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Occurrence and Severity of Oral Mucositis in Brazilian Pediatric Cancer Patients

Abstract Objective: To determine the occurrence and severity of oral mucositis (OM) and the factors associated with the onset of severe oral mucositis (SOM) in pediatric cancer patients. Material and Methods: This was a longitudinal and prospective study with 85 children and adolescents (aged 0 to 19 y...

Colorectal cancer in patients under age 50: a five-year experience

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective : to evaluate the clinical characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer under the age of 50 treated at a public hospital in Brasilia over 5 years. Methods: we conducted a longitudinal, retrospective study, with 184 patients undergoing surgical procedures at the Asa Norte Regio...

Catastrophic health expenditure and multimorbidity among older adults in Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To estimate the relation between catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and multimorbidity in a national representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 year or older. METHODS: This study used data from 8,347 participants of the Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde dos Idosos Bras...

Baby-led weaning, an overview of the new approach to food introduction: integrative literature review

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the scientific literature on Baby-Led Weaning with an integrative literature review to identify risks and benefits. Data source: The databases used were: National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS - Literatur...

Queimaduras ocupacionais no Distrito Federal, Brasil: Estudo retrospectivo de 17 anos

Rev. bras. queimaduras; 19 (1), 2020
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a epidemiologia das queimaduras ocupacionais e as características sociodemográficas das vítimas de queimaduras internadas em um hospital público no período de 17 anos. MÉTODO: Estudo longitudinal, retrospectivo de abordagem quantitativa realizado na unidade de queimados de um hosp...

Adesão ao Aleitamento Materno Exclusivo em Bebês de 0 a 6 Meses Nascidos em um Hospital e Maternidade do Município de São Paulo
Exclusive Breastfeeding Adhesion of Babies from 0 to 6 Months Born in a Hospital and Maternity of São Paulo City

Objetivo:Investigar a adesão de aleitamento materno (AM) em um Hospital Amigo da Criança em São Paulo. Metodologia:Estudo longitudinal, prospectivo de abordagem quali-quantitativa e observacional realizado com 40 mães de recém-nascidos e lactentes à termo, no período de fevere...

Association between dietary patterns and renal function in a cross-sectional study using baseline data from the ELSA-Brasil cohort

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 53 (12), 2020
Previous analyses of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) identified four main dietary patterns (DP). The aim of this study was to explore the association between the previously defined DP and renal function (RF). A cross-sectional study using the ELSA-Brasil baseline data was c...

Association between cognitive performance and self-reported glaucoma in middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of ELSA-Brasil

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 53 (12), 2020
Recent evidence suggests that glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease are neurodegenerative diseases sharing common pathophysiological and etiological features, although findings are inconclusive. We sought to investigate whether self-reported glaucoma patients without dementia present poorer cognitive performa...

Clinical and microbiological evaluation of non-surgical periodontal therapy in obese and non-obese individuals with periodontitis: a 9-month prospective longitudinal study

J. appl. oral sci; 28 (), 2020
Abstract Objective Obesity is a chronic disease that negatively affects an individual's general and oral health. The present study aimed to compare the clinical and microbiological effects of non-surgical periodontal therapy with the full mouth disinfection (FMD) protocol on obese and non-obese individu...

Neck and waist circumference values according to sex, age, and body-mass index: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 53 (10), 2020
Body fat distribution predicts cardiovascular events better than body-mass index (BMI). Waist circumference (WC) and neck circumference (NC) are inexpensive anthropometric measurements. We aimed to present the conditional distribution of WC and NC values according to BMI, stratified by age and sex, from ...