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Indications for accurate and appropriate use of personal protective equipment f...
Peccin,Maria Stella; Duarte,Márcio Luís; Imoto,Aline Mizusaki; Taminato,Mônica; Saconato,Humberto; Puga,Maria Eduarda; Franco,Eduardo Signorini BicasABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The speed of the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has put enormous pressure on hospitals and other healthcare facilities. This, together with blockages in several countries, has hindered the availability and accessibility of the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE). OBJECTIVE: To identify, systematically evaluate and summarize the available scientific evidence on the e...
Clinical and socioeconomic characteristics of older adults with COVID-19: A pro...
Pegorari,Maycon Sousa; Matos,Areolino Pena; Iosimuta,Natalia Camargo Rodrigues; Ferreira,Vânia Tie Koga; Ohara,Daniela GonçalvesSUMMARY The aim of this rapid systematic review is to analyze the prevalence of clinical, socioeconomic, and demographic characteristics, laboratory and imaging findings, diagnostic tests, and treatment information of older adults with COVID-19. To conduct this systematic review, the Cochrane Handbook recommendations will be followed. Patients aged 60 years or older with a confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infe...
Detecting the extent of control over selection bias relating to oral health and...
Ferreira,Christiane Alves; Atallah,Álvaro Nagib; Loureiro,Carlos Alfredo de SallesABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The authors of randomized controlled trials will usually claim that they have met the randomization process criterion. However, sequence generation schemes differ and some schemes that are claimed to be randomized are not genuinely randomized. Even less well understood, and often more difficult to ascertain, is whether the allocation was really concealed. OBJECTIVE: To detect the extent of ...
Evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews for controlling the dissemination of ...
Flumignan,Ronald Luiz Gomes; Nakano,Luis Carlos Uta; Pascoal,Patricia Irene Ferreira; Santos,Brena Costa dos; Correia,Rebeca MangabeiraABSTRACT BACKGROUND: COVID-19 infection has high transmissibility and several measures have been adopted for controlling its dissemination. OBJECTIVE: To identify and summarize the evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews (SRs) regarding measures for controlling the dissemination of COVID-19 infection. DESIGN AND SETTING: This review of Cochrane SRs was carried out in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular ...
Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction versus chest computed tomograph...
Duarte,Márcio Luís; Santos,Lucas Ribeiro dos; Contenças,Andrea Carla de Souza; Iared,Wagner; Peccin,Maria Stella; Atallah,Álvaro NagibABSTRACT BACKGROUND: A positive real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS CoV-2, from nasopharyngeal swabs, is the current gold standard diagnostic test for this virus and has sensitivity of 60-70%. Some studies have demonstrated a significant number of false-negative RT-PCR tests while displaying significant tomographic findings, in the early days of symptoms of COVID-19. OBJE...
Environmental cleaning to prevent COVID-19 infection. A rapid systematic review
Shimabukuro,Patrícia Mitsue Saruhashi; Duarte,Márcio Luís; Imoto,Aline Mizusaki; Atallah,Álvaro Nagib; Franco,Eduardo Signorini BicasABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Faced with a pandemic, all healthcare actions need to reflect best practices, in order to avoid high transmissibility, complications and even hospitalizations. For hospital environments, the products recommended and authorized by regulatory institutions for environmental cleaning and disinfection need to be highly effective. OBJECTIVE: To identify, systematically evaluate and summarize the ...
COVID-19 and patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases undergoing pha...
Rocha,Aline Pereira da; Atallah,Álvaro Nagib; Pinto,Ana Carolina Pereira Nunes; Rocha-Filho,César Ramos; Milby,Keilla Martins; Civile,Vinicius TassoniABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID) are at increased risk of infection. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether patients undergoing pharmacological treatment for IMID present higher risk of worse outcomes when diagnosed with COVID-19. DESIGN AND SETTING: Rapid systematic review conducted in the medical school of the Federal University of São Paulo (SP), Brazil. METHODS: We searc...
What do Cochrane systematic reviews say about telemedicine for healthcare?
Flumignan,Carolina Dutra Queiroz; Rocha,Aline Pereira da; Pinto,Ana Carolina Pereira Nunes; Milby,Keilla Machado Martins; Batista,Mayara RodriguesABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Telemedicine has emerged as a tool for overcoming the challenges of healthcare systems and is likely to become increasingly viable, since information and communication technologies have become more sophisticated and user-friendly. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to identify all Cochrane systematic reviews (CSRs) on telemedicine within healthcare and to summarize the current evidence regarding its use. ...
Statins for aortic valve stenosis
Thiago,Luciana; Tsuji,Selma Rumiko; Nyong,Jonathan; Puga,Maria Eduarda dos Santos; Góis,Aécio Flávio Teixeira de; Macedo,Cristiane RufinoABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Aortic valve stenosis is the most common type of valvular heart disease in the USA and Europe. Aortic valve stenosis is considered similar to atherosclerotic disease. Some studies have evaluated statins for aortic valve stenosis. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of statins in aortic valve stenosis. METHODS: Search methods: We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Con...
One-year follow-up of neurological status of patients after cardiac arrest seen...
Vancini-Campanharo,Cássia Regina; Vancini,Rodrigo Luiz; Lira,Claudio Andre Barbosa de; Lopes,Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira; Okuno,Meiry Fernanda PintoABSTRACT Objective: To describe neurological status and associated factors of survivors after cardiac arrest, upon discharge, and at 6 and 12 month follow-up. Methods: A cohort, prospective, descriptive study conducted in an emergency room. Patients who suffered cardiac arrest and survived were included. A one-year consecutive sample, comprising 285 patients and survivors (n=16) followed up for one year after d...