On epidemiological ruination

Diabetes and Sepsis: Risk, Recurrence, and Ruination

Sepsis develops when an infection surpasses local tissue containment. A series of dysregulated physiological responses are generated, leading to organ dysfunction and a 10% mortality risk. When patients with sepsis demonstrate elevated serum lactates and require vasopressor therapy to maintain adequate blood pressure in the absence of hypovolemia, they are in septic shock with an in-hospital mo...

Epidemiological survey on edentulousness.

UNLABELLED India has a large geriatric population of 77 millions, comprising 7.7% of its total population. One of the major handicaps in the elderly is loss of teeth, affecting their mastication, dietary intake and nutritional status. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The present study was planned to assess the level of edentulousness, cause of edentulousness, denture wearing and denture needs of the middl...

Epidemiological Analysis on Acetabular Fractures.

This aim of this work was to carry out an epidemiological study on acetabular fractures in the city of Campinas and surrounds, in view of the few published papers on this subject. Medical files with a diagnosis of acetabular fracture between the years 2004 and 2008 that were made available by the Medical Archiving Service of Hospital das Clínicas, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) were ana...

Epidemiological Study on Lisfranc Injuries

OBJECTIVE To analyze the characteristics of patients with Lisfranc injuries and their associated fractures . METHODS This is a retrospective analysis on 42 patients with Lisfranc injuries hospitalized at Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, between 2006 and 2010. Parameters on patient profile, risk factors, frac...

[Epidemiological data on children's accidents].