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Gaps between supply and demand of acute myocardial infarction treatment in Mexico

Salud pública Méx; 62 (5), 2020
Abstract Objective: To analyze acute myocardial infarction (AMI) admissions and in-hospital mortality rates and evaluate the competence of the Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals to provide AMI treatment. Materials and methods: We used a mixed-methods approach: 1) Joinpoint analysis of hospitalizations ...

Manifestaciones clínicas y predictores de gravedad en pacientes adultos con infección respiratoria aguda por coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Rev. méd. Chile; 148 (10), 2020
BACKGROUND: In December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan city and spread rapidly throughout China and the world. AIM: To describe the clinical features, risk factors, and predictors of hospitalization in adult patients treated for acute respiratory infections associated with cor...

Impacto do Programa Academia da Saúde sobre gastos com internações hospitalares por doenças cerebrovasculares

O objetivo deste artigo é avaliar o impacto do Programa Academia da Saúde (PAS) sobre os gastos com internações hospitalares por doenças cerebrovasculares no estado de Pernambuco. Trata-se de uma avaliação de impacto de políticas públicas, desenvolvida através de uma abordagem quase-experimenta...

Epidemiological profile and hospitalization data of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Abstract Objective: This study's objective was to understand the epidemiologic profile of the patients with inflammatory bowel disease in the state of Tocantins, Brazil. Methods: This is a descriptive study of secondary data, which was gathered by using the Informatics Department of the Brazilian Healt...

Utilização do Modified Early Warning Score na transferência intra-hospitalar de pacientes

RESUMO Objetivo: Verificar se há associação entre o Modified Early Warning Score antes da transferência da emergência para enfermaria e o óbito ou a admissão na unidade de terapia intensiva em 30 dias. Métodos: Trata-se de estudo de coorte histórica desenvolvido em hospital de alta complexidad...

Neonatal near miss and the occurrence of negative outcomes in the first year of life: data from a national survey, Nascer no Brasil (Born in Brazil), 2011-2012

Abstract Objectives: estimate the strength of association between neonatal near miss and the nega-tive outcomes in the child's first year of life. Methods: a prospective cohort study on neonatal survivors originating from a national survey "Nascer no Brasil (Born in Brazil), 2011-2012." Main exposure: ...

Pronóstico Perinatal en embarazadas de tercer trimestre recuperadas de infección por COVID-19

INTRODUCCIÓN Y OBJETIVOS: COVID-19 es una patología producida por el virus RNA SARS-CoV-2, declarada pandemia por la OMS en marzo de 2020. La literatura mundial describe mayor incidencia de parto prematuro y cesáreas en pacientes infectadas por COVID-19 principalmente de origen iatrogénico, sin embar...

COVID 19 y embarazo en Chile: Informe preliminar del estudio multicéntrico GESTACOVID

INTRODUCCIÓN: En Chile, los efectos maternos y perinatales de la pandemia por SARS-CoV-2 son aún desconocidos. GESTACOVID es un estudio multicéntrico que incluye embarazadas y puérperas hasta el día 42 con COVID-19. El objetivo de este estudio es presentar un informe preliminar, describiendo el impa...

The anti-cancer League and public outreach for cancer control in Peru

Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos; 27 (supl.1), 2020
Abstract Peru's first cancer control public outreach scheme started in the 1910s, but ground to a standstill as it attained official governmental recognition in 1926 as the Liga Anti-Cancerosa (LAC). This paper explains the developments leading to that earliest effort to enlist a coalition of State healt...

Caracterización clínico epidemiológica de la leishmaniosis visceral infantil
Clinical epidemiological characterization of children visceral leishmaniasis

Rev. cuba. pediatr; 92 (3), 2020
Introducción: La leishmaniosis visceral es la más grave de las formas clínicas de la leishmaniosis, afecta principalmente a los niños y es potencialmente fatal. Objetivo: Exponer la caracterización clínico-epidemiológica de la leishmaniosis visceral en población pediátrica y su respuesta terap...