he human mind is fueled by curiosity, by breaking barriers, by doing better and faster. Probably it is both a cause and a consequence of natural selection and, ultimately, of our evolution. We “fear” the unknown, and those who succeed in understanding it acquire advan-tages. These advantages can be b...
Objetivo: Avaliar a efetividade do checklist reconstruído por uma equipe interdisciplinar, como estratégia de redução de incidência de infecção do trato urinário e do tempo de permanência do uso do cateter vesical de demora em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Adulto. Métodos: Estudo quantitativ...
Introduction: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection in women. About 80% of sexually active women will have contact with this virus at some age in their lives. Most infections will be transient, but when the infection becomes persistent, associated with hig...
Introduction: Maternal and child health are essential to public health, especially during pregnancy, where urogenital infections can affect mothers and fetuses. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) increase obstetric risks and have complex connections with the human immunodeficiency virus — HIV. In B...
Objetivos: investigar as repercussões da pobreza menstrual para as mulheres e pessoas que menstruam. Método: revisão integrativa da literatura, realizada nas bases de dados MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science e CINAHL. Foram incluídos artigos na íntegra, nos idiomas português, inglês e espanhol e com...
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection in women. About 80% of sexually active women will have contact with this virus at some point in their lives. Most infections will be transient, but when the infection becomes persistent and associated with a high on...
Introduction: HPV infection causes cancer at several anatomical sites. However, the infection’s natural history in non-cervical sites is understudied.
Objective: To evaluate oral and anogenital HPV infections, correlating HPV prevalence rates and genotypes with site of infection and risk factors.
Metho...
Introduction: Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is a sexually transmitted bacterium that is highly prevalent in young patients. Chlamydial infections during
the gestational period have been associated with adverse obstetric outcomes, such as spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). However, results in the literature
a...
Objetivo: Identificar a frequência das infecções do trato reprodutivo em
mulheres atendidas em uma unidade de atenção primária à saúde, na região da
Zona da Mata de Pernambuco. Método: Trata-se de um estudo retrospectivo,
documental, de corte transversal, realizado com 361 registros de mulheres...
