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Breast cancer screening in Brazil. Barriers related to the health system

Summary Objective: Identify factors related to the health system that lead to a late diagnosis of breast cancer in Brazil. Method: We performed a systematic review in the PubMed and LILACS databases using as keywords "Breast cancer," "system of health" and "Brazil or Brasil." We evaluated the content o...

Breast cancer screening in developing countries

Clinics; 72 (4), 2017
Developing countries have limited healthcare resources and use different strategies to diagnose breast cancer. Most of the population depends on the public healthcare system, which affects the diagnosis of the tumor. Thus, the indicators observed in developed countries cannot be directly compared with th...

Animal movement network analysis as a tool to map farms serving as contamination source in cattle cysticercosis

Pesqui. vet. bras; 37 (4), 2017
Bovine cysticercosis is a problem distributed worldwide that result in economic losses mainly due to the condemnation of infected carcasses. One of the difficulties in applying control measures is the identification of the source of infection, especially because cattle are typically acquired from multipl...

Utilidad de los cuestionarios de tamizaje para trastornos respiratorios del sueño en pediatría

The presence of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in pediatric population has been associated with several and relevant health problems. Unfortunatly, most of SDB cases remain under diagnosed due to diferent factors incluiding lack of available and good diagnostic tools. Sleep questionnaires have emerged ...

Prevalencia de Chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres embarazadas del Hospital Nacional “Prof. Alejandro Posadas”
OCCURRENCE OF CHLAMYDIA T. IN PREGNANT WOMEN AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL “ A. POSADAS”

Prensa méd. argent; 103 (2), 2017
Objetivo: Detectar la prevalencia de Chlamydia t. en mujeres embarazadas del Hospital Prof. A. Posadas. Materiales y método. Diseño: Se realizó un estudio observacional descriptivo y prospectivo, en el servicio de Obstetricia del Hospital Nacional Prof. Dr. A. Posadas en Argentina, en el área de Pato...

Marcadores séricos del primer trimestre y riesgo obstétrico en una población con alta prevalencia de obesidad
First-trimester serum markers and obstetric risk in a population with a high prevalence of obesity

Objetivo: La detección precoz del riesgo de complicaciones de la gestación como preeclampsia, parto pretérmino, y aborto, permitiría evitar morbimortalidad y secuelas. Hemos estudiado la relación entre niveles bajos de PAPP-A y BhCG con malos resultados obstétricos en una población con alta preval...

Screening cognitivo en adultos jóvenes infectados con VIH-1 en Buenos Aires
Cognitive screening in hiv-1 infected young adults at Buenos Aires, Argentina

Actual. SIDA. infectol; 25 (94), 2017
El deterioro cognitivo es altamente prevalente en pacientes infectados con VIH-1, aún en individuos jóvenes. En nuestro país, la información epidemiológica sobre el impacto del deterioro es escasa y carecemos de pruebas de screening con la validación local necesaria como para ...

Implantação e uso de sistema de rastreabilidade automatizado em central de materiais e esterilização

Rev. SOBECC; 22 (1), 2017
Objetivo: Descrever a implantação do sistema de rastreabilidade automatizada no Centro de Material e Esterilização (CME). Método: Relato de experiência desenvolvido entre 2011 e 2014. Foi escolhido o sistema de rastreabilidade mais adequado ao perfil da instituição e adquiridas as licenças bási...