Visceral leishmaniasis in Southern Rio de Janeiro State and the risk of propagation to São Paulo State, Brazil
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 49 (2), 2016
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Two decades of tuberculosis in a city in Northeastern Brazil: advances and challenges in time and space
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 49 (2), 2016
Abstract: INTRODUCTION This study presents two decades of epidemiological data on tuberculosis (TB), in order to understanding the disease profile and its spatiotemporal dynamics. METHODS This descriptive study was performed in the City of Olinda/Pernambuco, Brazil, from 1991-2010, and it analyzed ne...
Zika epidemic and social inequalities: Brazil and its fate
Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (2), 2016
Impact of health research on advances in knowledge, research capacity-building and evidence-informed policies: a case study on maternal mortality and morbidity in Brazil
Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT: CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: National health research systems aim to generate high-quality knowledge so as to maintain and promote the population's health. This study aimed to analyze the impact of maternal mortality/morbidity research funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and institutional pa...
Investigación Biomédica/organización & administración, Investigación Biomédica/estadística & datos numéricos, Brasil/epidemiología, Toma de Decisiones, Atención a la Salud/organización & administración, Medicina Basada en la Evidencia, Agencias Gubernamentales, Política de Salud, Investigación sobre Servicios de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos, Mortalidad Materna, Morbilidad, Programas Nacionales de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos, Calidad de la Atención de Salud/organización & administración
Prevalence of high blood pressure measured in the Brazilian population, National Health Survey, 2013
Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT: CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: High blood pressure (hypertension) is the most frequent cause of morbidity and a major risk factor for cardiovascular complications. The aim here was to describe the prevalence of blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90 mmHg in the adult Brazilian population and ...
Mistreatment in an academic setting and medical students' perceptions about their course in São Paulo, Brazil: a cross-sectional study
Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT: CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: High prevalence of mistreatment among medical students has been described in the worldwide literature since the 1980s. However, studies addressing the severity and recurrence of victimization and its effects on students' perceptions of their medical course are scarce. T...
Trichosporon isolation from human ungueal infections: is there a pathogenic role?
An. bras. dermatol; 91 (2), 2016
Abstract BACKGROUND: Although dermatophytes are considered the major cause of onychomycosis, many reports have incriminated non-dermatophyte moulds and yeasts in the disease’s etiology. Successive Trichosporon isolation from onychomycosis has led to the genus being suspected as a nail primary path...
Hospital-based surveillance of intussusception among infants
J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (2), 2016
Abstract Objective: Intussusception surveillance was initiated after the nationwide introduction of live attenuated monovalent rotavirus vaccine (RV1). The objective is to assess the epidemiology of intussusception and compare the number of cases before and after the introduction of rotavirus vaccine. ...
Factors influencing excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents
J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 92 (2), 2016
Abstract Objective: Sleep deprivation in adolescents has lately become a health issue that tends to increase with higher stress prevalence, extenuating routines, and new technological devices that impair adolescents' bedtime. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the excessive sleepiness frequency and t...
Perioperative cardiac arrest: an evolutionary analysis of the intra-operative cardiac arrest incidence in tertiary centers in Brazil
Rev. bras. anestesiol; 66 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Great changes in medicine have taken place over the last 25 years worldwide. These changes in technologies, patient risks, patient profile, and laws regulating the medicine have impacted the incidence of cardiac arrest. It has been postulated that the incidence of intraoperative ca...