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Relação entre condição gengival e fatores sociodemográficos de adolescentes residentes em uma região brasileira

O objetivo deste artigo é relacionar as condições gengival e socioeconômica e distribuição demográfica de adolescentes residentes em uma região desfavorecida brasileira. O estudo transversal foi realizado com amostra probabilística de 450 adolescentes (15-19 anos) em 13 municípios sorteados no ...

Oral health and quality of life: an epidemiological survey of adolescents from settlement in Pontal do Paranapanema/SP, Brazil

This study aimed to verify oral health, treatment needs, dental service accessibility, and impact of oral health on quality of life (QL) of subjects from settlement in Pontal do Paranapanema/SP, Brazil. In this epidemiological survey, 180 10-to 19- years old adolescents enrolled in the school that attend...

Angioplastia coronariana primária em pacientes com mais de 80 anos

Introdução: É cada vez mais prevalente o número de idosos submetidos à intervenção coronariana percutânea primária (ICPp). Historicamente, essa população apresenta pior prognóstico quando comparada aos mais jovens. Nosso objetivo foi comparar as características e os desfechos clínicos em 30...

Epidemiology of angioedema without wheals in an allergy and immunology center

Medicina (B.Aires); 75 (5), 2015
We describe the diagnostic epidemiology, the clinical course, the family history and the response to treatment of patients with angioedema without wheals (AWW) at an Allergy and Immunology Clinical Center. We reviewed the case records of all patients at our office from January 1997 to April 2013. We reco...

Insomnia current diagnosis: an appraisal

Rev. bras. neurol; 51 (3), 2015
Chronic insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in adults andits diagnosis is fundamental for adequate clinical management. The aim of this paper is to present recently published definitions of insomnia according to current international classifications, such as the International Classification of Sle...

Effects of aerobic physical exercise on cognition

Rev. bras. neurol; 51 (3), 2015
INTRODUCTION: The increasing prevalence of cognitive impairment in older adults is a major concern nowadays. Interventions able to change the natural history of the most common cause of cognitive impairment in older adults, Alzheimer's disease (AD), are needed. Physical inactivity is considered one of th...

Los estudios económicos en enfermedades crónicas de alta prevalencia

Acta méd. colomb; 40 (4), 2015
Los estudios económicos han ido ganando importancia en el mundo de las publicaciones científicas. De apenas quinientos estudios registrados en la base de datos de PubMed en 2000 con el descriptor “Costos y Análisis de Costo (“Costs and Cost Analysis”[Mesh]), se ha pasado a nueve mil publicac...

Prevalencia del cáncer en una aseguradora en salud en Colombia, 2013

Rev. colomb. cancerol; 19 (4), 2015
Resumen Introducción: El cáncer es una de las principales causas de muerte no violenta en el mundo, se calcula que anualmente se presentan más de 11 millones de casos nuevos, de los cuales 80% se presentan en países en vías de desarrollo. Objetivo: Conocer la prevalencia del cáncer en una població...

Anemia and iron deficiency in Mexican elderly population: Results from the Ensanut 2012

Salud pública Méx; 57 (5), 2015
Objective. To describe de prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and anemia in a sample of Mexican elderly population from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut) 2012. Materials and methods. 1 920 subjects ≥60 years of age were included. Hemoglobin, serum concentrations of ferritin and CRP ...

Nutritional status of iron, vitamin B12, folate, retinol and anemia in children 1 to 11 years old: Results of the Ensanut 2012

Salud pública Méx; 57 (5), 2015
Objective. To describe the frequency of anemia, iron, vitamin B12, folate, retinol and predictors of anemia among Mexican children from Ensanut 2012. Materials and methods. Hemoglobin, ferritin, CRP, vitamin B12, retinol and folate concentrations were measured in 2 678 children aged 1-4 y and 4 275 child...