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Impact of the Use of Different Diagnostic Criteria in the Prevalence of Dyslipidemia in Pregnant Women

Arq. bras. cardiol; 109 (1), 2017
Abstract Background: There is a physiologic elevation of total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG) during pregnancy. Some authors define dyslipidemia (DLP) in pregnant women when TC, LDL and TG concentrations are above the 95th percentile (p95%) and HDL concentration is below the 5th percentile (P5%...

Late onset multiple sclerosis: concerns in aging patients

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (7), 2017
ABSTRACT Late onset multiple sclerosis (LOMS) is when the first symptom starts after 50 years of age, representing 4.5% of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. This study describes the clinical characteristics of patients with LOMS followed at a specialized MS center in São Paulo. Data was obtained from me...

Perfil de mortalidade por causas externas entre Adventistas do Sétimo Dia e a população geral

Resumo Este estudo teve por objetivo comparar o perfil de mortalidade por causas externas entre Adventistas do Sétimo Dia e população geral do Espírito Santo no período de 2003 a 2009. Realizou-se busca dos Adventistas no banco nominal do Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade de posse das inform...

Sífilis congênita em Pernambuco: influência dos fatores sociodemográficos e assistenciais
Congenital Syphilis in Pernambuco: influence of sociodemographic and assistantial factors

A sífilis congênita é uma doença evitável, de fácil prevenção e um preocupante desfecho para a gestação, persistindo como um grave problema de saúde pública. Para o controle desta infecção e alcance da meta de eliminação (menor ou igual a 0,5 por mil nascidos vivos) é fundamental a reali...

Completitude das variáveis dos casos novos de hanseníase no Sistema de Informação de Agravo de Notificação
Evaluation of the completeness of variables of the new cases of leprosy in the Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação

Objetivo: Avaliar a completitude das variáveis dos casos novos de hanseníase notificados no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan) no Estado de Pernambuco. Métodos: Estudo descritivo; avaliada a qualidade da base de dados do Sinan quanto à completitude, no período de 2005 a 2014...

Clinical and Individual Variables in Children's Dental Fear: A School-Based Investigation

Braz. dent. j; 28 (3), 2017
Abstract This cross-sectional study evaluated the prevalence of dental fear and associated factors in schoolchildren aged 8 to 12 years old, in Pelotas, southern Brazil. Schoolchildren enrolled in 20 public and private schools were selected using a multi-stage sample design. Sociodemographic characterist...

Are Maternal Factors Predictors for Early Childhood Caries? Results from a Cohort in Southern Brazil

Braz. dent. j; 28 (3), 2017
Abstract This study aimed to determine the influence of maternal factors on the early development of dental caries in Brazilian preschoolers. This cross-sectional study was nested in a cohort of adolescent mothers. The current wave was performed when the children were aged 24 to 42 months. The questionna...

Cyrilia sp. (Apicomplexa: Haemogregarinidae) in the Amazonian freshwater stingray Potamotrygon wallacei (cururu stingray) in different hydrological phases of the Rio Negro

Braz. j. biol; 77 (2), 2017
Abstract Intraerythrocytic parasites are frequently found in fish, including elasmobranchs. The Amazonian rivers present well defined annual hydrological cycles that results in drastic modifications of the environmental conditions with deep implications in the life cycle of the whole associated biota in ...

Risk factors for gastrointestinal parasite infections of dogs living around protected areas of the Atlantic Forest: implications for human and wildlife health

Braz. j. biol; 77 (2), 2017
Abstract Despite the ubiquity of domestic dogs, their role as zoonotic reservoirs and the large number of studies concerning parasites in urban dogs, rural areas in Brazil, especially those at the wildlife-domestic animal-human interface, have received little attention from scientists and public health m...

Prevalence and characterization of neonatal skin disorders in the first 72 h of life

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 93 (3), 2017
Abstract Objective: To determine the prevalence of neonatal dermatological findings and analyze whether there is an association between these findings and neonatal and pregnancy characteristics and seasonality. Methods: Newborns from three maternity hospitals in a Brazilian capital city were randomly s...