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Diagnostic accuracy of barium enema findings in hirschsprung's disease

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 29 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Background: Hirschsprung's disease is the most common cause of pediatric intestinal obstruction. Contrast enema is used for evaluation of the patients with its diagnosis. Aim: To evaluate sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of radiologic findings ...

Cow's milk allergy: Evaluating tolerance through skin-prick test

Summary Objective: To evaluate the wheal diameter in allergy skin-prick tests (SPT) with cow’s milk extract (CM) comparing tolerant and persistent patients. Method: A retrospective cohort study involving database analysis of children with diagnosis of cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA) media...

Validez de constructo y confiabilidad de la versión en español del Spirituality Index of Well-Being (SIWB) en población colombiana con enfermedad pulmonar crónica

Introducción: La enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) es un problema de salud pública que está aumentando en Colombia, con altos costos sociales y económicos, sin contar con instrumentos para medir sus condiciones directamente. Objetivo: Estudiar la validez de constructo y la confiabilidad...

Validation of the rapid test carestart(tm) G6PD among malaria vivax-infected subjects in the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: In the Brazilian Amazon, malaria infections are primarily caused by Plasmodium vivax. The only drug that kills the hypnozoite form of P. vivax is primaquine, thereby preventing relapse. However, treating glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient individuals with primaqui...

Construcción y propiedades psicométricas de la escala de calidad de vida en el trabajo

Cienc. Trab; 18 (56), 2016
OBJETIVO: El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar las propiedades psicométricas de la escala de calidad de vida en el trabajo (ECVT) diseñada mediante redes semánticas para población mexicana. MÉTODO: Se efectuó el piloteo de la escala en una muestra de 830 trabajadores. Se realizó el análisis...

Prevalence of anxiety, depression and kinesiophobia in patients with low back pain and their association with the symptoms of low back spinal pain

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of anxiety, depression and kinesiophobia and their association with the symptoms of low back pain. Methods: A total of 65 patients were divided into three groups: Organic, Amplified Organic and Non-Organic. They answered the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck De...

Fat mass index performs best in monitoring management of obesity in prepubertal children

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (4), 2016
Abstract Objective An early and accurate recognition of success in treating obesity may increase the compliance of obese children and their families to intervention programs. This observational, prospective study aimed to evaluate the ability and the time to detect a significant reduction of adiposity e...

Neonatal screening for severe combined immunodeficiency in Brazil

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (4), 2016
Abstract Objective To apply, in Brazil, the T-cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) quantification technique using real-time polymerase chain reaction in newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency and assess the feasibility of implementing it on a large scale in Brazil. Methods 8715 newbor...

Portuguese cultural adaptation and validation of the Activities Scale for Kids (ASK)

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (4), 2016
Abstract Objectives: The main purpose of the current study was to perform the cross cultural adaptation and validation of the Activities Scale for Kids (ASK) both in its capability and performance versions to the European Portuguese language so it can be used in Portugal by healthcare professionals in c...