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Incidência de flebite e flebite pós-infusional em adultos hospitalizados

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 38 (2), 2017
RESUMO Objetivo Avaliar a incidência de flebite durante o uso de cateter intravenoso periférico (CIP) e pós-infusional e analisar a associação com fatores de risco em pacientes hospitalizados. Método Estudo de coorte com 165 pacientes adultos internados em hospital universitário de Porto Alegr...

Fatores de risco no ambiente doméstico para quedas em crianças menores de cinco anos

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 38 (3), 2017
RESUMO Objetivo Analisar os fatores de risco no ambiente doméstico para a ocorrência de quedas em crianças menores de cinco anos. Método Estudo transversal realizado em maio e junho de 2016 com 344 cuidadores de crianças do Nordeste do Brasil. Utilizou-se um formulário referente às questões s...

Patrones de actividad física de adolescentes escolares: validez, confiabilidad y propuesta de percentiles para su evaluación

Rev. chil. pediatr; 88 (1), 2017
La actividad física (AF) regular durante la infancia y adolescencia es importante para prevenir las enfermedades no transmisibles y sus factores de riesgo. Objetivos: Validar un cuestionario que mide patrones de AF, su fiabilidad, comparar los niveles de AF alineados por edad cronológica y biológica y...

Eficacia de una dosis única de vacuna oral inactivada contra el cólera en Bangladesh
Efficacy of a single-dose, inactivated oral cholera vaccines in Bangladesh

Maternal education and age: inequalities in neonatal death

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Evaluate the interaction between maternal age and education level in neonatal mortality, as well as investigate the temporal evolution of neonatal mortality in each stratum formed by the combination of these two risk factors. METHODS A nonconcurrent cohort study, resulting from a p...

Prevalence and risk factors of inadequate medicine home storage: a community-based study

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Assess the extent of inadequate home storage of medicines andidentify important risk factors. METHODS A cross-sectional survey based on a probability sample in the community, conducted in 267 households in Cuité, State of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil, in 2014. Logistic regression wa...

Quality of cervical cancer screening in Brazil: external assessment of the PMAQ

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To examine whether demographic and socioeconomic variables and the variables of the organization of services are associated with the quality of cervical cancer screening. METHODS This is a survey carried out in the health services of the five Brazilian regions in 2012. The sample c...

Influence of schooling and age on cognitive performance in healthy older adults

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 50 (4), 2017
Few studies have examined the influence of a low level of schooling on age-related cognitive decline in countries with wide social and economic inequalities by using the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB). The aim of the present study was to assess the influence of schooling on ...

Cerebral blood flow and vasoreactivity in aging: an arterial spin labeling study

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 50 (4), 2017
Regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) in young and elderly participants were assessed using pulsed arterial spin labeling (ASL) and blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques in combination with inhalation of CO2. Pulsed ASL and ...

Performance of urinary kidney injury molecule-1, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase to predict chronic kidney disease progression and adverse outcomes

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 50 (5), 2017
Urinary biomarkers can predict the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In this study, kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), and N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) were correlated with the stages of CKD, and the association of these biomarkers w...