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Similar quality in chronic kidney disease multidisciplinary follow-up between k...
Carminatti,Moisés; Fernandes,Natália Maria Silva; Colugnati,Fernando Antonio Basile; Sanders-Pinheiro,HeladyAbstract Introduction: Multidisciplinary clinics are the best approach towards Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients in pre-dialysis phases. The few studies regarding kidney transplant recipients (KTR) compare multidisciplinary and non-multidisciplinary clinics. Methods: In this study, we compared the quality of multidisciplinary CKD care between 101 KTR and 101 propensity score-matched non-transplant pre-dialy...
Effectiveness by Design: Overcoming Orientation and Transaction Related Barrier...
Salles-Filho,Sergio; Bin,Adriana; Bonilla,Kleinsy; Colugnati,Fernando Antonio BasileABSTRACT Context: dynamic and productive linkages between research organizations (ROs) and industry are actively spurred in advanced nations. Conversely, Latin American countries face significant challenges in fostering research-industry interactions. Solid models of research-industry cooperation are of particular interest to emerging economies such as Brazil. Objective: this article aims at presenting a compre...
Diet Quality Index associated with Digital Food Guide: update and validation
Caivano,Simone; Colugnati,Fernando Antonio Basile; Domene,Semíramis Martins ÁlvaresMonitoring and assessing dietary intake may favor the promotion of healthy choices and the indexes that assess the quality of the diet contribute to this purpose. The Diet Quality Index associated with the Digital Food Guide (DQI-DFG) was developed from guidelines of the School of Public Health at Harvard University, adjusted for the Brazilian food habits. Based on new studies on prevention of chronic non-commu...
Effects of the implementation of a hand hygiene education program among ICU pro...
Romero,Diana Marcela Prieto; Reboredo,Maycon Moura; Gomes,Edimar Pedrosa; Coelho,Cristina Martins; Paula,Maria Aparecida Stroppa deABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effects that a hand hygiene education program has on the compliance of health professionals in an ICU. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with an interrupted time-series design, conducted over a 12-month period: the 5 months preceding the implementation of a hand hygiene education program (baseline period); the 2 months of the intensive (intervention) phase of the p...
Validated registry of pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease: description of a lar...
Huaira,Rosalia Maria Nunes Henriques; Paula,Rogerio Baumgratz de; Bastos,Marcus Gomes; Colugnati,Fernando Antonio BasileABSTRACT Introduction: Chronic diseases account for the majority of deaths in Brazil. These include hypertension (SAH) and diabetes mellitus (DM), which are the main causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Objective: This study aimed to validate the data of an electronic health record and to point out characteristics of the profile of these users in relation to clinical quality indicators for a pre-dialytic CKD...
Dialogue between primary and secondary health care providers in a Brazilian hyp...
Vanelli,Chislene Pereira; Costa,Mônica Barros; Colugnati,Fernando Antonio Basile; Pinheiro,Hélady Sanders; Paula,Elaine Amaral deSUMMARY OBJECTIVE To describe clinical and epidemiological profiles of patients with hypertension referred to a secondary care unit and to assess the adequacy of the referral criteria. METHOD This descriptive transversal study analysed 943 hypertensive patients referred to a secondary healthcare unit from September 2010 to August 2012. Clinical and sociodemographic data as well as data regarding the liaison bet...
No meio do caminho tinha um CAPSAD: centralidade e lógica assistencial da rede ...
Costa,Pedro Henrique Antunes da; Ronzani,Telmo Mota; Colugnati,Fernando Antonio BasileResumo O presente estudo objetiva avaliar, através da Análise de Redes Sociais (ARS), o papel do Centro de Atenção Psicossocial - Álcool e outras Drogas (CAPSad) sobre a rede de atenção aos usuários de drogas. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória, de corte transversal e abordagem quantitativa na rede de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. Nela, foram identificados 187 serviços assistenciais no município. A coleta de d...
The impact of body mass index (BMI) variation on mortality of incident elderly ...
Franco,Marcia Regina Gianotti; Colugnati,Fernando Antonio Basile; Qureshi,Abdul Rashid; Divino-Filho,José Carolino; Fernandes,Natália Maria Da SilvaAbstract Introduction: Data on impact of high body mass index (BMI) on mortality of patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD), especially among elderly, are inconsistent. Objective: To evaluate impact of BMI on cohort of incident elderly PD patients over time. Methods: Prospective multicenter cohort study (December / 2004-October/2007) with 674 patients. Socio-demographic and clinical data evaluated with patients fo...
Impacts of frailty on the negative health outcomes of elderly Brazilians
Barbosa,Sergio Ribeiro; Mansur,Henrique Novais; Colugnati,Fernando Antonio BasileAbstract Objective: to verify the association between frailty and the occurrence of falls, hospitalization and death among Brazilian elderly persons. Methods: a representative sample of elderly persons from the city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, who had been evaluated with regard to frailty, socio-demographic conditions and health in 2009, were reevaluated in terms of negative health outcomes between 2...
Desenvolvimento de competências para o uso da ultrassonografia point-of-care em...
Nunes,Aida Aguilar; Pazeli Júnior,José Muniz; Rodrigues,Anderson Tavares; Tollendal,Ana Luisa Silveira Vieira; Ezequiel,Oscarina da SilvaResumo Introdução: O uso do ultrassonografia (US) por não radiologista tem aumentado e decorre da necessidade de o médico integrar "novas" informações clínicas ao processo diagnóstico. Na Nefrologia, ainda não foi estabelecido um currículo de treinamento em US definido e que tenha sido validado. O objetivo do estudo é apresentar os resultados do desenvolvimento de competências para o uso do ultrassom point-of-c...