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The disruption of elective procedures due to COVID‑19 in Brazil in 2020
Frio, Gustavo Saraiva; Russo, Letícia Xander; Albuquerque, Cleandro Pires de; Mota, Licia Maria Henrique da; Barros‑Areal, Adriana FerreiraElective procedures were temporarily suspended several times over the course of the pandemic of COVID-19. Monthly data from the Unifed Health System (SUS) were used for the period between January 2008 and December 2020 and the interrupted time series method was used to estimate the efect of the pandemic on the number of elective surgeries and elective procedures that were not performed. Considering a 9-month pe...
Enhanced il-6 and il-12b gene expression after SARS-CoV-2 infection in leprosy ...
Morais Júnior, Gilberto Santos; Kurizky, Patricia Shu; Cerqueira, Selma Regina Penha Silva; Barroso, Daniel Holanda; Schulte, Heidi LuiseExperts have called attention to the possible negative impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19)–related cytokine storm syndrome on the progression of leprosy-related disabilities. We assessed the frequency of reactional states in patients co-infected with Mycobacterium leprae and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (CoV) 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We consecutively included patients during the firs...
Molecular and cellular biomarkers of COVID-19 prognosis : protocol for the pros...
Kurizky, Patricia Shu; Nóbrega, Otávio T.; Soares, Alexandre Anderson de Sousa Munhoz; Aires, Rodrigo Barbosa; Albuquerque, Cleandro Pires deBackground: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s attention has been focused on better understanding the relation between the human host and the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as its action has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths. Objective: In this context, we decided to study certain consequences of the abundant cytokine release over the innate and adaptive immune systems, inflammation, and hemostas...
Enhanced il-6 and il-12b gene expression after SARS-CoV-2 infection in leprosy ...
Morais Júnior, Gilberto Santos; Kurizky, Patricia Shu; Cerqueira, Selma Regina Penha Silva; Barroso, Daniel Holanda; Schulte, Heidi LuiseExperts have called attention to the possible negative impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–related cytokine storm syndrome on the progression of leprosy-related disabilities. We assessed the frequency of reactional states in patients co-infected with Mycobacterium leprae and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (CoV) 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We consecutively included patients during the fir...
SARS-CoV-2/DENV co-infection : a series of cases from the Federal District, Mid...
Schulte, Heidi Luise; Sousa, José Diego Brito; Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de; Naves, Luciana Ansaneli; Gois, Eliana Teles deBackground: Since the novel coronavirus disease outbreak, over 179.7 million people have been infected by SARS-CoV-2 worldwide, including the population living in dengue-endemic regions, particularly Latin America and Southeast Asia, raising concern about the impact of possible co-infections. Methods: Thirteen SARS-CoV-2/DENV co-infection cases reported in Midwestern Brazil between April and September of 2020 a...
The challenge of concomitant infections in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemi...
Kurizky, Patricia Shu; Cerqueira, Selma Regina Penha Silva; Cunha, Débora Vilela; Albuquerque, Cleandro Pires de; Aires, Rodrigo BarbosaCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first officially described in Brazil on February 26th, 2020. The accumulation of reports of concomitant infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and pathogens that cause diseases endemic to tropical countries, such as dengue and chikungunya fever, has started to draw attention. Chagas disease and leprosy remain public health problems in...
Low level laser therapy for reducing pain in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarth...
Fangel, Renan; Vendrusculo-Fangel, Leticia Meda; Albuquerque, Cleandro Pires de; Parizotto, Nivaldo Antônio; Paz, Clarissa Cardoso dos Santos CoutoIntrodução: Os tratamentos para artrite reumatoide (AR) e osteoartrite (OA) devem diminuir dor, modular inflamação e diminuir deformidades. O LLLT é um biomodulador e pode auxiliar no quadro clínico destas. Objetivo: Analisar os parâmetros mais comumente utilizados para a diminuição das respostas de dor em pacientes com AR e OA em ensaios clínicos controlados e não controlados. Método: Trata-se de uma revisão s...
Posicionamento sobre o uso de tofacitinibe no algoritmo do Consenso 2012 da Soc...
Mota, Licia Maria Henrique da; Cruz, Bóris Afonso; Albuquerque, Cleandro Pires de; Gonçalves, Deborah Pereira; Laurindo, Ieda Maria MagalhãesEm 2014, o tofacitinibe, um medicamento modificador do curso da doença (MMCD) sintético, alvo-específico, inibidor seletivo das Janus quinases (JAK), foi aprovado para uso no Brasil. Este documento de posicionamento tem o objetivo de atualizar as recomendações da Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia (SBR) sobre o tratamento da artrite reumatoide (AR) no Brasil, especificamente com relação ao uso de MMCD sintéti...
Inequalidade na distribuição de reumatologistas no Brasil: correlação com local...
Albuquerque, Cleandro Pires deObjetivo: Avaliar a distribuição dos reumatologistas no Brasil e sua correlação com oferta de residência médica (RM) especializada, Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) e Índice De Desenvolvimento Humano Municipal (IDH-M) das unidades da federação (UFs). Métodos: Consulta a várias bases de dados oficiais, sumarização de dados por técnicas estatísticas descritivas e cruzamento de informações. Para análise de correlação, ...
Variação da intensidade de radiação ultravioleta ambiental e sua relação com a ...
Albuquerque, Cleandro Pires deDissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Medicina, Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, 2012.; Introdução: luz ultravioleta (UV) é capaz de induzir experimentalmente manifestações clínicas no lúpus eritematoso sistêmico (LES). Todavia, é incerto se as variações sazonais da radiação UV ambiental determinam modificações correspondentes na distribuição temporal das exacerbações da doença, com po...