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Tracking excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 epidemic as an epidemiological surveillance strategy-preliminary results of the evaluation of six Brazilian capitals

Abstract INTRODUCTION: In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic. In Brazil, 110 thousand cases and 5,901 deaths were confirmed by the end of April 2020. The scarcity of laboratory resources, the overload on the service network, and the...

Cancer mortality in the Capitals and in the interior of Brazil: a four-decade analysis

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: to describe the trend of mortality from general cancer and more frequent types among men and women living in the Capitals and other municipalities of the five macro-regions of Brazil between 1978 and 2017. METHODS: Time series study with mortality data corrected by redistribution of...

Mortality trend due to Hepatitis B and C in the city of São Paulo, 2002-2016

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To describe mortality due to hepatitis B and C as underlying cause in the municipality of São Paulo, verifying the trend of these rates, and to assess the association of these diseases with others, from 2002 to 2016. METHODS: This is a time series study on mortality due to hepatiti...

Doenças crônicas não transmissíveis e os dilemas do cuidado: a teoria da ordem negociada revisitada

Saúde Soc; 29 (4), 2020
Resumo As doenças crônicas não transmissíveis são responsáveis por um alto índice de mortalidade no Brasil. Do ponto de vista socioantropológico, elas são exemplares na ilustração da experiência do mundo do doente em todas as dimensões da sua vida, tanto nos aspectos simbólicos como socioec...

Causes of death in Brazil: analysis by geographic regions and in the highest populated cities of São Paulo

Braz. j. oral sci; 19 (), 2020
Aim: In this study we described the causes of mortality in Brazil, its 5 geographic regions, and in the most populated cities of Sao Paulo State in order to contribute for development of prevention and intervention strategies. Methods: Data on causes of death and age distribution of the populations were ...

Factores que impactan en la mortalidad de los pacientes con trauma que ingresan al servicio de urgencias
Factors associated with mortality in trauma patients admitted to the emergency service

Repert. med. cir; 29 (3), 2020
Introducción: el trauma se ubica dentro de las primeras causas de mortalidad a nivel mundial; tener un mayor conocimiento permite crear estrategias con el fin de disminuir la mortalidad y las complicaciones, mejorando la calidad de atención y la respuesta oportuna en los servici...

Experimental Frog Virus 3 infection using Brazilian strain: amphibians susceptibility

An alarming number of global warnings concerning amphibian mortality outbreaks have been released in recent years. Emerging diseases stand out as the main potential causes. Ranavirus is a worldwide-spread highly infectious disease capable of affecting even other ectothermic animals such as fish and repti...

Biomarcadores suPAR y citocinas en la detección temprana de cáncer gástrico

Cienc. tecnol. salud; 7 (2), 2020
El cáncer gástrico (CG) es un problema prevalente a nivel mundial, presentándose aproximadamente 18 millones de casos nuevos en el año 2018, representa el 5.7% del total de cánceres, siendo la quinta neoplasia maligna más común en el mundo. En Guatemala se sitúa entre los primeros cinco cánceres...

Análise espacial e tendência da mortalidade por câncer de pênis em Sergipe, 2000 a 2015

RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a distribuição espacial e a tendência temporal da mortalidade por câncer de pênis em Sergipe. Método: estudo ecológico, com técnicas de análise espacial. Foram utilizados dados secundários dos óbitos por câncer de pênis de residentes dos municípios de Sergipe de ...

Tendencias de mortalidad por VIH/SIDA en la ciudad de Pereira, Colombia (2002-2014): estudio ecológico

Iatreia; 33 (1), 2020
RESUMEN Objetivo: evaluar las tendencias de la mortalidad por VIH y sus factores asociados en el periodo 2002-2014 del municipio de Pereira. Materiales y métodos: estudio ecológico de serie temporal. Utiliza como fuente de información las bases de datos de certificados de defunción codificados po...