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The First Quantification of the Carbon Footprint of the Portuguese National Hea...

The Economic Sustainability of Dialysis Models: Time to Move Forward?

Does parental opinion differ from the health care team regarding cosmesis after...

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: Hypospadias is the most common malformation of the male genitalia. Surgical correction has traditionally focused on anatomic and functional outcomes, with less attention being paid to cosmetic results. Our purpose is to compare the cosmetic results of hypospadias repair among different groups of observers, namely the patient’s family and the health care team, using photography and a simple ra...

Hydroxychloroquine with azithromycin in patients hospitalized for mild and mode...

ABSTRACT Objectives: To assess the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in combination with azithromycin in terms of clinical and biochemical outcomes in adult patients with COVID-19 hospitalized for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and to describe the occurrence of adverse events. Method: Retrospective comparative study, based in a quaternary private hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, involving 193 adult...

Challenges in the work process in the Family Health Strategy

ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze the work process of the Family Health teams in the municipality of Caxias do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Methods: this is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research conducted in four Family Health Strategy (FHS) units, with the participation of 22 health professionals. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview and analyzed through the theme co...

Estimated cost of asthma in outpatient treatment: a real-world study

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the cost of diagnosis and treatment of asthma. METHODS We used the perspective of society. We sequentially included for 12 months, in 2011-2012, 117 individuals over five years of age who were treated for asthma in the Pneumology and Allergy-Immunology Services of the Piquet Carneiro Polyclinic, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. All of them were interviewed twice with a si...

ERICA: prevalence of asthma in Brazilian adolescents

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of asthma and physician-diagnosed asthma in Brazilian adolescents. METHODS Cross-sectional, national, school-based study with adolescents from 12 to 17 years old, participants in the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA). The study stratified the sample by region and grouped according to schools and classes with representativeness to the set of cities...

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Recidiva tardia de linfoma da zona marginal

O linfoma de zona marginal é um linfoma de baixo grau com curso clínico indolente e potencial de recidiva.1,2 Apresentamos um caso de recidiva tardia após 25 anos de aparente remissão completa, levantando a possibilidade de recidiva de doença preexistente ou desenvolvimento de novo clone neoplásico.

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