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Penetrating Wounds of the Upper Extremity - Prevalence and Etiology

Abstract Objective To define the major epidemiological features of upper limb penetrating injuries, as well as to identify the causes and the frequency of these lesions at the Instituto de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, a hand surgery center in the city of São Paulo, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods ...

Instabilidade postural e a condição de fragilidade física em idosos

Objetivo: analisar a relação entre instabilidade postural e a condição e os marcadores de fragilidade física de idosos em assistência ambulatorial de geriatria e gerontologia. Método: estudo transversal com amostra constituída por 381 idosos. A fragilidade física foi avaliada mediante o fenóti...

Drug interactions in maternal intensive care: prevalence, risk factors, and potential risk medications

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize severe potential drug interactions in maternal intensive care, and to determine their frequency, risk factors and potential risk medications. Methods: An observational and longitudinal study conducted between December 2014 and December 2015 in a maternal intensive ca...

Association between self-efficacy and sociodemographic and clinical variables in patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Model of study: A cross-sectional study was conducted. Objective: to evaluate the association between self-efficacy and socio-demographic and clinical variables in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Method: The sample was composed by 111 patients with T2DM in use of insulin, in primary health...

Medidas acústicas e aerodinâmicas em cantores: comparação entre homens e mulheres

CoDAS; 30 (5), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo Comparar medidas acústicas e aerodinâmicas da voz em homens e mulheres cantores. Método Trata-se de um estudo transversal, observacional, comparativo, com amostra de conveniência. Participaram do estudo 30 homens e 30 mulheres cantores. Foi realizada avaliação das medidas acúst...

Curative procedures of oral health and structural characteristics of primary dental care

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate if the provision of clinical dental care, by means of the main curative procedures recommended in Primary Health Care, is associated with team structural characteristics, considering the presence of a minimum set of equipment, instrument, and supplies in Brazil's primary ...

Índice de masa corporal y características clinicopatológicas de pacientes con cáncer de mama
Body mass index and clinical and pathological characteristics of breast cancer patients

Rev. cuba. endocrinol; 27 (3), 2016
Introducción: estudios previos han sugerido la relación del índice de masa corporal elevado con una mayor incidencia y un peor pronóstico del cáncer de mama. Objetivo: identificar la relación entre el índice de masa corporal en el momento del diagnóstico, y las características clinicopatológica...

Implications of raising cigarette excise taxes in Peru

ABSTRACT Objective To assess how raising cigarette excise taxes in Peru might impact cigarette consumption, and to determine if higher taxes would be regressive. Methods Total demand price elasticity was estimated by income groups using two datasets: quarterly time-series data from 1993 – 2012 an...

Prevalência e fatores associados à fragilidade em idosos não institucionalizados

RESUMO Objetivo: verificar a prevalência e os fatores associados à fragilidade em idosos não institucionalizados residentes ao norte de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Método: a coleta de dados ocorreu no domicílio em 2013, a partir de uma amostragem censitária por conglomerado. Foram analisadas variáveis...

Estructura factorial de la escala DREEM en estudiantes de medicina chilenos

Rev. méd. Chile; 143 (5), 2015
BACKGROUND: The entry to a University requires an adaptation process that not all students solve with the same kind of success. Even though students social adaptation and emotional skills are essential, the educational environmental that they perceive has a significant influence in their academic life. A...