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Uso off-label de medicamentos segundo a idade em crianças brasileiras: um estudo populacional

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 23 (), 2020
RESUMO: Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência de uso off-label de medicamentos segundo a idade em crianças de 0 a 12 anos no Brasil. Métodos: Estudo transversal de base populacional (Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos - PNAUM), incluindo 7.528 crian...

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...

Esthetic perception regarding periodontal changes: a cross-sectional study

Braz. dent. sci; 23 (1), 2020
Objective: Facial appearance has become an important factor of social interaction. The perception of patients regarding the changes promoted by treatment has become a focus of study today. Thus, the proposal of the present study was to evaluate the esthetic perception of lay people regarding esthetic per...

Association of Khat chewing, smoking, age and sex with periodontal status among Yemeni adults

Braz. dent. sci; 23 (1), 2020
Objective: Periodontal diseases are very common dental disease. Many risk factors may play significant role in the periodontal disease initiation and progression. This study was performed to evaluate the effects of khat chewing, smoking, age and gender on periodontal status among Yemeni adults. Material ...

Profile of patients with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus from Primary Healthcare units

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the characteristics of patients with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus from Primary Healthcare units. Methods This is a retrospective study, with data collected from December 2014 of patients with hypertension and/or diabetes from 13 Primary Healthcare units located ...

Pharmaceutical intervention in the rational use of intravenous omeprazole

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the pharmaceutical interventions of a vertical clinical pharmacy service to promote the rational use of intravenous omeprazole. Methods: A prospective and descriptive study carried out at a university hospital in the Midwestern Region of Brazil, from November 2014 to May...

Prevalence of dementia in patients seen at a private hospital in the Southern Region of Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the epidemiological profile of patients seen at a dementia outpatient clinic. Methods A retrospective study conducted by medical record review searching data on sex, race, age, schooling level, and diagnosis of patients seen from 2008 to 2015. Results A total of 760 p...

Analysis of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance and sociodemographic and clinical aspects of patients admitted in a referral hospital

ABSTRACT Objective To determine the occurrence of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance and its association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients in a referral hospital. Methods This was a cross-sectional study based on data from patients who had mycobacterial culture identified ...

Goiter in Brazilian modernism paintings

Objective: To evaluate Di Cavalcanti’s artworks in which goiters are represented before and after the introduction of iodized salt to the Brazilian population. Methods: One hundred and thirty paintings by Di Cavalcanti from the 20’s to 70’s demonstrating necks were evaluated. All the paintings w...

Comparación entre el IMC tradicional y el IMC Oxford y su relación con otros indicadores, en niños y adolescentes
Comparison between the traditional BMI and the BMI Oxford and its relationship with other indicators, in children and adolescents

Rev. Inst. Nac. Hig; 50 (1-2), 2019
El objetivo es comparar dos fórmulas de cálculo del Índice de Masa Corporal (IMC) y relacionarlo con otros indicadores como la Circunferencia de Cintura (CC), Índice Cintura-Talla (ICT), Índice Peso Circunferencia de Cintura (IPCC) y etnia. MÉTODOS: Estudio descriptivo, transversal, prospectivo y c...