SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Heart failure due to an acute myocardial infarction is a very frequent event, with a tendency to increase according to improvements in the treatment of acute conditions which have led to larger numbers of infarction survivors. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to synthesize the evidence, through a systematic review, on efficacy and safety of the device in patients with this basic condition. METHODS Studies published between January 2002 and October 2016 were analysed, having as reference databases Embase, Medline, Cochrane Library, Lilacs, Web of Science and Scopus. The selection of studies, data extraction and methodological quality assessment of studies were examined by two independent reviewers, with disagreements resolved by consensus. RESULTS Only prospective studies without control group were identified. Six studies were included, with averages of 34 participants and follow-up of 13 months. Clinical, functional, hemodynamic and quality of life outcomes were evaluated. The highest mortality rate was 8.4% with 12-month follow-up for unspecified cardiovascular reasons, and heart failure rehospitalization was 29.4% with 36-month follow-up. Statistically significant improvements were found only in some of the studies which evaluating changes in left ventricular volume indices, the distance measured by the six-minute walk test, New York Heart Association functional classification, and quality of life, in pre and post-procedure analysis. CONCLUSIONS The present review indicates that no available quality evidence can assert efficacy and safety of PARACHUTE® in the treatment of heart failure after apical or anterior wall myocardial infarction.
O objetivo foi comparar a relação de custo-efetividade entre o uso de cateteres cardíacos novos com cateteres reprocessados sob a perspectiva de uma instituição pública federal. Foi elaborado um modelo analítico de decisão elaborado para estimar a razão de custo-efetividade entre duas estratégias de utilização de materiais para cateterismo cardíaco utilizando, como desfecho clínico, a ocorrência de reação pirogênica. Os custos foram estimados por coleta direta nos setores envolvidos e valorados em Real (R$) para o ano de 2012. A árvore de decisão foi construída com as probabilidades de pirogenia descritas em estudo clínico. O custo para o reúso foi de R$ 109,84, e, para cateteres novos, de R$ 283,43. A estratégia de reúso demonstrou ser custo-efetiva, e a razão de custo-efetividade incremental indicou que, para evitar um caso de pirogenia, serão gastos R$ 13.561,75. O estudo aponta o reúso de cateteres como uma estratégia de menor custo comparada ao uso exclusivo de cateteres novos e pode contribuir para a tomada de decisão dos gestores.
Objective: To systematically identify and review studies that used EQ-5D to assess health-related quality of life (QoL) in elderly. Methods: Relevant literature was searched in MEDLINE and Lilacs databases and the EuroQol Plenary Meetings Proceedings (June/2003 to June/2013). The inclusion criteria were subjects aged 60 years or more and the use of the EQ-5D questionnaire. Two independent reviewers screened title, abstract, full text and performed data extraction. The country where the study had been conducted, demographic characteristics of the population, objectives, common criteria used by the studies to the exclusion of patients/participants and presentation of the data were the variables analyzed. Results: A total of 90 studies were included with 34,449 subjects, the mean age was 75.6 ± 4.3 years. The majority of the studies were from Europe (66.7%). Studies in Africa and South America were not identified. The main diseases investigated were orthopedic (20.0%) and cardiovascular diseases (15.5%). The study's results were most frequently based on personal interviews (41.1%) involving directly the elderly (92.2%). The most common exclusion criteria were health conditions that could result in bias or confounding on the study protocol (61.1%) and low cognitive level (50.0%). The EQ-5D results were presented in different ways: means (82.2%) or medians (5.6%) associated with measures of dispersion as standard deviation (61.1%) and confidence interval (22.2%), or according to the answers in the descriptive system (22.2%). Conclusions: The lack of standardization in the exhibition of the results limits a direct comparison among different interventions.
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Objetivo:Identificar sistematicamente e revisar os estudos que utilizaram o EQ-5D para avaliar a qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde em idosos. Métodos: Foram realizadas buscas nas bases MEDLINE e Lilacs e nos arquivos do encontro anual do grupo EuroQol (Junho/2003 a Junho/2013). Os critérios de inclusão dos estudos foram: população com idade ≥ 60 anos e uso do questionário EQ-5D. Dois revisores independentes avaliaram os títulos, depois os resumos e o texto completo e extraíram os dados. As variáveis estudadas foram: país de origem do estudo, características demográficas da amostra, objetivos do estudo, critérios para a exclusão dos pacientes e forma de apresentação dos resultados. Resultados: Foram incluídos 90 estudos, totalizando 34.449 indivíduos, cuja média de idade foi de 75,6 ± 4,3 anos. A maioria dos estudos foi conduzida na Europa (66,7%). Não foram identificados estudos na África ou na América do Sul. As principais doenças investigadas
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