ABSTRACT: Objective: Brazilian national data show a significant deficiency in pediatric vitamin E consumption, but there are very few studies evaluating laboratory-proven nutritional deficiency. The present study aimed to settle the prevalence of vitamin E deficiency (VED) and factors associated among sc...
RESUMO: Modelo do estudo: Estudo de prevalência. Objetivo do estudo: Descrever o perfil clínico e epidemiológico dos portadores de Sífilis Congênita entre Janeiro de 2010 a Junho de 2016 em uma capital do Norte brasileiro. Metodologia: Foi realizado um levantamento das fichas de notificação para i...
Introdução: As doenças crônicas não transmissíveis (DCNT) têm elevada prevalência na população brasileira e atingem todas as classes sociais, representando aproximadamente 71% das mortes no mundo.
Objetivo: Investigar a prevalência de pacientes com DCNT registradas em um posto da Estratégia ...
Epidemiología Descriptiva,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Estudios Prospectivos,
d0052470,
Enfermedades no Transmisibles/epidemiología,
ddcs0168330,
d0154440,
Hipertensión/epidemiología,
Obesidad/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Brasil,
Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiología
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of hypertensive disorders, perinatal outcomes (preterm infants, low birthweight infants and Apgar score < 7 at the 5th minute and fetal deaths) and the cesarean rates in pregnant women hospitalized for delivery at the Maternidade Hilda Brandão da Santa ...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Cesárea/estadística & datos numéricos,
Hospitalización,
Hipertensión Inducida en el Embarazo/epidemiología,
Hipertensión Inducida en el Embarazo/etiología,
Estudios Longitudinales,
Muerte Perinatal,
Resultado del Embarazo,
Atención Prenatal,
Prevalencia,
Estudios Retrospectivos
Resumen Introducción: Las infecciones del tracto urinario (ITU) presentan una elevada prevalencia en el ámbito comunitario. Un rápido diagnóstico microbiológico es esencial para asegurar una terapia adecuada y efectiva. Objetivo: Evaluar un kit de antibiograma rápido (KAR®) en formato point-of-c...
Resumen Introducción: Aproximadamente 50% de las personas con infección por VIH padecen de alguna patología neuro-psiquiátrica. Características intrínsecas del virus, sus complicaciones, tratamiento y el contexto socio-cultural de los infectados facilitan el desarrollo de estas co-morbilidades, qu...
ABSTRACT Background: Primary headaches, and particularly migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) as well as hypothyroidism are common medical conditions. To date, numerous studies have suggested a possible bidirectional relationship between migraine and hypothyroidism, although certain studies had con...
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of dental fear and to evaluate its association with dental caries and molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) in schoolchildren aged 8-10 years from a municipality in Northeastern Brazil. Data from 466 students enrolled in urban public schoo...
Background: Transmitted drug resistance (TDR) occurs in patients with HIV infection who are not exposed to antiretroviral drugs but who are infected with a virus with mutations associated with resistance. Aim: To determine the prevalence of TDR and characterize HIV reverse transcriptase and protease muta...
Fármacos Anti-VIH,
Infecciones por VIH,
VIH-1,
Fármacos Anti-VIH/farmacología,
Fármacos Anti-VIH/uso terapéutico,
Chile/epidemiología,
Farmacorresistencia Viral/genética,
Genotipo,
Infecciones por VIH/tratamiento farmacológico,
Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología,
VIH-1/genética,
Mutación,
Prevalencia
Concha-Cisternas, Yeny;
Cigarroa, Igor;
Matus-Castillo, Carlos;
Garrido-Méndez, Alex;
Leiva-Ordoñez, Ana María;
Martínez-Sanguinetti, María Adela;
Troncoso-Pantoja, Claudia;
Ulloa, Natalia;
Gabler, María Fernanda;
Petermann-Rocha, Fanny;
Parra-Soto, Solange;
Díaz, Ximena;
Celis-Morales, Carlos.
Background: Handgrip strength is an indicator of frailty in older people. Aim: To determine the prevalence of low handgrip strength in older Chilean adults. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of 244 individuals aged 60 years or more, participating in the 2016-2017 Chilean National Health Su...
