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Tuberculosis and COVID-19, the new cursed duet: what differs between Brazil and Europe?

J. bras. pneumol; 47 (2), 2021
ABSTRACT On April 1st, 2020, COVID-19 surpassed tuberculosis regarding the number of deaths per day worldwide. The combination of tuberculosis and COVID-19 has great potential for morbidity and mortality. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the diagnosis and treatment of tu...

Defunciones por COVID-19: distribución por edad y universalidad de la cobertura médica en 22 países

RESUMEN Objetivo. Relacionar la distribución etaria estandarizada de las defunciones por COVID-19 en 22 países americanos y europeos, con diferentes indicadores de las características de las poblaciones y de los sistemas de salud. Métodos. Las distribuciones de las defunciones por COVID-19 por grup...

Revisiones rápidas: definiciones y usos

Medwave; 21 (1), 2021
Este artículo es el primero de una serie metodológica colaborativa de revisiones narrativas sobre temáticas de bioestadística y epidemiología clínica. El objetivo de esta revisión es presentar las revisiones rápidas, compararlas con las revisiones sistemáticas y mencionar su uso actual. Las revi...

Segunda onda de COVID-19 na Europa 2

O número de novos casos na Europa vem aumentando desde agosto, porém, em outubro, houve uma elevação considerável. Houve maior número de hospitalizações e a taxa de ocupação de leitos de UTI por COVID-19 está aumentando rapidamente, principalmente, devido à sua demanda pela população de 65 ...

Segunda onda de COVID-19 na Europa

A Organização Mundial de Saúde publicou, em seu site oficial, uma advertência aos governantes e responsáveis de saúde de toda a União Europeia e Reino Unido quanto ao aumento no número de notificação de pessoas infectadas pelo coronavírus (SARS-CoV-2), a preocupação é a ocorrência de uma s...

The teaching of Medical Law in Brasil

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: To provide a brief overview of the teaching of medical law in Brazilian law schools, proposing a syllabus if needed. METHODS: Survey the curricula of the best-ranked Law Schools in the country and reference Law Schools in the USA and Europe. Analyze the disciplines offered and their ...

Deep brain stimulation treatment in dystonia: a bibliometric analysis

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 78 (9), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Dystonia is a heterogeneous disorder that, when refractory to medical treatment, may have a favorable response to deep brain stimulation (DBS). A practical way to have an overview of a research domain is through a bibliometric analysis, as it makes it more accessible for researcher...

Global health in the making: health demonstration areas in Europe, 1950s and 1960s

Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos; 27 (supl.1), 2020
Abstract Global health is a multifaceted concept that entails the standardization of procedures in healthcare domains in accordance with a doctrine agreed upon by experts. This essay focus on the creation of health demonstration areas by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to establish core nodes for int...

Debordering public health: the changing patterns of health border in modern Europe

Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos; 27 (supl.1), 2020
Abstract According to David Fidler, the governance of infectious diseases evolved from the mid-nineteenth to the twenty-first century as a series of institutional arrangements: the International Sanitary Regulations (non-interference and disease control at borders), the World Health Organization vertical...