Summary Objective: To characterize the use of alcohol and tobacco and correlate both to the diseases of outpatients in a general practice outpatient clinic. Method: The ASSIST (Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test) questionnaire was answered by 300 randomly chosen subjects assigned...
Distribución por Edad,
Factores de Edad,
Consumo de Bebidas Alcohólicas/efectos adversos,
Consumo de Bebidas Alcohólicas/epidemiología,
Alcoholismo/complicaciones,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Servicio Ambulatorio en Hospital/estadística & datos numéricos,
Enfermedades Respiratorias/epidemiología,
Enfermedades Respiratorias/etiología,
Factores de Riesgo,
Distribución por Sexo,
Factores Sexuales,
Fumar/efectos adversos,
Fumar/epidemiología,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Factores de Tiempo
Summary Introduction: Notifiable diseases (NDs) encompass conditions of high clinical severity and/or contagious. Being closed communities, long-term care facilities (LTCF) are places that deserve attention on their own, but one might be left wondering: what is the reality of NDs at Brazilian LTCFs? Ob...
Distribución por Edad,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Infección Hospitalaria/prevención & control,
Notificación de Enfermedades/estadística & datos numéricos,
Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología,
Hepatitis B/epidemiología,
Hepatitis C/epidemiología,
Hogares para Ancianos/estadística & datos numéricos,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Distribución por Sexo,
Instituciones de Cuidados Especializados de Enfermería/estadística & datos numéricos,
Tuberculosis Renal/epidemiología
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The World Health Organization recognizes suicide as a public health priority. Increased knowledge of suicide risk factors is needed in order to be able to adopt effective prevention strategies. The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the association between the ...
ABSTRACT Background. Cirrhosis remains the most frequent liver-related cause of death worldwide and we aimed to evaluate its burden in Brazil from 2000 to 2012. Material and methods. The Brazilian National Death Registry was analyzed from 2000 to 2012. Death by cirrhosis was defined by the presence of...
Objetivos: Determinar las características clínico epidemiológicas de pacientes adultos jóvenes con cáncer colorrectal. Materiales y métodos: Se solicitó la información recolectada por la Dirección General de Epidemiología mediante la estrategia de vigilancia en enfermedades no transmisibles dur...
ABSTRACT Objective The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components among pre- and postmenopausal women, as well as the association between menopausal status and MS. Materials and methods A retrospective study was conducted at a reference cardi...
Distribución por Edad,
Factores de Edad,
Glucemia/análisis,
Presión Sanguínea/fisiología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Colesterol/sangre,
Hipercolesterolemia/epidemiología,
Hipertensión/epidemiología,
Hipertrigliceridemia/epidemiología,
Síndrome Metabólico/epidemiología,
Posmenopausia,
Premenopausia,
Prevalencia,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Medición de Riesgo,
Factores de Riesgo,
Triglicéridos/sangre
Summary Introduction: Delirium is a common disorder that can potentiate mortality and comorbidity rates of patients hospitalized in intensive care units. Patients undergoing major orthopedic surgeries, such as knee and hip arthroplasty, are particularly vulnerable as they often have multiple risk facto...
Distribución por Edad,
Factores de Edad,
Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Cadera/efectos adversos,
Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Rodilla/efectos adversos,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Comorbilidad,
Delirio/epidemiología,
Delirio/etiología,
Incidencia,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias/epidemiología,
Periodo Posoperatorio,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Distribución por Sexo,
Factores Sexuales
Resumo A expectativa de vida ao nascer é um indicador sintético de mortalidade que reflete as condições gerais de vida de uma população. A variação da mortalidade por idade e causas gera mudanças não explícitas na análise simples do indicador. A aplicação de um método que decomponha a vari...
Background: Sequelae after a stroke are common and may lead to disability. Aphasia - defined as an acquired language disturbance - can cause important limitations in quality of life. Aim: To describe the epidemiological features of patients who had an aphasia after a first episode of ischemic stroke and ...
Afasia/epidemiología,
Isquemia Encefálica/epidemiología,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/epidemiología,
Distribución por Edad,
Afasia/etiología,
Isquemia Encefálica/complicaciones,
Chile/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Incidencia,
Pronóstico,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Accidente Cerebrovascular/complicaciones
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a patterned hair loss occurring due to systemic androgen and genetic factors. It is the most common cause of hair loss in both genders. In recent years, many studies investigating the relation between systemic diseases and androgenetic alopecia presen...
