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Características e fatores associados à hospitalização nos primeiros anos de vida: coorte de nascimentos de Pelotas de 2004, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Resumo: A hospitalização é um evento frequente nos primeiros anos de vida. No Brasil, a Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios de 2008 registrou uma taxa de hospitalização de 9% entre crianças menores de quatro anos. O estudo objetivou descrever as características da hospitalização nos sei...

Intraocular pressure and central corneal thickness in full-term newborns

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (5), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the central corneal thickness (CCT) and intraocular pressure (IOP) in full-term newborns and to correlate these values with the following variables: weight, sex, and post-conception age (PCA). Methods: IOP and CCT were determined in 52 full-ter...

Problemas relacionados a medicamentos antimicrobianos em unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal

RESUMO Objetivo: Determinar os principais problemas relacionados a medicamentos em neonatos sob uso de antimicrobianos. Métodos: Estudo observacional, prospectivo e longitudinal. Os problemas relacionados a medicamentos foram classificados de acordo com a versão 6.2 da Pharmaceutical Care Network Eur...

Embarazo ectópico cervical
Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy

El embarazo ectópico cervical es la implantación del huevo fertilizado a nivel del orificio cervical interno o por debajo de este. Se describe un caso de embarazo ectópico cervical en una paciente de 43 años con historia obstétrica de tres gestaciones, un parto por cesárea hace 19 años y un aborto...

Serum nesfatin-1 levels are decreased in pregnant women newly diagnosed with gestational diabetes

ABSTRACT Objective To investigate serum nesfatin-1 levels at 24-28 weeks of pregnancy in women newly diagnosed with gestational diabetes and determine the association of nesfatin-1 with several metabolic parameters. Subjects and methods Forty women newly diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 24-28 w...

Trends in the Prevalence of Live Macrosomic Newborns According to Gestational Age Strata, in Brazil, 2001-2010, and 2012-2014

Abstract Purpose To describe the trends in the prevalence of macrosomia (birth weight ± 4,000 g) according to gestational age in Brazil in the periods of 2001-2010 and 2012-2014. Methods Ecological study with data from the Brazilian Live Birth Information System (SINASC, in the Portuguese acronym) r...

Prevalence and characterization of neonatal skin disorders in the first 72 h of life

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 93 (3), 2017
Abstract Objective: To determine the prevalence of neonatal dermatological findings and analyze whether there is an association between these findings and neonatal and pregnancy characteristics and seasonality. Methods: Newborns from three maternity hospitals in a Brazilian capital city were randomly s...

Acute viral bronchiolitis and risk of asthma in schoolchildren: analysis of a Brazilian newborn cohort

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 93 (3), 2017
Abstract Objective: To verify whether the occurrence of acute viral bronchiolitis in the first year of life constitutes a risk factor for asthma at age 6 considering a parental history of asthma. Methods: Cross-sectional study in a cohort of live births. A standardized questionnaire of the Internationa...

Revisiting head circumference of Brazilian newborns in public and private maternity hospitals

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (6), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective To revisit the head circumference (HC) of newborns in public and private maternity hospitals; to correlate our findings with the gestational age, gender, and type of delivery; and build and validate graphs and curves. Methods This was a prospective study performed on healthy newbor...

El sobrepeso y la obesidad como factores de riesgo para la preeclampsia
Overweight and obesity as risk factors in preeclampsia

Introducción: la preeclampsia es un trastorno multisistémico que se caracteriza por una invasión anormal del trofoblasto y que tiene entre sus factores de riesgo la obesidad. Objetivo: determinar la relación entre la obesidad y la preeclampsia como desencadenantes de complicaciones maternas y perinat...