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BACKGROUND: It has been speculated that the immediate decrease in body fat following liposuction may affect body composition by feedback mechanisms of body fat regain. Physical activity has both short- and long-term impacts on health. Although the lay public often associates higher levels of physical activity with body fat distribution changes, studies on the association between physical activity and body fat distribution present inconsistent results. The aim of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional and prospective associations between physical activity and body mass index following liposuction. METHODS: This is a prospective, bidirectional, cross-sectional study, including 526 liposuction patients, who were followed up at a mean of 11.7 and 24.3 months after surgery. RESULTS: The sum of skinfolds at 11.7 months was highly correlated with skinfolds at 24.3 months (rho = 0.74, p < 0.001). More than 85 percent of participants remained in the same quintile or changed by not more than one quintile during the 13.6-month period. Tracking of physical activity was considerably lower but still significant; the correlation was 0.24 (p < 0.001), and 61.4 percent of the patients moved one or less quintiles. In fully adjusted models, no significant cross-sectional or longitudinal associations were found between physical activity and body mass index. CONCLUSIONS: The authors provide evidence of tracking of physical activity and particularly body mass index following liposuction. The authors' results do not support the hypothesis that physical activity and fatness are strongly related following liposuction.
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Distribuição da Gordura Corporal/métodos , Índice de Massa Corporal , Exercício Físico/fisiologia , Lipectomia/métodos , Obesidade/cirurgia , Adulto , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Obesidade/fisiopatologia , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Background. Telemedicine can be defined as the use of electronic media for transmission of information and medical data from one site to another. The objective of this study is to demonstrate an experience of telemedicine in plastic surgery. Methods. 32 plastic surgeons received a link with password for real-time streaming of a surgery. At the end of the procedure, the surgeons attending the procedure by the Internet answered five questions. The results were analyzed with descriptive statistics. Results. 27 plastic surgeons attended the online procedure in real-time. 96.3% considered the access to the website as good or excellent and 3.7% considered it bad. 14.8% reported that the transmission was bad and 85.2% considered the quality of transmission as good or excellent. 96.3% classified the live broadcasting as a good or excellent learning experience and 3.7% considered it a bad experience. 92.6% reported feeling able to perform this surgery after watching the demo and 7.4% did not feel able. 100% of participants said they would like to participate in other surgical demonstrations over the Internet. Conclusion. We conclude that the use of telemedicine can provide more access to education and medical research, for plastic surgeons looking for medical education from distant regions.
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Atualmente, uma importante atenção tem sido dispensada para o controle hospitalar dos recursos financeiros e humanos envolvidos na atenção à saúde. A quantificação correta do tipo de assistência que é dispensado para uma determinada população é uma fer- ramenta indispensável quando uma instituição planeja ter um melhor gerenciamento de sua prestação de ser- viços. Através destas estatísticas os recursos financeiros e humanos poderão ser usados mais racionalmente. Este artigo mostra as estatísticas, de um serviço de cirurgia plástica, em um hospital geral, e discute como os registros médicos podem produzir mudanças na tomada de decisões.
Actually an important attention have been directed for the hospitalar control of the finnancial resources and manpower involved in health care. The correct quantification of the kind of assistance that is dispended to a specific population is an indispensable tool when an institution plan to have a better management of their prested work. By this statistics the finnancial resources and manpower can have a more racionable use. This article shows the statistics of a plastic surgery service in a general hospital and discuss how medical records can make changes in the decision making.
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Tomada de Decisões , Mão de Obra em Saúde , Registros Médicos , Cirurgia Plástica , Cirurgia Plástica/métodos , Mão de Obra em Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Mão de Obra em Saúde/normas , Mão de Obra em Saúde , Registros Médicos/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
Desde sua introdução por Hartrampf em 1982, o Retalho Músculo Cutâneo Abdominal Tranverso de Músculo Reto do Abdome(TRAM) se tornou um dos elementos de escolha em reconstrução mamária autógena após, ressecção oncológica. Várias comor-bidades têm sido associadas com este procedimento. Os autores realizaram um estudo prospectivo, de uma série de 14 casos de reconstrução de mama com retalhos de TRAM consecutivos, durante o período de 1 ano, tentando estabelecer a mudança na hemoglobina sérica após este tipo de reconstrução. Foi observada uma diminuição na comparação entre a hemoglo-binometria pré-operatória com a pós-operatória (21). Uma expressiva taxa de transfusão sangüínea também foi encontrada (25). Múltiplos fatores, como a seleção dos pacientes, experiência do cirurgião e manejo pré e pós-operatório, podem contribuir para o sucesso de qualquer tipo de reconstrução mamária autógena. Entretanto, este estudo não foi realizado para procurar os fatores que possam causar esta mudança nos níveis de hemoglobina e estudos adicionais devem ser realizados visando identificá-los. Uma importante diminuição do nível de hemoglobina sérica foi estabelecida.
Since its introduction in 1982, the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap has become the standard therapy in autogenous breast reconstruction following oncological ressection. Various comorbidities were associated with this procedure. The authors have made a prospective study of a serie of 14 consecutive TRAM flap breast reconstructions during a 1- year period, trying to stabilish the ammount of seric hemoglobin change following this kind of reconstruction It had been observed a decrease when were compared the preoperative and postoperative hemoglobinometry (21). An expressive rate of blood transfusion were also found (25). Multiple factors such as patient selection, surgical expertise, and preoperative and postoperative management may contribute to the success of any type of autogenous breast reconstruction. However, this study were not designed to look for the factors that may cause this level of hemoglobin change, and further studies must be made trying to identify it. An important quantification of the decrease in the seric hemoglobin level were stabilished.
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Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias da Mama , Hemoglobinometria , Hemoglobinometria/métodos , Neoplasias da Mama/cirurgia , Neoplasias da Mama/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Mama/fisiopatologia , Neoplasias da Mama/metabolismoRESUMO
Os autores fazem uma revisäo bibliográfica sobre a doença de Alzheimer, comentando seus aspectos clínicos, genéticos, neuropatológicos e o enfoque farmacológico
