care hospitals in Fortaleza in the northeast of Brazil, between 1985 and 2015. Patients were divided into three grou...