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Ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations after implementation of the master plan in Minas Gerais

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the rate of ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations in groups of cities according to population size and to analyze its association with the coverage of the Family Health Strategy after the implementation of the Master Plan for Primary Health Care in Minas Gerais, Braz...

Urinary cotinine in tobacco farmers in Southern Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe urinary cotinine levels in tobacco farmers. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2,570 tobacco farmers. All participants that reported green tobacco sickness in the week prior to the interview plus a subsample of 492 pesticide applicators were included. We c...

Programa terapêutico fonoaudiológico para abertura de boca em pacientes com câncer de boca e orofaringe em radioterapia adjuvante: estudo piloto

CoDAS; 30 (2), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo Analisar, por meio da comparação entre a abertura máxima mandibular, a efetividade de programa terapêutico miofuncional oral em pacientes com câncer de boca ou orofaringe submetidos à radioterapia adjuvante. Método Estudo prospectivo envolvendo cinco pacientes adultos e cinco i...

T cell subsets and immunoglobulin G levels are associated with the infection status of systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 51 (2), 2018
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, autoimmune disorder that affects nearly all organs and tissues. As knowledge about the mechanism of SLE has increased, some immunosuppressive agents have become routinely used in clinical care, and infections have become one of the direct causes of mortali...

Voice deviation, dysphonia risk screening and quality of life in individuals with various laryngeal diagnoses

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVES: To characterize the voice quality of individuals with dysphonia and to investigate possible correlations between the degree of voice deviation (D) and scores on the Dysphonia Risk Screening Protocol-General (DRSP), the Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) measure and the Voice Handicap Inde...

Monitoring auditory cortical plasticity in hearing aid users with long latency auditory evoked potentials: a longitudinal study

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare long-latency auditory evoked potentials before and after hearing aid fittings in children with sensorineural hearing loss compared with age-matched children with normal hearing. METHODS: Thirty-two subjects of both genders aged 7 to 12 years particip...

Improvement in lung function and functional capacity in morbidly obese women subjected to bariatric surgery

Clinics; 73 (), 2018
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether weight loss in women with morbid obesity subjected to bariatric surgery alters lung function, respiratory muscle strength, functional capacity and the level of habitual physical activity and to investigate the relationship between these variables and changes in both body c...

Índice de inteligibilidade de fala - Speech Intelligibility Index (SII) e reconhecimento de sentenças no ruído. Estudo em idosos com e sem alteração cognitiva usuários de próteses auditivas

Audiol., Commun. res; 23 (), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo Investigar os efeitos dos processos cognitivos e do Índice de Inteligibilidade de Fala no reconhecimento de fala no ruído em idosos, com e sem alteração cognitiva, usuários de próteses auditivas. Métodos 34 idosos, de 64 a 87 anos, com perda auditiva neurossensorial simétrica ...

Efeito da idade no processamento auditivo temporal: benefício da modulação do mascaramento e efeito do pós-mascaramento

Audiol., Commun. res; 23 (), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo Investigar o efeito da idade no benefício da modulação do ruído mascarante (masking release) e no pós-mascaramento ( forward masking). Métodos Participaram da pesquisa jovens (média de idade de 18 anos e quatro meses) e idosos (média de idade de 64 anos e três meses) falantes...

Analysis of the antimicrobial and anti-caries effects of TiF4 varnish under microcosm biofilm formed on enamel

J. appl. oral sci; 26 (), 2018
Abstract Titanium tetrafluoride (TiF4) is known for interacting with enamel reducing demineralization. However, no information is available about its potential antimicrobial effect. Objectives This study evaluated the antimicrobial and anti-caries potential of TiF4 varnish compared to NaF varnish, chlor...