- Respiratory viral infections research
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders
- IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
Medical University of South Carolina
2023
Harvard University
2019
Massachusetts General Hospital
2019
Complexo Hospitalar Universitário Professor Edgard Santos
2018
Universidade Federal da Bahia
2018
Objective: To investigate associations of sex-age-specific handgrip strength by a dynamometer with all-cause mortality and the percent excess risk explained (%ERE) comorbidities nutritional indicators in incident maintenance hemodialysis patients. Methods: Prospective cohort 413 adult patients (165 women, 248 men, 299 <60 years 114 ⩾60 years) <6 months (82% <3 months) on dialysis enrolled PROHEMO Salvador, Brazil. Low high groups were based cutoffs (17.8 kg for women years, 13.8...
Introduction. Differentiating Crohn's disease (CD) and Behçet's (BD) with gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations can be clinically challenging, as current diagnostic criteria are not clear between both conditions multiple symptoms could overlap. Case Presentation. The patient is an 8-year-old boy of Brazilian descent, who initially presented a 1-year history painful oral ulcers. Before presenting to the hospital, he had been treated for periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis,...