Avoidable deaths are preventable deaths due to effective actions by health services that are accessible to the population. It is a sensitive indicator of the quality of health care. This study investigated 2,319 live birth deaths occurring in children under one year of age, born to mothers living in the city of Teresina, from 2008 to 2018. These variables were analyzed: Basic cause of death in the classificatio...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T08:27:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-08-01; AIM: To compare the antimicrobial activity of the chemical substances--70% isopropyl alcohol, 2% glutaraldehyde (GTA) and 0.25% peracetic acid (PAA) in disinfecting orthodontic pliers contaminated in vitro with Streptococcui mutani, Staphylococci aureui and Candida albicani. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Dista...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T15:47:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-03-01; Breast cancer is a disease of unknown etiology, whose major risk factors are genetic alterations. Polymorphism of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) has been a focus of some recent studies, due to a probable association with breast cancer risk and tumor aggressiveness. A relationship between polymorphi...
Background and Objectives: To analyze the prevalence of M. tuberculosis Latent Infection (ILTB) among nursing students of a public higher education school. The study contributes to a better understanding of occupational tuberculosis and to the improvement of strategies for the prevention and monitoring of tuberculosis. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted in Teresina-PI. Was used a socio-educ...
Objective: Despite the great advances, the treatment of breast cancer is still aggressive and has implications that affect the quality of life of women, so we intend to evaluate the treatment repercussions for breast cancer in the quality of life of women. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, performed in a philanthropic hospital with a sample of 170 women. A characterization instrument of the subject and ...
Global concern in relation to child mortality gained visibility with the release of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 in which the reduction of child mortality is included under goal number four, which proposes to reduce the mortality rate of children under five years by two thirds between 1990 and 2015. Reducing child mortality has been a major priority of social health policies of the Brazilian governm...
OBJETIVO: investigar la seroprevalencia de la Hepatitis C en usuarios de crack del estado de Piauí. Método: se trata de una investigación seroepidemiológico, desarrollado en los Centros de Atención Psicosocial Alcohol y Drogas de Piauí entre diciembre del 2011 y mayo del 2012. Fue aplicado formulario y colectada muestra sanguínea para investigación serológica. Fue utilizado el test exacto de Fisher y de Mann-Wh...
Orientador: Mariliza Berti de Azevedo Barros; Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas; Resumo: Com o objetivo de analisar a relevância, o padrão e a tendência da mortalidade por causas externas em Teresina, Piauí, foram estudados os óbitos de residentes deste município, no período de 1971 a 1990. As informações foram provenientes das declarações de óbitos (D.a.)...