Resumo Estudo com objetivo de compreender de que forma a faixa etária e a gravidade do comprometimento motor dos filhos modificam o significado que mulheres, mães de filhos com paralisia cerebral, atribuem ao estresse e conhecer as estratégias de enfrentamento utilizadas por elas. Abordagem qualitativ...
Summary Objective: Wake-up stroke (WUS) is defined when the exact time of the beginning of the symptoms cannot be determined, for the deficits are perceived upon awakening. Sleep alterations are important risk factors for stroke and cardiovascular diseases. This study evaluates the characteristics of pa...
ABSTRACT graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is one of the main complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, affecting about 50% to 80% of the patients. Acute GVHD and its clinical manifestations are discussed in this article, as well as the new NIH criteria for the diagnosis and classification...
SUMMARY Sickle-cell diseases are the most common inherited hemoglobinopathies worldwide. Improvement in survival has been seen in the last decades with the introduction of careful screening and prevention of complications and the introduction of hydroxyurea. Stem-cell transplantation is currently the onl...
Summary Objective: To compare nutritional risk in adult patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the beginning, middle, and end of oncologic treatment. Method: This prospective, comparative study included 83 adult patients, 44 undergoing chemotherapy (CT group) and 39 undergoing radiotherap...
Contexto: A artrite reumatoide (AR) é uma doença autoimune inflamatória e crônica, caracterizada por sinovite periférica e manifestações extra-articulares. De acordo com o Protocolo Clínico e Diretrizes Terapêuticas (PCDT) da Artrite Reumatoide, o tratamento terapêutico deve ser iniciado com os...
