Results: 23

Trends in Mortality Rates from Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer between 2000 and 2015 in the Most Populous Capital Cities of the Five Regions of Brazil

Arq. bras. cardiol; 114 (2), 2020
Abstract Background: In many cities around the world, the mortality rate from cancer (CA) has exceeded that from disease of the circulatory system (DCS). Objectives: To compare the mortality curves from DCS and CA in the most populous capital cities of the five regions of Brazil. Methods: Data of mort...

Tecnologías de la información y comunicación en el desarrollo de modelos estocásticos aplicados al sector de la salud
Information and communication technologies in the development of stochastic models applied to the health sector

Medicina (B.Aires); 80 (1), 2020
Un modelo estocástico de simulación permite estudiar y represen tar de manera simplificada el comportamiento de variables complejas en términos de probabilidad. En este contexto, el objetivo de este trabajo es presentar, a través del uso de herramientas de tecnologías de la información y comunicaci...

Projeção de internações em terapia intensiva pela COVID-19 no Distrito Federal, Brasil: uma análise do impacto das medidas de distanciamento social

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 29 (5), 2020
Objetivo: Construir cenários e analisar o impacto das políticas de distanciamento social na propagação da COVID-19 e a necessidade de leitos de unidades de terapia intensiva (UTI). Métodos: Sobre modelo compartimental de transição dinâmica e simulações de Monte Carlo, construíram-se três cen...

Spatio-temporal analysis of leptospirosis in Eastern Amazon, State of Pará, Brazil

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 23 (), 2020
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Brazil has registered more than 62,000 confirmed cases of leptospirosis between 2001 and 2017, with more than 2,000 cases confirmed in the State of Pará. Despite a large number of cases, no study has been conducted to trace the spatio-temporal profile of the disease. Methodolo...

Xpektrin, un simulador de espectros fácil de usar y ampliamente distribuible para radiología general

Rev. chil. radiol; 25 (3), 2019
Resumen: Se presenta una aplicación basada en Microsoft Excel llamada Xpektrin para el cálculo de dosis en radiología general. La aplicación permite simular espectros de rayos X en radiología general utilizando el modelo TASMICS a partir de mediciones del kerma en aire (Kair) y de la capa Hemirreduc...

Modeling of lactose enzymatic hydrolysis using Monte Carlo method

Background: Mathematical modeling is useful in the analysis, prediction, and optimization of an enzymatic process. Unlike the conventional modeling methods, Monte Carlo method has special advantages in providing representations of the molecule’s spatial distribution. However, thus far, Monte Carlo mode...

Cost-effectiveness of infusion pumps to reduce errors in a Pediatric ICU

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze cost-effectiveness and to calculate incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of the use of infusion pumps with drug library to reduce errors in intravenous drug administration in pediatric and neonatal patients in Intensive Care Units. Methods: Mathematical modeling for econo...

Migraine improvement correlates with posterior cingulate cortical thickness reduction

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective The main goal of this study was to correlate migraine improvement, after prophylactic therapy, with cortical thickness changes. Methods Cortical thickness maps were obtained with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from 19 patients with migraine before (first scan) and after (second sca...

Predicting pathway cross-talks in ankylosing spondylitis through investigating the interactions among pathways

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 51 (1), 2018
Given that the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) remains unclear, the aim of this study was to detect the potentially functional pathway cross-talk in AS to further reveal the pathogenesis of this disease. Using microarray profile of AS and biological pathways as study objects, Monte Carlo cros...

Avaliação econômica dos Programas Rede Farmácia de Minas do SUS versus Farmácia Popular do Brasil

Resumo A fim de esclarecer qual programa de assistência farmacêutica, Rede Farmácia de Minas Gerais RFMG ou Farmácia Popular do Brasil FPB, se apresenta como o mais eficiente sob a perspectiva do financiador público foi realizada uma avaliação econômica. O modelo desenvolvido consiste em um levan...