• Blockade of the action of nitric oxide in human septic shock increases systemic vascular resistance and has detrimental effects on pulmonary function after a short infusion of methylene blue 

      Weingartner, Roger; Oliveira, E.; Oliveira, Elizabeth dos Santos Boos de; Sant'Anna, Urbano Leonel; Oliveira, Rodrigo Pereira de; Azambuja, L. A.; Friedman, Gilberto (1999) [Artigo de periódico]
      To investigate the role of nitric oxide in human sepsis, ten patients with severe septic shock requiring vasoactive drug therapy and mechanical ventilation were enrolled in a prospective, open, non-randomized clinical trial ...
    • Blood markers of oxidative stress predict weaning failure from mechanical ventilation 

      Verona, Cléber; Hackenhaar, Fernanda Schäfer; Teixeira, Cassiano; Medeiros, Tássia Machado; Alabarse, Paulo Vinicius Gil; Salomon, Tiago Boeira; Schuller, Ártur Krumberg; Maccari, Juçara Gasparetto; Condessa, Robledo Leal; Oliveira, Roselaine Pinheiro de; Vieira, Silvia Regina Rios; Benfato, Mara da Silveira (2015) [Artigo de periódico]
      Patients undergoing mechanical ventilation (MV) often experience respiratory muscle dysfunction, which complicates the weaning process. There is no simple means to predict or diagnose respiratory muscle dysfunction because ...
    • Contribuições para o entendimento da principal causa de morte em unidades de tratamento intensivo : a sepse 

      Friedman, Gilberto (1999) [Artigo de periódico]
      A sepse e suas seqüelas são a maior causa de morte em unidades de tratamento intensivo gerais. A sua incidência é crescente e os pacientes acometidos pela síndrome são cada vez mais complexos. O seu entendimento é ainda ...
    • Disfunção endotelial no Diabetes Melito tipo 1 

      Bertoluci, Marcello Casaccia; Cé, Gislaine Vissoky; Silva, Antônio Marcos Vargas da; Puñales, Márcia Khaled (2008) [Artigo de periódico]
      As complicações vasculares são a maior causa de morbimortalidade em pacientes com diabetes. Os mecanismos envolvidos no desenvolvimento das doenças micro e macrovasculares são complexos e parcialmente compreendidos, mas ...
    • Effects of exercise modalities on decreased blood pressure in patients with hypertension 

      Fiori, Júlia Mello; Ramis, Thiago Rozales; Boeno, Francesco Pinto; Menezes, Rodrigo Leal de; Munhoz, Samuel Vargas; Farinha, Juliano Boufleur; Ribeiro, Jerri Luiz; Oliveira, Álvaro Reischak de (2022) [Artigo de periódico]
      This study aimed to evaluate the acute effects of aerobic and resistance exercises on blood pressure and endothelial blood markers. We also correlated post-exercise blood pressure response with baseline cardiovascular ...
    • Relationship between vascular endothelium and periodontal disease in atherosclerotic lesions : review article 

      Saffi, Marco Aurélio Lumertz; Furtado, Mariana Vargas; Polanczyk, Carisi Anne; Montenegro, Márlon Munhoz; Ribeiro, Ingrid Webb Josephson; Kampits, Cassio; Haas, Alex Nogueira; Rösing, Cassiano Kuchenbecker; Silva, Eneida Rejane Rabelo da (2015) [Artigo de periódico]
      Inflammation and endothelial dysfunction are linked to the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic disease. Recent studies suggest that periodontal infection and the ensuing increase in the levels of inflammatory markers may be ...