ABSTRACT Stress fractures of the sacrum are extremely rare differential diagnoses for persistent low back pain in pregnant and postpartum women. The common occurrence of low back pain due to mechanical overload on the spine, coupled with challenges in obtaining imaging studies during this phase of a woman’s life, often delays and compromises the accurate diagnosis of sacral fatigue fractures. We report the rare case of a postpartum patient who underwent surgery for lumbar disc herniation one year and one […]

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the effectiveness and safety of two insulin therapy techniques (continuous and intermittent infusion) in the blood glucose control of people who have undergone liver transplantation, in the immediate postoperative period. Methods: The study was a prospective, open, pragmatic clinical trial with 42 participants, divided into two groups of 21 patients each, in the immediate postoperative period following liver transplantation. Participants in the Experimental Group and Control Group received continuous infusion and bolus insulin, respectively, starting at […]

Objective To investigate the adequacy of the neuropsychological test battery proposed by the International Study of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction to evaluate this disorder in Brazilian elderly patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia. Methods A neuropsychological assessment was made in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery under general anesthesia, aged over 65 years, literate, with no history of psychiatric or neurological problems and score on the Mini Mental State Examination at or above the cutoff point for the Brazilian population (>18 or >23) […]