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La cirugía bariátrica reduciría el riesgo de cáncer relacionado a la obesidad
Bariatric surgery would be associated with a decreased risk of obesity-related cancer

Vigilância epidemiológica: breve histórico e a experiência dos Estados Unidos e do estado de São Paulo

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 31 (2), 2022
Objetivo: O objetivo desta revisão narrativa foi elencar alguns aspectos históricos da vigilância epidemiológica, modelo tecnológico de intervenção inicialmente desenhado para auxiliar no controle das doenças transmissíveis, no último século. Métodos: Narrativa construída a partir de textos...

El aislamiento social en adultos mayores con enfermedades críticas se asoció con mayor discapacidad y mortalidad a un año de seguimiento
Social isolation in older adults with critical illness was associated with increased disability and mortality within the year

Comparing public interest on stone disease between developed and underdeveloped nations: are search patterns on google trends similar?

Int. braz. j. urol; 47 (5), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: The big data provided by Google Trends may reveal patterns in health information-seeking behavior on population from Brazil and United States (US). Our objective was to explore and compare patterns of stone disease online information-seeking behaviors in both nations. Materials and ...

Telemedicina: desafíos para Chile a la luz de la experiencia de Estados Unidos durante la pandemia

Rev. méd. Chile; 149 (8), 2021
Telemedicine has had a significant role during the outbreak of COVID-19. The experience in the United States has shown advantages and some challenges that need to be addressed to include telemedicine as an established part of the health system. This article aims to determine the United States' main chall...

Performance Appraisal of Select Nations in Mitigation of COVID-19 Pandemic using Entropy based TOPSIS Method

Abstract The present study was an effort to assess the mitigation interventions carried out, so far, by the nations to fight the pandemic COVID-19. The novelty of the study was that it had considered the issue of pandemic mitigation strategy as a decision making problem. The performances of the twenty na...

A influência da resposta dos EUA à COVID-19 no contexto da Saúde Global

Resumo A resposta americana à pandemia envolve um proeminente volume de recursos federais, em especial destinados ao desenvolvimento e aquisição de produtos no uso interno, como diagnósticos ou vacinas. As justificativas para esse desembolso se baseiam em mecanismos de investimentos e aspectos histó...

Firearm-associated ocular injuries: analysis of national trauma data

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 84 (1), 2021
ABSTRACT Purpose: The United States of America has the highest gun ownership rate of all high-income nations, and firearms have been identified as a leading cause of ocular trauma and visual impairment. The purpose of this study was to characterize firearm-associated ocular injury and identify at-risk g...

Medidas de contenção de tipo lockdown para prevenção e controle da COVID-19: estudo ecológico descritivo, com dados da África do Sul, Alemanha, Brasil, Espanha, Estados Unidos, Itália e Nova Zelândia, fevereiro a agosto de 2020

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 30 (1), 2021
Objetivo: Descrever as medidas de contenção de tipo lockdown e a incidência da COVID-19 em sete países: África do Sul, Alemanha, Brasil, Espanha, Estados Unidos, Itália e Nova Zelândia. Métodos: Estudo ecológico descritivo, com dados da incidência diária dos casos confirmados de COVID-19 entr...