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Validity of a 2-item screening tool to identify families at risk for food insecurity in Brazil

This manuscript aimed to develop a brief 2-item screening tool to identify Brazilian households that include families with children at risk for food insecurity. Psychometric analyses including sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value, accuracy, and ROC curves were used to test com...

Abortion and the COVID-19 pandemic: insights for Latin America

The COVID-19 pandemic may accentuate existing problems, hindering access to legal abortion, with a consequent increase in unsafe abortions. This scenario may be even worse in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Latin America, where abortion laws are already restrictive and access to services ...

Vulnerabilidade de mulheres ao estupro marital: reflexões a partir do contexto da pandemia da covid-19

Ciênc. cuid. saúde; 20 (), 2021
RESUMO Objetivo: refletir sobre as vulnerabilidades de mulheres ao estupro marital durante a pandemia da Covid-19. Método: estudo teórico-reflexivo realizado em maio de 2020 a março de 2021 para fundamentação teórica de uma tese de doutorado estruturado a partir dos aportes teóricos de Heleiet...

The effect of continuous positive airway pressure on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and uncontrolled hypertension - Study design and challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
OBJECTIVES: To describe the MORPHEOS (Morbidity in patients with uncontrolled HTN and OSA) trial, and describe the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: MORPHEOS is a multicenter (n=6) randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the blood pressure (BP) lowering effects of treatment ...

Statewide evaluation of infection control measures for preventing coronavirus disease 2019 in hemodialysis facilities

Clinics; 76 (), 2021
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in hemodialysis facilities and the occurrence of and risk factors for clustering of COVID-19 cases. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey between March and July 2020, in all dialysis facilities ...

Estratégias de prevenção da COVID-19 no retorno das atividades em Clínica Escola de Fonoaudiologia

CoDAS; 33 (6), 2021
RESUMO Objetivo Descrever as estratégias utilizadas durante o período da pandemia de COVID-19 para o retorno das atividades acadêmicas e assistenciais em saúde da Clínica Escola de Fonoaudiologia de uma universidade pública brasileira. Método Estudo descritivo, baseado em pesquisa documental. Pa...

Clinical characteristics and predictors of hospitalization among 7, 108 ambulatory patients with positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 during the acute pandemic period

J. bras. pneumol; 47 (4), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe baseline characteristics of outpatients with a positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 and to define whether "red flags" (new-onset fever, dyspnea, and chest pain) can predict clinical worsening during the isolation period. Methods: This was an epidemiological, observational, des...

Interest in COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: an infodemiological study using Google Trends

Infodemiology has been widely used to assess epidemics. In light of the recent pandemic, we use Google Search data to explore online interest about COVID-19 and related topics in 20 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Data from Google Trends from December 12, 2019, to April 25, 2020, regarding ...