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Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality in patients on peritoneal dialysis

Objective: to characterize deaths that occurred, and the association between socio-demographic, clinical, laboratory variables and health-related quality of life and the outcome of death in patients on peritoneal dialysis, over a two year period after an initial assessment. Method: observational, prospe...

Pharmaceutical interventions in medications prescribed for administration via enteral tubes in a teaching hospital

Abstract Objective: to analyze the impact of guidelines regarding errors in medications prescribed for administration through enteral tubes. Method: quantitative study, in three phases, undertaken in internal medicine, neurology and an intensive care unit in a general teaching hospital. In Phase 1, t...

Prevalence and factors associated with preoperative anxiety in children aged 5-12 years

Abstract Objective: to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with preoperative anxiety in children who wait for outpatient surgery. Method: cross-sectional analysis of baseline data of a prospective cohort study that investigates the predictors of postoperative pain in children aged 5-12 years...

Prevalence of hypoalbuminemia and nutritional issues in hospitalized elders

ABSTRACT Objective: to estimate the prevalence of hypoalbuminemia in hospitalized elders, related to socio-demographic variables, nutritional status and length of stay. Methods: crosscutting study with 200 patients hospitalized in a large hospital in the South of Brazil during three months. Evaluatio...

Supervised physical therapy in women treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the effect of physical therapy on the range of motion of the shoulders and perimetry of the upper limbs in women treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer. Methods: a total of 35 participants were randomized into two groups, with 18 in the control group (CG) and 17 i...

Barriers to access to treatment for mothers with postpartum depression in primary health care centers: a predictive model

Objective to develop a predictive model to evaluate the factors that modify the access to treatment for Postpartum Depression (PPD). Methods prospective study with mothers who participated in the monitoring of child health in primary care centers. For the initial assessment and during 3 months, it was c...

Las lesiones cerebrales asintomáticas se asocian a un aumento de la incidencia de accidente cerebrovascular y de la mortalidad global
Asymptomatic brain injuries are associated with an increased incidence of stroke and overall mortality

Incidência e fatores de risco para hospitalização no período de 12 meses em idosos institucionalizados
Incidence and risk factors for hospitalization over a 12-month period in institutionalized elderly people

O acelerado processo de envelhecimento da população brasileira está associado ao incremento das doenças crônicas não transmissíveis, tornando cada vez maior a demanda por serviços de saúde. As taxas de internação hospitalar de idosos são mais elevadas do que as observadas em outros grupos et...

Impacto de la vacuna neumocócica conjugada 13-valente en la incidencia de neumonía consolidante en menores de 5 anos en el partido de Pilar, Buenos Aires: estudio de base poblacional

Arch. argent. pediatr; 113 (6), 2015
Introducción. En enero de 2012, en Argentina, fue introducida la vacuna neumocócica conjugada 13-valente (13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine; PCV13, por sus siglas en inglés) en el Calendario Nacional, en menores de 2 anos. La cobertura en el partido de Pilar en 2012 fue > 90% para las primeras ...

Candida en la cavidad oral de pacientes con VIH en Cali, Colombia: determinación de especies y sensibilidad al fluconazol

Iatreia; 28 (4), 2015
Introducción: Candida albicans es la levadura aislada con mayor frecuencia de la cavidad oral de individuos VIH positivos. El uso del fluconazol ha incrementado el aislamiento de especies de Candida diferentes de C. albicans resistentes o con sensibilidad disminuida a este antimicótico. Objetivo: estab...