Anaemia in Dermatitis Herpetiformis: Prevalence and Associated Factors at Diagnosis and One-year Follow-up

Abstract Background: Mothers are the link between patients, physicians, and other caregivers. Therefore, they should be well informed about the child’s heart defect and accompanying issues. This study aimed to assess the mothers’ understanding of their child’s heart defect at hospitalisation and one year later and to analyse the individual development and associated factors. Material and methods: Mothers of children with CHD (aged ≤2 years) were interviewed at time of hospitalisation and after one year. Development was calculated using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Knowledge was assessed using the Hannover Inventory of Parental Knowledge of Congenital Heart Disease that consists of eight subscales. Associated factors were self-assessed knowledge at hospitalisation, educational level, cardiac diagnosis, self-assessed severity of CHD, and source of information at follow-up. Results: Mothers showed mixed understanding at hospitalisation, but their knowledge improved over a 1-year time span. This was especially true for the subscales “management of CHD” and “surveillance of deterioration”, which resulted in an overall good knowledge at follow-up, whereas knowledge on infective endocarditis was still poor. Mothers with lowest and highest education had the most notable improvements. The same holds for caregivers with children with more severe CHD and who rated their knowledge as less than good. Conclusion: Overall, mothers showed significant improvement especially for topics that are important to provide adequate care, but still revealed knowledge gaps one year after hospitalisation. Consequently, clinicians should evaluate the individual knowledge level at all times and inform mothers accordingly.

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V'E/V'CO 2 Slope in Asymptomatic Subjects Submitted to a Treadmill Ramp-Incremental Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: Associated Factors and One-Year Follow-up

CHEST Journal ◽

10.1378/chest.2278823 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 148 (4) ◽

pp. 910A

Author(s):

Victor Dourado ◽

Evandro Sperandio ◽

Agatha Matheus ◽

Vinicius Lauria ◽

Rodrigo Silva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Exercise Testing ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing ◽

Cardiopulmonary Exercise ◽

One Year ◽

Asymptomatic Subjects

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PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF HYPERKALEMIA AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

ABCD Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (São Paulo) ◽

10.1590/0102-672020180001e1357 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Helem Sena RIBEIRO ◽

Michelle Carvalho OLIVEIRA ◽

Lucilene Rezende ANASTÁCIO ◽

Simone Vasconcelos GENEROSO ◽

Agnaldo Soares LIMA ◽

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Keyword(s):

Liver Transplantation ◽

Retrospective Cohort ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Medication Use ◽

Potassium Intake ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Transplant Patients ◽

One Year ◽

Over Time

ABSTRACT Background: There is a lack of data regarding hyperkalemia after liver transplantation. Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of hyperkalemia after liver transplantation and its associated factors. Methods: This retrospective cohort study evaluated 147 consecutive post-transplant patients who had at least one year of outpatient medical follow up. The data collection included gender, age, potassium values, urea, creatinine, sodium and medication use at 1, 6 and 12 months after. Hyperkalemia was defined as serum potassium concentrations higher than 5.5 mEq/l. Results: Hiperkalemia was observed in 18.4%, 17.0% and 6.1% of patients 1, 6 and 12 months after tranplantation, respectively. Older age (p=0.021), low creatinine clearance (p=0.007), increased urea (p=0.010) and hypernatremia (p=0.014) were factors associated with hyperkalemia, as well as the dose of prednisone at six months (p=0.014). Conclusion: Hyperkalemia was prevalent in less than 20% of patients in the 1st month after liver transplantation and decreased over time. Considering that hyperkalemia does not affect all patients, attention should be paid to the routine potassium intake recommendations, and treatment should be individualized.

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