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Time trends in physical activity of adult users of the Brazilian National Health System: 2010-2014. Longitudinal study

Säo Paulo med. j; 135 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In this longitudinal study, we aimed to describe time trends of physical activity (PA) in different domains from 2010 to 2014 among users of the Brazilian National Health System, taking into account the effects of sex, age and economic status (ES). DESIGN AND SETTING: ...

Factores de riesgo asociados con complicaciones que obligaron al retiro de catéteres venosos centrales de inserción periférica en un hospital pediátrico de tercer nivel

Resumen: Introducción: En pediatría se reportan complicaciones del catéter central de inserción periférica (CCIP) del 30 al 40% de los casos, siendo los factores de riesgo más frecuentes la edad del paciente y la localización del CCIP. El objetivo de este trabajo fue describir las característic...

Utilização de plantas medicinais como remédio caseiro na Atenção Primária em Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brasil

Resumo Na última década foi observado um aumento no uso de práticas terapêuticas alternativas apoiadas por políticas no âmbito do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), em particular o uso de plantas medicinais e de fitoterápicos. Este estudo investigou o uso de remédios caseiros pelos usuários da Aten...

Condição de saúde bucal e motivos para extração dentária entre uma população de adultos (20-64 anos)

Resumo O presente estudo caracterizou a condição de saúde bucal e os principais motivos autorrelatados da extração dentária em uma população de adultos. Estudo transversal que examinou 248 adultos de 20-64 anos, representativos da população de Piracicaba (SP). O exame bucal domiciliar utilizou ...

Cambios en la presentación clínica de la influenza A H1N1pdm09 después de la pandemia

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (8), 2017
Background: After the 2009 influenza pandemic the H1N1pdm09 strain circulate seasonally. In 2015, Puerto Montt Hospital in Chile faced a simultaneous outbreak of both seasonal H3N2 and H1N1pdm09 influenza A (IA). Aim: To evaluate the clinical differences between the two viral strains and recent changes ...

Factores de riesgo asociados al desarrollo de hipertensión arterial en Chile

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (8), 2017
Background: High blood pressure is one of the major risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease, affecting 27% of the Chilean population in 2010. Aim: To determine the risk factors associated with the development of hypertension. Material and Methods: Analysis of the database of the 2009...

High frequency of silent brain infarcts associated with cognitive deficits in an economically disadvantaged population

Clinics; 72 (8), 2017
OBJECTIVE: Using magnetic resonance imaging, we aimed to assess the presence of silent brain vascular lesions in a sample of apparently healthy elderly individuals who were recruited from an economically disadvantaged urban region (São Paulo, Brazil). We also wished to investigate whether the findings w...

Selenocysteine modulates resistance to environmental stress and confers anti-aging effects in C. elegans

Clinics; 72 (8), 2017
OBJECTIVE: The free radical theory of aging suggests that cellular oxidative damage caused by free radicals is a leading cause of aging. In the present study, we examined the effects of a well-known anti-oxidant amino acid derivative, selenocysteine, in response to environmental stress and aging using Ca...

Association between body mass index and osteoporosis in women from northwestern Rio Grande do Sul

Rev. bras. reumatol; 57 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women. Methods: Observational study with postmenopausal women who underwent bone densitometry in Palmeira das Missões - RS. Sociodemographic data, risk for osteoporosis and...

Complications after prone PCNL in pediatric, adult and geriatric patients - a single center experience over 7 years

Int. braz. j. urol; 43 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Introduction CROES-Clavien system (CCS) for grading complications in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a step towards standardization of outcomes. We categorized complications based on CCS and predicted risk factors across the entire cohort and individually for pediatric (P: ≤18 yea...