Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Ultrassonografia"
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Accuracy of ultrasound diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with classes II and III obesity : a pathological image study
(2021) [Journal article]Liver biopsy is the gold standard method to diagnose nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, ultrasound is widely recommended as the first-line imaging test for individuals with suspected NAFLD. This study aimed ... -
Bedside ultrasound of quadriceps to predict rehospitalization and functional decline in hospitalized elders
(2017) [Journal article]Objective: To evaluate the capacity of total anterior thigh thickness, quadriceps muscle thickness, and quadriceps contractile index, all measured by bedside ultrasound, to predict rehospitalization, functional decline, ... -
Estudo comparativo entre a ultra-sonografia transvaginal e transabdominal na avaliação do endométrio de mulheres com ciclos menstruais espontâneos e induzidos
(1995) [Journal article]Estudamos a espessura e a textura do endométrio comparando-se US transabdominal com US transvaginal. Avaliamos 45 pacientes do ambulatório de Ginecologia e Infertilidade do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, entre abril ... -
Evaluation of three-dimensional SonoAVC ultrasound for antral follicle count in infertile women : its agreement with conventional two-dimensional ultrasound and serum levels of anti-Müllerian hormone
(2017) [Journal article]Background: Several studies have reported a correlation between antral follicle count by conventional 2D transvaginal sonography and serum anti-Müllerian hormone levels. However, few studies have investigated the effectiveness ... -
Hepatocellular carcinoma in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation : radiological findings with anatomopathological correlation in Brazil
(2006) [Journal article]Racional - O carcinoma hepatocelular é um dos tumores malignos mais comuns em todo o mundo. Exames de imagens, especialmente tomografia computadorizada e ultra-sonografia, estão entre as principais técnicas diagnósticas, ... -
In vitro fertilization and vasa previa : a report of two cases
(2019) [Journal article]Vasa previa (VP) is a dangerous obstetric condition associated with perinatal mortality and morbidity. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a risk factor for VP due to the high incidence of abnormal placentation. The diagnosis ... -
Is ultrasound a better target than clinical disease activity scores in rheumatoid arthrities with fibromyalgia? : a case-control study
(2015) [Journal article]Objectives Our goal is to study the correlations among gray-scale seven-joint ultrasound score (GSUS7), power Doppler seven-joint ultrasound score (PD-US7), disease activity score-28 joints (DAS28), simplified disease ... -
Medicina fetal
(2000) [Journal article]Analisamos aqui alguns aspectos da medicina fetal, especialidade que não existia há apenas 30 anos. É certo que, atualmente, outros aspectos estão sendo pesquisados, para que possam ser utilizados na prática clínica após ... -
Migration of a levonorgestrel - releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) : can we trust on ultrasound image?
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Motor, physical, and psychosocial parameters of children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder: a comparative and associative study
(2023) [Journal article]Background: Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a chronic impairment that affects several domains that mark the developmental trajectory from childhood to adulthood. Aim: This study examined the differences in ... -
Muscle thickness of the pectoralis major and rectus abdominis and level of physical activity in chronic hemodialysis patients
(2017) [Journal article]Introduction: Patients on chronic hemodialysis tend to lose lean body mass and have sedentary behavior. Objective: To compare the level of physical activity and the morphology of the muscles pectoralis major and rectus ... -
New ultrasonic techniques for colorectal cancer imaging
(2019) [Journal article]Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second cancer-related cause of mortality in the world, with increasing incidence in some developing countries and in the young population. Colonoscopy is the ... -
Nódulos de tireóide : valor da ultra-sonografia e da biópsia por punção aspirativa no diagnóstico de câncer
(2003) [Journal article]Os nódulos de tireóide são um problema clínico comum e a punção aspirativa por agulha fina (PAAF) é o principal exame utilizado para seu diagnóstico diferencial. Recentemente, foi demonstrado que algumas características ... -
Point-of-care ultrasonography in Brazilian intensive care units : a national survey
(2018) [Journal article]Background: Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) has recently become a useful tool that intensivists are incorporating into clinical practice. However, the incorporation of ultrasonography in critical care in developing ... -
Prevalência de nódulos de tireóide detectados por ecografia em mulheres após os 40 anos
(2000) [Journal article]Nódulos de tireóide são uma condição clínica comum e em seu diagnóstico diferencial inclui-se o câncer de tireóide. Como o câncer de tireóide é raro, é importante conhecer a prevalência de nódulos de tireóide em grupos ... -
Proximal, local, and distal muscle morphology in women with patellofemoral pain
(2021) [Journal article]Objective: The objective of this study was to compare proximal, local, and distal muscle morphology in women with and without patellofemoral pain (PFP). Materials and Methods: Proximal, local, and distal muscle thicknesses ... -
Relation of cervical length at 22-24 weeks of gestation to demographic characteristics and obstetric history
(2004) [Journal article]Preterm delivery is the main cause of neonatal death and ultrasonographic cervical assessment has been shown to be more accurate than digital examination in recognizing a short cervix. This is a crosssectional study, ... -
Test-retest reliability of muscle thickness, echo-intensity and cross sectional area of quadriceps and hamstrings muscle groups using b-mode ultrasound
(2017) [Journal article]Ultrasound muscle images have been extensively used as tools for investigating, diagnosing and monitoring thigh muscles. However, there is a lack of information examining ultrasound reliability of quadriceps and hamstrings ... -
The influence of hip and knee joint angles on quadriceps muscle-tendon unit properties during maximal voluntary isometric contraction
(2023) [Journal article]Determining how the quadriceps femoris musculotendinous unit functions, according to hip and knee joint angles, may help with clinical decisions when prescribing knee extension exercises. We aimed to determine the effect ... -
Thyroid ultrasound features and risk of carcinoma : a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
(2015) [Journal article]Background: Thyroid nodules are a common finding in the general population, and their detection is increasing with the widespread use of ultrasound (US). Thyroid cancer is found in 5–15% of cases depending on sex, age, and ...