Abstract Objective: To describe the prevalence of dental pain in Brazilian preschoolers, as well as its associated factors, considering a representative sample of that population group in Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional study that used the analytical data from national oral health survey (SB Brazil) c...
Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of abdominal obesity and verify the association with sociodemographic factors (gender, school shift, ethnicity, age, maternal education and economic status) and lifestyle (alcohol consumption, sleep, soft drink consumption, level of physical activity and se...
Summary Introduction: Acute diarrheal disease is the second cause of death in children under 5 years. In Brazil, from 2003 to 2009, acute diarrhea was responsible for nearly 100,000 hospital admissions per year and 4% of the deaths in children under 5 years. Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe acut...
Enfermedad Aguda,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Diarrea/epidemiología,
Diarrea/prevención & control,
Diarrea/virología,
Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital,
Hospitalización/estadística & datos numéricos,
Programas de Inmunización,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Infecciones por Rotavirus/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Rotavirus/prevención & control,
Vacunas contra Rotavirus/administración & dosificación,
Estaciones del Año
Della Manna, Thais;
Setian, Nuvarte;
Savoldelli, Roberta Diaz;
Guedes, Dulce Rondina;
Kuperman, Hilton;
Menezes Filho, Hamilton Cabral;
Steinmetz, Leandra;
Cominato, Louise;
Dichtchekenian, Vaê;
Damiani, Durval.
Summary The International Diabetes Federation (IDF-2015) estimates the existence of 30,900 children under 15 years old with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) in Brazil, and an increase of 3.0% per year is expected. This review focused on meta-analysis and pediatric diabetes update articles in order to draw ...
RESUMO: Objetivo: O trabalho analisa a situação epidemiológica da tuberculose no Rio Grande do Sul, com enfoque na população indígena, com base no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan), entre 2003 e 2012. Métodos: Os casos notificados de tuberculose foram analisados confo...
RESUMO: Objetivo: Analisar os fatores preditores do abortamento entre jovens com antecedentes gestacionais. Métodos: Estudo seccional realizado com 464 jovens de Teresina, Piauí, que finalizaram uma gravidez no primeiro quadrimestre de 2006 em seis maternidades do município, com faixa etária entr...
ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to identify factors associated with severe malocclusion in young people in Sobral, Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. This is cross-sectional study nested in a cohort study with a sample of 569 young people aged from 17 - 21 years who participated in the survey on oral health...
RESUMO: Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência de desnutrição infantil e fatores associados em um município de elevado risco nutricional do Brasil. Métodos: Estudo transversal de base populacional com amostra de 478 crianças menores de 5 anos do município de Jordão, Acre. Foram calculados os indicad...
A Hanseníase se configura como um importante problema de saúde pública. Trata-se de uma doença crônica infectocontagiosa ocasionada pelo Mycobacterium leprae que leva a acometimentos dermatoneurológicos. O Brasil se encontra entre os 13 países mais endêmicos para a hanseníase no mundo. As regiõ...
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Due to its frequency and morbidity, such as that caused by scorpions have achieved public health importance in certain regions of the world. The present exploratory ecological study aimed to characterize the epidemiological profile and spatial distribution of scorpion stings in C...
