Objetivo: Investigar o uso da tecnologia informática, sobretudo do microcomputador como aliado no processo de reabilitação psicossocial de pessoas em sofrimento psíquico, buscando identificar as repercussões do uso da informática no contexto social dessas pessoas. Métodos: Trata-se de uma pesquisa...
La DM2 es una patología de crecimiento exponencial en los últimos años, por lo que su control es un llamado a intensificar los programas de salud dirigidos a esta población. Sin embargo, se presenta una falta de adherencia al tratamiento, por lo que esfuerzos realizados por el equipo médico se ven e...
Tradicionalmente se había considerado que por razones éticas, la salud y la economía deberían mantener una distancia saludable. Sin embargo, cada vez, con más frecuencia, se encuentra en la literatura médica toda la terminología relacionada con la evaluación económica de intervenciones en salud....
A asma é uma doença inflamatória crônica das vias respiratórias, geralmente associada à hiper-reatividade das vias aéreas e obstrução do fluxo de ar e caracterizada por crises recorrentes de sibilos, dispneia, opressão torácica e tosse. Durante uma crise asmática, cuja frequência e gravidade...
Introducción: La cirugía mayor ambulatoria confiere al sistema sanitario un modelo de gestión eficiente y de alta calidad. Objetivo: Conocer los resultados de la cirugía mayor ambulatoria en otorrinolaringología (ORL) en un hospital de baja complejidad. Material y método: Estudio descriptivo retros...
Musculoskeletal system disorders (MSDs) are amongst the most commonly encountered problems in orthopaedics and physiotherapy practice all over the world and back pain is amongst the most prevalent of musculoskeletal presentations encountered in clinical practice. The attendant deformities, huge economic ...
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to observe the influence of orthodontic treatment on the hyoid position of patients with different vertical skeletal craniofacial patterns of mandibular deviations. METHODS: A total of 60 patients with mandibular deviations, including 30 males and 30 females with a m...
Thymoma is the most common neoplasm of the anterior mediastinum but thymoma with Sjögren syndrome (SS) is rare. Sjögren syndrome is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disorder. It is characterized by lymphocytemediated destruction of exocrine glands, which leads to absent glandular secretion. Here, we ...
OBJECTIVES: Although common worldwide, intravaginal cleansing is associated with poor health outcomes. We sought to describe intravaginal cleansing among women attending a sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic in Jamaica. METHODS: We examined intravaginal cleansing ("washing up inside the vagina", ...
Instituciones de Atención Ambulatoria,
Conductas Relacionadas con la Salud,
Jamaica,
Modelos Logísticos,
Conducta Sexual,
Parejas Sexuales,
Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual/prevención & control,
Jabones/uso terapéutico,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Ducha Vaginal
A 60-year old female patient was found comatosed at home and taken to the hospital's Emergency Department by her relatives. It was learnt that she wrapped her knees with spirit-impregnated cotton pad for pain for one week. On physical examination, only a colour change of purple violet on her knees was no...
