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La conducta suicida en la adolescencia y sus condiciones de riesgo
Suicidal behavior in adolescence and its risk conditions

Introducción: La conducta suicida es una gran preocupación para los clínicos que trabajan con adolescentes, siendo el suicidio una de las primeras 5 causas de muerte en adolescentes entre 15 y 19 años. La conducta suicida es una emergencia médica cuya evaluación debe ser acuciosa, sin embargo, la d...

Factores de riesgo relacionados con la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en adolescentes

Rev. cienc. cuidad; 12 (2), 2015
Objetivo: identificar los factores de riesgo relacionados con la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en adolescentes entre 10 y 18 años que pertenecen a los colegios públicos de la ciudad de Cúcuta, durante el primer semestre del 2014. Materiales y Métodos: estudio descriptivo de corte transversal;...

Chronicity factors of temporomandibular disorders: a critical review of the literature

Braz. oral res. (Online); 29 (1), 2015
Facial pain often persists long after any identifiable organic pathology has healed. Moreover, in a subgroup of patients with temporomandibular disorder (TMD), no treatment is effective. Knowledge of factors associated with persistent pain in TMD could help identify personalized treatment approaches. The...

Mortalidad en pacientes con dengue en la epidemia 2012-2013

Rev. Nac. (Itauguá); 7 (1), 2015
Introducción: el dengue presenta diversas formas clínicas, desde asintomáticas hasta fatales. Existen diversos factores de riesgo asociados a la mortalidad por dengue. Objetivo: determinar los factores de riesgo asociados a la mortalidad por dengue. Metodología: estudio de casos (adultos fallecidos p...

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus in Brazil's inmate population: a systematic review

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Brazil's inmate population.METHODS Systematic review on hepatitis C virus infection in the inmate population. Brazilian studies published from January 1, 1989 to February 20, 2014 were evaluated. The methodological quality of the stud...

Diabetes burden in Brazil: fraction attributable to overweight, obesity, and excess weight

OBJECTIVE To estimate the burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its percentage attributable to overweight and obesity in Brazil.METHODS The burden of diabetes mellitus was described in terms of disability-adjusted life years, which is the sum of two components: years of life lost and years lived with di...

Functional disability of adults in Brazil: prevalence and associated factors

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with functional disability in adults in Brazil. METHODS We used information from the health supplement of the National Household Sample Survey in 2008. The dependent variable was the functional disability among adults of 18 to 65 ye...

Incidence and predicting factors of falls of older inpatients

OBJECTIVE To estimate the incidence and predicting factors associated with falls among older inpatients.METHODS Prospective cohort study conducted in clinical units of three hospitals in Cuiaba, MT, Midwestern Brazil, from March to August 2013. In this study, 221 inpatients aged 60 or over were followed ...

Vulnerabilities in snakebites in Sao Paulo, Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe elements of vulnerability of victims of snakebite. METHODS This qualitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study had, as theoretical framework, the concept of vulnerability in individual, social, and programmatic dimensions. We interviewed 21 patients admitted into a hospi...

Spatial patterns of leprosy in a hyperendemic state in Northern Brazil, 2001-2012

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the spatial patterns of leprosy in the Brazilian state of Tocantins. METHODS This study was based on morbidity data obtained from the Sistema de Informações de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN - Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System), of the Ministry of Health. ...