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Epidemiology of envenomation by Africanized honeybees in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 23 (), 2020
ABSTRACT: Introduction: In the American continent, accidents caused by honeybees are a public health problem due to the high incidence and severity of the cases. Despite its medical importance, there are few epidemiological studies on this topic in Brazil, especially referring to the Northeastern state...

Relação entre gravidade clínica e horas de cuidados de enfermagem em um pronto socorro

Rev Rene (Online); 21 (), 2020
RESUMO Objetivo avaliar a relação entre a gravidade clínica de pacientes e as horas de cuidados dos profissionais de enfermagem em um pronto socorro. Métodos estudo correlacional, que se utilizou dos instrumentos Nursing Activities Score e Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation I. Result...

Poder preditivo de uma escala de alerta precoce para deterioração clínica de pacientes críticos
Predictive power of an early warning scale for clinical deterioration of critically ill patients

Rev. enferm. UFSM; 10 (), 2020
Objetivo: avaliar o poder preditivo de uma escala de alerta precoce modificada para identificação de deterioração clínica em pacientes críticos. Método: estudo descritivo, quantitativo, em hospital de ensino, com 214 indivíduos na unidade de terapia intensiva, por meio de revisão dos prontuário...

Association between atherogenic dyslipidemia and fourniers gangrene

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine whether atherogenic dyslipidemia is associated with the disease and morbidity in our patients treated for Fournier's gangrene (FG). METHODS Sixty-two patients who were treated with the diagnosis of FG at our center between 2012 and 2017 were retrospectively scr...

Evaluation of 880 patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis according to the Revised Atlanta Classification: A single-center experience

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE The Revised Atlanta Classification (RAC) is increasingly used in the evaluation of patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis (AP). In our study, we aimed to evaluate the etiology, disease severity, and mortality rates of patients diagnosed with AP in our center in the previous 6 year...

Brazilian Nutritional Consensus in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Graft- versus -host disease

ABSTRACT The Brazilian Consensus on Nutrition in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Graft- versus -host disease was approved by Sociedade Brasileira de Transplante de Medula Óssea , with the participation of 26 Brazilian hematopoietic stem cell transplantation centers. It describes the main nutrit...

Swallowing, voice and quality of life of patients submitted to extended supratracheal laryngectomy

ABSTRACT Objective To describe functional and quality of life results after extended supratracheal laryngectomy. Methods In the period from September 2009 to January 2018, 11 male subjects were submitted to extended supratracheal laryngectomy. Swallowing abilities were assessed through videofluorosco...

Exposure to secondhand smoke among patients with asthma: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Objective To estimate the frequency of secondhand smoke exposure among patients with asthma. Methods A cross-sectional study of asthma patients and non-asthmatic controls using questionnaires to identify secondhand smoke exposure at home, school, work, and public places. Results We studied 54...

Association between eating disorders, suicide and depressive symptoms in undergraduate students of health-related courses

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify symptoms of eating disorders and potential associations with risk of suicide and depressive symptoms in undergraduate students of health-related courses. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 271 students. The following instruments were used to identify symptoms of ...

Comparación de Panc3 con Apache II como escalas predictoras de severidad en pancreatitis aguda en Hospital de Especialidades Carlos Andrade Marín
Comparison between Panc3 score and Apache II score to predict severity in acute pancreatitis in Carlos Andrade Marin Speciality Hospital

Cambios rev. méd; 18 (2), 2019
INTRODUCCIÓN. La pancreatitis aguda es una patología que conlleva importante morbilidad, la adecuada estratificación de su severidad determina su manejo oportu-no. OBJETIVO. Comparar la escala Panc3 con el Apache II como predictora de seve-ridad en pacientes con pancreatitis aguda. MATERIALE...