Clinical and Epidemiological Profile of Cirrhotic Patients at a Reference Center in Belém-PA, Analysis of 10 years

Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the demographic, ethyological and clinical aspects of patients with liver cirrhosis treated in the Chronic Liver Disease Center. Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study based on the analysis of 580 pacients’ medical records with the diagnosis of hepatic cirrhosis treated from 2004 to 2014 in Belém, Brazil. Conclusions: the profile was predominantly of male patients, aged between 51 and 60 years, coming from the capital ​​Belem, whose main etiologies of cirrhosis were C hepatitis and alcohol. Ascites was the most frequent clinical manifestation and Child-Pugh score A was the most prevalent

Evaluation Of Risk Factors In Cardiovascular Patients With Diagnosis Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Title: Evaluation of risk factors in cardiovascular patients with diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Background: prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in lupic patients.This study aimed to evaluate the presence of cardiovascular risk factors in patients diagnosed with SLE in a Rheumatology Ambulatory, comparing groups with and without SLE nephritis. Methods: a quantitative, observational and cross-sectional study was carried out during the period from November 2016 to June 2017. 86 patients were interviewed using specific protocol. Conclusions: among the cardiovascular risk factors evaluated, systemic hypertension was more frequent in SLE patients (33.7%), followed by smoking (17.4%) and diabetes mellitus (5.8%). There was, however, no difference between the frequency of these comorbidities in the groups with and without lupus nephritis