Bech Cruz

Fruits are a prime source of nutrients, bioactive compounds, and dietary fibers. Some products available on the Brazilian market use fruit by-products and claim to have useful effects on human health due to their dietary fiber content. The study aimed to extract and purify the total (28-47 w/w yield) and soluble dietary fiber (4-7 w/w yield) from…[Read more]

05). There were no significant differences between treatments in pulmonary function, sputum cytology classification and inflammatory factors of sputum. Conclusion UNW aerosol therapy in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis has small yet significant benefits. However, UNW does not improve the degree of inflammation. Copyright ©ERS 2020.Background…[Read more]

A 49-year-old man with diabetic macular edema refractory to antiangiogenics was treated with intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex; Allergan, California, USA). Seven days after treatment, he showed acute endophthalmitis suggestive signs. Despite the intravitreal injection of antibiotics, the patient got worse. Vitreous sampling was repeated…[Read more]

Previously, we reported the potent activity of a novel spiropyrimidinetrione, zoliflodacin, against Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates collected in 2013 from symptomatic men in Nanjing, China. Here, we investigated trends of susceptibilities to zoliflodacin in 986 isolates collected from men between 2014 and 2018. N. gonorrhoeae isolates were tested…[Read more]

results were not found for lumbar spine and total body BMD.BACKGROUND Nurses’ end of life (EoL) care focuses on direct (eg, physical) and indirect (e,g, coordination) care. Little is known about how much time nurses actually devote to these activities and if activities change due to support by specialized palliative care (SPC) in hospitalized…[Read more]

Esophageal vacuum assisted closure (EVAC) was used for treatment or prevention of esophageal leak. Odds of surgical intervention were significantly lower in the group who received therapeutic endoscopy with EIT (odds ratio (OR) 0.1; p = 0.007). Clinical feeding outcomes were similar in the endoscopic and surgical management groups. Odds of com…[Read more]

9% in an average risk population (0.3% CRC prevalence), and 9.5% (positive predictive value) and 99.6% (negative predictive value) in a high-risk population (1.2% CRC prevalence). Conclusion The mSEPT9 test has high specificity and moderate sensitivity for CRC and is therefore a potential alternative screening method for those declining faecal…[Read more]

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is increasingly used as a life-saving therapy for patients with cardiovascular collapse, but identifying patients unlikely to benefit remains a challenge.

We created the RESCUE registry, a retrospective, observational registry of adult patients treated with VA-ECMO between January…[Read more]

Some patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have histopathologic features suggesting connective tissue disease (CTD); however, their clinical course and prognosis remain unclear. Thus, we aimed to investigate the clinical course and prognosis of these patients with histologic autoimmune features. Among 114 patients with biopsy-proven…[Read more]

The longitudinal analysis revealed 25 deregulated proteins in GBM serum sEV’s including proteins previously shown to be associated with GBM progression and metastasis (Myh9, Tln-1, Angpt1, Thbs1).This study developed a radiomics-based predictive model for radiation-induced pneumonitis (RP) after lung cancer stereotactic body radiation therapy…[Read more]

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains the third leader cancer-associated cause of death globally, but the etiological basis for this complex disease remains poorly clarified. The present study was thus conceptualized to define a prognostic immune-related gene (IRG) signature capable of predicting immunotherapy responsiveness and overall survival…[Read more]