Introducción: La diabetes mellitus tipo 2 es una enfermedad prevalente en nuestro país. Básicamente en esta, falla la regulación de la glicemia lo que puede provocar diversas complicaciones. Diversos estudios han encontrado que puede causar lesiones a largo plazo en el sistema auditivo pudiendo llega...
Objetivo: o consumo de bebidas alcoólicas entre os estudantes universitários tem se tornado uma preocupação crescente nos últimos anos, por isso este estudo foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de identificar o consumo dessa substância psicoativa entre estudantes de enfermagem. Método: trata-se de estu...
The epidemic of obesity took off from about 1980 and in almost all countries has been rising inexorably ever since. Only in 1997 did world health organization accept that this was a major public health problem. It is also becoming an important public health problem among Pakistani children due to changes...
This study evaluated the profile of patients submitted to gastroplasty in the University Hospital of Maringá during 2008-2009. Clinical charts were analyzed to obtain clinical and laboratory data of all patients with morbid obesity submitted to gastroplasty. During the study period, 28 surgeries were pe...
The objective of the study was to analyze the age marker in males and females as a predictor of the absence of frailty syndrome in the elderly. This was a cross-sectional study with 624 individuals. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed and compared to areas of age, gender and a...
OBJECTIVES: There is a paucity of studies on psychosocial disorders in clinic populations in Jamaica. Therefore, we sought to determine the prevalence and correlates of symptoms of depression and anxiety in a clinic population in western Jamaica. METHODS: A total of 338 participants from four outpatient ...
Edmund, M;
Arjoon, C;
Bullock, K;
Kuarsingh, R;
Mocumiyane, K;
Parsan, N;
Ramrattan, S;
Skeete, R;
Smith, A;
Murray, D;
Maharaj, RG.
OBJECTIVE: There is no previous research on Myasthenia Gravis (MG) in Trinidad and Tobago. This study sought to determine the prevalence and to characterize MG in South Trinidad. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed over 30 months in South Trinidad to identify, interview and statistically analy...
As parasitoses constituem um problema de saúde pública no Brasil, principalmente nos ambientes destinados ao cuidado infantil. Este estudo objetivou determinar a prevalência de parasitoses em creches de Aracaju, Estado de Sergipe, bem como os fatores de risco relacionados. Realizaram-se exames copropa...
A necessidade de aplicação e registro do Processo de Enfermagem em unidade hospitalar motivou a realização do presente estudo que tem como objetivo identificar os diagnósticos de enfermagem mais prevalentes nos pacientes internados na unidade coronariana de um hospital universitário com Insuficiên...
