Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:44:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-12-01; Background: The objective of this study was to develop a new predictive equation of resting energy expenditure (REE) for acute kidney injury patients (AKI) on dialysis. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out of 114 AKI patients, consecutively selected, on dialysis and...
Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:30:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-05-01; Background Predicting waiting time for a deceased donor kidney transplant can help patients and clinicians to discuss management and contribute to a more efficient use of resources. This study aimed at developing a predictor model to estimate time on a kidney transplant waiting list using a machine lear...
Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:30:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-01; To determine whether left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) measured by feature-tracking (FT) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) improves after kidney transplantation (KT) and to analyze associations between LV GLS, reverse remodeling and myocardial tissue characteristics. This is a prospe...
Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T01:14:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-02-01; Background One overlooked problem in statistical analysis is lateral collinearity, a phenomenon that may occur when the outcome variable derives from the predictors. In nephrology this issue is seen with the use of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) as an outcome and age, sex, and ethnicity as ...
Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T01:57:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-01-01; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Background and objective Surgical complications after kidney transplantation can lead to catastrophic ...
Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T01:44:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-11-01; Background Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice in patient with end stage chronic kidney disease, offering the best long term survival and greater Quality of Life in this group of patients. Graft volume was correlated with improved renal function in living donor transplantations. The primar...
Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T01:14:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-02-01; Background: This study evaluated the risk factors for delayed graft function (DGF) in a country where its incidence is high, detailing donor maintenance-related (DMR) variables and using machine learning (ML) methods beyond the traditional regression-based models. Methods: A total of 443 brain dead dece...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:12:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-01-01; Introduction Venous thrombosis is a serious surgical complication that frequently results in loss of kidney graft. Case presentation We report the case of a female patient recipient of a decease kidney transplant that in the tenth postoperative presented with hematuria, graft pain and oliguria. Ultrasou...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:02:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-08-01; Background: In Brazil, one of the most used energy therapies is the Spiritist passe, which is practiced by Spiritist healers. Although experimental studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of different energy therapies in reducing anxiety and pain, little is known about the effect of the Spiritist pa...