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Management of inflammatory bowel disease patients in the COVID-19 pandemic era: a Brazilian tertiary referral center guidance

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
The world is fighting the COVID-19 outbreak and health workers, including inflammatory bowel diseases specialists, have been challenged to address the specific clinical issues of their patients. We hereby summarize the current literature in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients duri...

Is the newly defined r2cha2ds2-vasc score a predictor for late mortality in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement?

Abstract Objective: To assess the performance of the modified R2CHA2DS2-VASc score for predicting mid-to-long-term mortality (> 30 days) in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Methods: Data of 78 patients who underwent TAVR were retrospectively reviewed. R2CHA2DS2-VASc...

German aortic valve score in risk assessment for surgical aortic valve replacement in a brazilian center

Abstract Objective: To test the German Aortic Valve (GAV) score at our university hospital in patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR). Methods: A total of 224 patients who underwent isolated conventional AVR between January 2015 and December 2018 were included. Patients with concomi...

Adults at high-risk of severe coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) in Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the proportion and total number of the general adult population who may be at higher risk of severe Covid-19 in Brazil. METHODS We included 51,770 participants from a nationally representative, household-based health survey (PNS) conducted in Brazil. We estimated the pr...

Incidence, persistence and risk factors of fear of falling in older adults: cohort study (2008-2013) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence and persistence of fear of falling in older adults and the clinical/functional, psychosocial and lifestyle-related risk factors. METHODS A longitudinal study with 393 community-dwelling older adults aged 65 years and over (110 men/ 283 women) resident in t...

Mortality from gastroschisis in the state of Rio de Janeiro: a 10-year series

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze mortality and associated factors in a series of gastroschisis at birth in the state of Rio de Janeiro in a 10-year period (2005 to 2014). METHOD A retrospective cohort study, which related the databases of the Live Births Information System and the Mortality Information ...

Health belief model for coronavirus infection risk determinants

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To use the advantages of a ratio scale with verbal anchors in order to measure the risk perception in the novel coronavirus infection, which causes covid-19, in a health belief model-based questionnaire, as well as its validity and reproducibility. METHOD We used the health belief mo...

A brief-review of the risk factors for covid-19 severity

ABSTRACT The World Health Organization has emphasized that one of the most important questions to address regarding the covid-19 pandemic is to understand risk factors for disease severity. We conducted a brief review that synthesizes the available evidence and provides a judgment on the consistency of t...

La relación interpersonal terapéutica en el acercamiento a personas con epilepsia y depresión

Horiz. enferm; 31 (2), 2020
INTRODUCCIÓN: Los trastornos mentales, como La depresión, pueden estar presentes en la vida de las personas con epilepsia, acompañados de aislamiento, dificultades com El estudio y El trabajo, así como El riesgo de suicidio. OBJETIVO: identificar síntomas sugestivos de depresión en personas con epi...

Riesgos psicosociales intralaborales y de estrés en trabajadores del sector secundario

Horiz. enferm; 31 (2), 2020
INTRODUCCIÓN. La presencia de factores de riesgo psicosociales y de estrés en trabajadores de los países en desarrollo puede generar trastornos diversos, como alteración en el sueño, alimentación, entre otros. OBJETIVO. Establecer los riesgos psicosociales intralaborales y de estrés en...