El documento contiene los criterios administrativos para el adecuado tratamiento de los datos personales relacionados con la salud o datos personales en salud....
Introducción: Las epidemias han puesto en riesgo a nuestra especie desde la antigüedad al presente y seguramente continuarán desafiándonos en el futuro. Por ello resulta razonable hurgar en la historia de estas amenazas para encontrar las claves de su origen y desarrollo. Objetivo: Encontrar en la...
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the number of cases of COVID-19 multiplied by 13 outside China, with a threefold increase in the number of affected countries. The WHO expressed its concern about the alarming levels of spread and severity of the outbreak, declaring the p...
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A raíz de la pandemia por COVID-19 y con el objetivo de frenar los contagios, el Gobierno de Chile desde mediados de marzo de 2020 ha implementado toque de queda nacional en horas nocturnas. El Ministerio de Salud se encuentra evaluando el efecto que esta medida pudiera tener en ...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to investigate whether there has been a reduction in patient admission to a high-complexity cancer care center in Brasil during the COVID-19 pandemic, similar to what was reported in Europe. METHODS: We reviewed the cancer tracking database of the largest can...
SUMMARY The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) brought up discussions about improvements in both primary healthcare and hospital care in Brasil. In addition, the use of information and communication technology tools has become more prominent in the transmission of health information to patients remotely. Th...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To analyze the mortality trend of young men who were victims of traffic injuries involving motorcycles in all Brazilian capitals from 2001 to 2015. METHODS: A time-series study on all deaths of men aged 20-39 years old due to traffic injuries involving motorcycles in all 27 Brazilian...
SUMMARY The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) infection started in China, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, in December 2019, and it was declared a pandemic in mid-March 2020, caused by a new coronavirus strain called SARS-CoV-2. The pathogenesis of kidney injury attributed to SARS- CoV-2 is not well defined yet. Observat...