The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize procedures to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the ph...
Abstract Objective To evaluate the classification proposed by David Dejour to describe trochlear dysplasia of the knee through inter- and intraobserver reproducibility measurements. Methods Ten patients with trochlear dysplasia were studied. Three physicians, members of the Sociedade Brasileira de Ci...
Introduction: Increasing elderly populations require specific and accurate health assessment tools.
Purpose: To compare the specificities of the short physical performance battery (SPPB) and the Tinetti Index validated in Brazil in patients with and without neuromotor dys...
Objetivo: avaliar a confiabilidade de fórmulas para o cálculo da dose dos principais antibacterianos em crianças de diferentes idades e pesos, tendo como padrão-ouro as dosagens fornecidas em bulas. Sujeitos e método: 45 crianças, com idades de 3, 6 e 9 anos, constituíram três grupos independente...
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a segurança e as propriedades clinimétricas do Teste de Sentar-Levantar Cinco Vezes em pacientes mais velhos internados em unidade de terapia intensiva. Métodos: A segurança do teste foi avaliada segundo a incidência de eventos adversos e pela análise dos dados hemodinâm...
ABSTRACT Visceral leishmaniasis is a serious and debilitating infection with high fatality rate in tropical and subtropical countries. As clinical symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis are not so specific, confirmatory diagnostic methods with high sensitivity and specificity are needed. Noninvasive methods ...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To assess the compliance, efficacy, and safety of the long-term use of topical tacrolimus for the clinical management of vernal keratoconjunctivitis. Methods: The medical records of patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis undergoing long-term treatment with 0.03% topical tacrolimus ...
Administración Oftálmica,
Corticoesteroides/uso terapéutico,
Conjuntivitis Alérgica/tratamiento farmacológico,
Inmunosupresores/administración & dosificación,
Cumplimiento de la Medicación,
Pomadas/administración & dosificación,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Tacrolimus/administración & dosificación,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Abstract Objective To evaluate the construct validity and model-based reliability of general and specific contributions of the subscales of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) and Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-2 (BOT-2) when evaluating motor skills across a range of ...
Abstract Objectives To describe the process of translating and adapting the Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) from English into Brazilian Portuguese and to present the results of its test-retest reliability using the version developed for interview application. Methodology The process was based...
Abstract Introduction: Emotion regulation can be defined as the process by which individuals manage their emotional experience. It has been demonstrated that deficits in this ability are associated with various psychiatric disorders. In this direction, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)...
