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Comportamento clínico dos pacientes com asma durante a pandemia de COVID-19

Introdução: A asma é uma doença respiratória crônica e os vírus respiratórios são gatilhos bem conhecidos das suas exacerbações. O coronavírus pode se manifestar com sintomas pulmonares. Objetivo: Avaliar o comportamento clínico dos pacientes com asma durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Métodos...

Prevalência e tempo de desenvolvimento da hipertensão arterial sistêmica em pacientes após transplante de fígado

Arq. gastroenterol; 58 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The use of immunosuppressive drugs after liver transplantation (LT) is associated with the development of systemic arterial hypertension (SAH), in addition to other comorbidities of metabolic syndrome. OBJECTIVE: Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze the time after ...

Impacto da pirose e regurgitação no bem-estar de indivíduos da população geral: um inquérito nacional brasileiro

Arq. gastroenterol; 58 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Heartburn and acid regurgitation are typical symptoms usually associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). GERD is one of the gastrointestinal diagnosis with higher prevalence worldwide, significantly impairing patients' quality of life. OBJECTIVE: The objective of thi...

Maternal insecurity in breastfeeding women served at a human milk bank

Abstract Objectives: to verify the prevalence and factors associated with maternal insecurity in breastfeeding with lactating women treated at a milk bank. Methods: cross-sectional study with secondary record data from January 2017 to December 2018 at the Human Milk Bank of the University Hospital of...

Características sociodemográficas e histopatológicas en pacientes con cáncer gástrico en una población con alto riesgo en Colombia

Resumen Objetivo: describir las características sociodemográficas e histopatológicas en pacientes con diagnóstico de adenocarcinoma gástrico en la Clínica Oncológica Aurora, durante el período 2014-2017 en la ciudad de Pasto, Colombia. Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo en una cohor...

Prevalencia de bocio y yodo-deficiencia en embarazadas indígenas de cinco áreas no metropolitanas de Colombia 2019

RESUMEN Objetivo: evaluar la prevalencia de yodo deficiencia y de bocio en mujeres indígenas gestantes de cinco áreas no metropolitanas en Colombia. Materiales y métodos: estudio de corte transversal descriptivo. Se incluyeron mujeres embarazadas de cualquier edad gestacional sin condiciones patoló...

Prevalencia y Severidad de Caries Dental en los Niños Beneficiarios del Programa de Salud Oral Asociados a Escuelas de Chile

La caries es la enfermedad crónica más prevalente en niños constituyendo un problema de salud pública a nivel mundial. El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la prevalencia y severidad de caries en niños y niñas pertenecientes al Programa de Salud Oral asociado a escuelas de la Junta Nacional d...

Cost-benefit analysis of drinking water fluoridation in 12-year-old children in the Biobío region, Chile

J. oral res. (Impresa); 10 (1), 2021
Fluoridation has been shown to be an effective measure against caries in children. The present study evaluates the cost-benefit of the fluoridated water program for the reduction of dental caries in 12-year-old children in the Biobío Region, the only region in Chile that has not implemented this program...

Prevalence of alcohol consumption and factors associated with binge drinking behavior among adolescents in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, 2016

Acta sci., Health sci; 43 (), 2021
To investigate the prevalence of alcohol consumption and the factors associated with binge drinking behavior amongadolescents in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. A cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample of 6,002 adolescents composed of students from public high schools in Pernambu...

Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in key cities of Brazil. A study in Joinville, Southern Brazil

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 79 (2), 2021
ABSTRACT Background: The Brazilian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (BCTRIMS) has launched an initiative to determine the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Brazil, based on key cities deemed representative of their regions in terms of demographic and environmental featur...