CLINICAL AND BIOELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS DETERMINED BY BIOIMPEDANCE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

Clinical and bioelectric characteristics determined by bioimpedance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 99 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was carried out.They were assisted in the Pneumology Service "Dr.Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" TeachingGeneralHospitalin Santiago de Cuba, from February 1st to 15th, 2015 aimed at determining some compartments of body composition, according to the pattern

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Hypnotherapy is more effective than acupressure in the production of prolactin hormone and breast milk among women having given birth with caesarean section

This research aimed to GY@6 analyze the effectiveness of hypnotherapy compared with acupressure toward the prolactin hormone level and the production of breast milk among women giving birth by caesarean section.The research groups were divided into two groups, namely hypnotherapy receiving women group and acupressure-receiving women group.The hypno

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Development of Biosimilars in Brazil

This article presents a brief overview of the biosimilar industry in Brazil and in the world.Biosimilars are drugs originating from therapeutic or biological proteins, whose patents are expired or are going to expire.Similarly to the generic pharmaceutical industry, the expiration of patents for biologics allows the emergence of a new segment in th

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Disease misclassification in electronic healthcare database studies: Deriving validity indices-A contribution from the ADVANCE project.

There is a strong and continuously growing interest in using large electronic healthcare databases to study health outcomes and the effects of pharmaceutical products.However, concerns regarding disease misclassification (i.e.classification errors of the disease status) and its impact on the study results are legitimate.Validation is therefore incr

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