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Confiabilidade interobservadores na classificação de pares formados no relacionamento probabilístico entre bases de dados do SISMAMA

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 22 (), 2019
RESUMO: Introdução: O estudo avaliou a confiabilidade interobservadores na classificação de pares de registros formados durante o processo de relacionamento probabilístico, sendo uma das etapas de validação da metodologia a ser utilizada em pesquisa sobre desigualdades de acesso às ações de c...

Visual and automatic classification of the cyclic alternating pattern in electroencephalography during sleep

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 52 (3), 2019
Cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) is a neurophysiological pattern that can be visually scored by international criteria. The aim of this study was to verify the feasibility of visual CAP scoring using only one channel of sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) to evaluate the inter-scorer agreement in a variety ...

Evaluation of safety, effectiveness and reproducibility of telemedicine for neurosurgical screening

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To ascertain the safety, effectiveness and reproducibility of screening potential neurosurgical patients by means of smartphones. Methods: This is a retrospective and multicentric study. Data were collected from the medical records of patients subjected to real emergency neurosurgic...

Reproducibility of carotid ultrasound measurements in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) at baseline

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 52 (8), 2019
Carotid artery assessment by ultrasound is a non-invasive evaluation of subclinical atherosclerosis and a predictor of cardiovascular events. However, ultrasound examinations are operator-dependent. In the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), ultrasound images have been acquired fr...

Comparative study between monoexponential and biexponential diffusion weighted imaging sequences in multiparametric prostate magnetic resonance imaging

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare qualitatively and quantitatively, in terms of image quality, a new biexponential diffusion sequence protocol with the standard monoexponential diffusion protocol on multiparametric prostate magnetic resonance imaging. Methods: This study had a prospective data collection ...

Ultrasound of entheses in ankylosing spondylitis patients: The importance of the calcaneal and quadriceps entheses for differentiating patients from healthy individuals

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: To compare the ultrasonographic findings of entheses in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients with those of healthy control individuals and to assess the ability of ultrasound (US) to identify aspects related to the disease. METHODS: A cross-sectional study involving 50 patients with AS and 3...

"Shadow" OSCE examiner. A cross-sectional study comparing the "shadow" examiner with the original OSCE examiner format

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: Feedback is a powerful learning tool, but a lack of appropriate feedback is a very common complaint from learners to teachers. To improve opportunities for feedback on objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs), a modified examiner role, termed the "shadow" examiner, was tested. This ...

Challenges in measuring angles between craniofacial structures

J. appl. oral sci; 27 (), 2019
Abstract Objective: Three-dimensional (3D) angular measurements between craniofacial planes pose challenges to quantify maxillary and mandibular skeletal discrepancies in surgical treatment planning. This study aims to compare the reproducibility and reliability of two modules to measure angles between ...

The Brazillian version of the hand mobility in scleroderma (HAMIS) test: translation and validation

Adv Rheumatol; 59 (), 2019
Abstract Background: The Hand Mobility in Scleroderma (HAMIS) test was created to measure the degree of dysfunction of hand movements imposed by systemic sclerosis (SSc). The modified version (mHAMIS), with 4 of the 9 original items, was developed later. The goal of the present study was to translate an...

Cross-cultural adaptation and reliability of the pain response to activity and position questionnaire

Adv Rheumatol; 59 (), 2019
Abstract Background: The World Health Organization reports that one of the main incapacitating conditions in older adults is osteomusculoskeletal disorders, and among these is low back pain. There are few instruments translated and transculturally adapted with psychometric properties evaluated for older...