Thyroid nodules are prevalent in the general population, especially in women and the elderly. Often, the diagnosis of nodular lesions is incidental, representing a very common finding, and usually these lesions are not clinically important since few of them carry a malignant neoplasm. Despite the low incidence of malignancy, it is imperative to exclude the presence of thyroid carcinoma. This report aims is to identify the prevalence of thyroid nodules in the population of Baixada Santista (a geo...

To investigate the efficacy and safety between intra-arterial thrombolysis (IAT) and intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) in ischemic stroke patients. The full-texts comparing IAT and IVT in ischemic stroke patients were retrieved by PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases. Review Manager 5.0 was adopted for conducting meta-analysis, sensitivity analysis and bias analysis....