Summary Introduction: To investigate the sociodemographic and morbidity profile of advanced dementia patients and sociodemographic data of their primary caregivers. Method: Data was obtained from 67 elderly recruited for an observational prospective study, through interviews performed with primary care...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Cuidadores/psicología,
Cuidadores/estadística & datos numéricos,
Comorbilidad,
Demencia/epidemiología,
Demencia/enfermería,
Familia,
Evaluación Geriátrica,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Programas Nacionales de Salud,
Ensayos Clínicos Controlados no Aleatorios como Asunto,
Estudios Prospectivos,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Índices de Gravedad del Trauma
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infectious disease with a worldwide prevalence. The objective of this work is to identify risk areas for schistosomiasis mansoni transmission in the State of Sergipe, Brazil, during the period from 2005 to 2014. METHODS: We conducted an epidemiolog...
Abstract INTRODUCTION Brazilian spotted fever is an infectious disease with a high mortality rate if not treated early. Differential diagnosis is difficult, as the first clinical signs are non-specific and can be confused with other diseases. The aim of the study was to investigate evidence of infectio...
Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/sangre,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta,
Inmunoglobulina G/sangre,
Inmunoglobulina G/inmunología,
Inmunoglobulina M/sangre,
Inmunoglobulina M/inmunología,
Prevalencia,
Rickettsia/clasificación,
Rickettsia/inmunología,
Infecciones por Rickettsia/diagnóstico,
Infecciones por Rickettsia/epidemiología,
Estudios Seroepidemiológicos
Abstract INTRODUCTION American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is an endemic disease in many regions of Brazil; however, only few reports on the actual epidemiological conditions are available. Here, we aimed to assess the clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory characteristics of ATL patients and th...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: A Zika virus epidemic was registered in 2015 in Northeast Brazil. In the State of Pernambuco, thousands of classical cases transpired, and in the following months, neurological disturbances in adults and microcephaly in newborns emerged as complications. After the peak of the epid...
Abstract Zika virusis an arbovirus of the Flaviviridae family with two major strains, an Asian and an African strain. The main vectors involved in the transmission of Zika virus are the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Despite its identification, discovered in 1947 in the Zika forest in Uga...
ABSTRACT Purpose: To analyze epidemiological and microbiological aspects of microbial keratitis in children and adolescents. Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, bet...
Acanthamoeba/aislamiento & purificación,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Córnea/microbiología,
Infecciones Bacterianas del Ojo/epidemiología,
Infecciones Bacterianas del Ojo/microbiología,
Bacterias Gramnegativas/aislamiento & purificación,
Bacterias Grampositivas/aislamiento & purificación,
Queratitis/epidemiología,
Queratitis/microbiología,
Análisis Multivariante,
Prevalencia,
Valores de Referencia,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Factores de Riesgo
Abstract Objective: To evaluate a child development surveillance tool proposal to be used in primary care, with simultaneous use of the Denver II scale. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 282 infants aged up to 36 months, enrolled in a public daycare in a countryside community in Rio Grande d...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Discapacidades del Desarrollo/diagnóstico,
Discapacidades del Desarrollo/epidemiología,
Monitoreo Epidemiológico,
Tamizaje Masivo/instrumentación,
Tamizaje Masivo/métodos,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Prevalencia,
Atención Primaria de Salud/métodos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
Matos, Diana M;
Ramalho, Roberto J R;
Carvalho, Bruno M;
Almeida, Maria Augusta C T;
Passos, Luciana F D;
Vasconcelos, Talmay T S;
Melo, Enaldo V;
Oliveira, Carla R P;
Santos, Elenilde G;
Resende, Karla F;
Aguiar-Oliveira, Manuel H.
ABSTRACT Objectives To assess the evolution to permanent or transient conditions in children with positive neonatal TSH tests in Sergipe, Brazil, from 2004 to 2010. Subjects and methods Out of 193,794 screened newborns, 713 presented a neonatal TSH level higher than the local cutoff (5.2 µU/mL). Fro...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Hipotiroidismo Congénito/sangre,
Hipotiroidismo Congénito/diagnóstico,
Hipotiroidismo Congénito/epidemiología,
Hipotiroidismo Congénito/fisiopatología,
Progresión de la Enfermedad,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Incidencia,
Tamizaje Neonatal/métodos,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Estándares de Referencia,
Valores de Referencia,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Tirotropina/sangre,
Tiroxina/sangre,
Factores de Tiempo
