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Alcohol, smoking and illicit drug use in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (3), 2016
Abstract Objective To evaluate alcohol, smoking and/or illicit drug use, and history of bullying in adolescent childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus and healthy controls. Methods 174 adolescents with pediatric rheumatic diseases were selected. All of the 34 childhood-onset systemic lupus erythem...

A comunicação dos doentes mecanicamente ventilados em unidades de cuidados intensivos

RESUMO Objetivo: Traduzir e adaptar cultural e linguisticamente o instrumento Ease of Communication Scale e determinar o nível de dificuldades de comunicação dos doentes submetidos à ventilação mecânica com entubação orotraqueal, relacionando-o a variáveis clínicas e sociodemográficas. Mé...

The effect of visitor number and spice provisioning in pacing expression by jaguars evaluated through a case study

Braz. j. biol; 76 (2), 2016
Abstract Captive animals exhibit stereotypic pacing in response to multiple causes, including the inability to escape from human contact. Environmental enrichment techniques can minimize pacing expression. By using an individual-based approach, we addressed whether the amount of time two males and a fema...

The Sarah evaluation scale for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: description and results

ABSTRACT Background Assessments of motor-functional aspects in cerebral palsy are crucial to rehabilitation programs. Objective To introduce the Sarah motor-functional evaluation scale and to report the initial results of its measurement properties. This scale was created based on the experience of the...

Content validity of the Geriatric Health Assessment Instrument

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective Assess the content validity of the Elderly Health Assessment Tool with low education. Methods The data collection instrument/questionnaire was prepared and submitted to an expert panel comprising four healthcare professionals experienced in research on epidemiology of aging. The ex...

Comparative analysis of ampoules and vials in sterile and conventional packaging as to microbial load and sterility test

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To compare sterility and microbial (bacteria and fungi) load in the outer part of hyperbaric bupivacaine (Neocaína®) in ampoule and bupivacaine in vial, in conventional and sterile pack formulations. Methods The sterile packs were divided into two groups: G1 (n=16) with ampoules ...

Pain assessment in elderly with dementia: Brazilian validation of the PACSLAC scale

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 14 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective To validate the Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate – Portuguese in demented elderly and to analyze its measurement properties. Methods We evaluated 50 elderly with dementia, residing in a nursing home and with limited communication abili...

Design of an allele-specific PCR assay to genotype the rs12255372 SNP in a pilot study of association between common TCF7L2 polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes in Venezuelans

Objective The global burden of diabetes mellitus will impact strongly American countries in the coming decades. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a multifactorial disease and the basis for its genetic susceptibility remains not fully understood. Different population studies have demonstrated that varian...

Factors affecting visual acuity after accelerated crosslinking in patients with progressive keratoconus

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: The present study aimed to report the outcomes of patients with progressive keratoconus who were treated via accelerated crosslinking (CXL) 6 months earlier and to determine the factors that promoted improved visual acuity after treatment. Methods: This retrospective study included 35...

Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography of choroidal osteoma with secondary neovascular membranes: report of two cases

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT We report enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) features based on clinical and imaging data from two newly diagnosed cases of choroidal osteoma presenting with recent visual loss secondary to choroidal neovascular membranes. The features described in the two cases, compre...