Editorial suplemento clínicas de falla cardiaca

Terapia de resincronización cardiaca. Indicaciones y contraindicaciones

Progress in medical therapy wouldn’t be possible without the contribution of the scientific community. Several randomized controlled trials have led to our current guidelines. Specifically, COMPANION and CARE-HF trials involved a turning point for cardiac resynchronization therapy, which became well recognized for the treatment of heart failure patients with QRS 120 ms, ejection fraction 35%, a...

Levosimendan: Nueva estrategia en el manejo de la falla cardíaca

Revista Cubana de Farmacia vol. 40 (Suplemento Especial):46, 2006

Revista Cubana de Farmacia vol. 40 (Suplemento Especial):46, 2006 of a comprehensive and inclusive consultation process with Canadian consumers, academics, health care practitioners and industry stakeholders, and are a part of the Government’s response to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health’s report and 53 recommendations on the regulation of natural health products in Canada. All...

Revista Farmacognosia Suplemento 2008.indd

This is the fi rst report about the antibacterial activity of Hyptis martiusii Benth. In this study the ethanol extract of H. martiusii was tested for its antimicrobial activity against strains of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. The growth of all bacterial strains tested was inhibited by the extract. The diameter of inhibition zones varied from 13 to 20 mm fo...

Community-acquired pneumonia at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre: evaluation of a care protocol.

To assess the adequacy of medical prescriptions for community-acquired pneumonia at the emergency department of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, we conducted a prospective cohort study, from January through April 2011. All patients with suspected pneumonia were selected from the first prescription of antimicrobials held in the emergency room. Patients with a description of pneumonia, c...