Introducción: La infección neonatal constituye una de las enfermedades más comunes debido a la susceptibilidad de estos pacientes. Esta infección puede llegar a la sepsis neonatal e incrementar la mortalidad. Objetivo: Determinar las características clínicas y epidemiológicas de la infección neon...
Objetivo Geral: desenvolver com a participação de um grupo de interesse, diretrizes baseadas em evidências, de abordagem à criança vulnerável aos transtornos respiratórios relacionados às queimadas sazonais na Amazônia, para utilização da enfermagem na rede de atenção básica. Método: adoto...
Abstract Background The aim of carotid interventions is to prevent cerebrovascular events. Endovascular treatment (carotid-artery-stenting/CAS) has become established as an alternative to open surgery in some cases. Historically, female sex has been considered as a perioperative risk factor, however, th...
Abstract Background Open surgical repair (OSR) and endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) surgery are alternative treatments for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (IRAAA). Objectives To compare OSR and EVAR for the treatment of IRAAA. Methods 119 patients with IRAAA were electively operated by the sam...
Abstract Background Arterial diseases represent a severe public health problem in the 21st century. Although men have a higher overall prevalence, reports have suggested that women may exhibit atypical manifestations, be asymptomatic, and have hormonal peculiarities, resulting in worse outcomes and seve...
INTRODUÇÃO: Idosos com 80 anos ou mais representam o segmento populacional com o maior crescimento proporcional em países emergentes. Investigações abordando a tendência de mortalidade por neoplasias malignas na população muito idosa no Brasil são escassas e incomuns. OBJETIVO: Descrever a tend...
OBJECTIVE: To describe infection and mortality rates associated with COVID-19 in older people living in Brazilian care homes. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using primary and secondary data sources. Nationwide care home administrators were invited to report, via an online ques...
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) accounts for 5 to 10% of all types of stroke, with
rupture of brain aneurysms being related to deficits in memory, executive functions,
and language. Changes in brain functions appear to be related to the presence of blood
in the subarachnoid space, and the Fisher Scale (FS)...
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemicmycosis caused by the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
fungus, which is endemic in Latin America. Brazil is the country with the highest
number of cases. The affection of the central nervous system (CNS), a potentially fatal
condition, occurs in 12% of the cases. The fol...