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Use of antenatal corticosteroids in Brazil: data analysis from the National Sur...
Cunha,Antônio José Ledo Alves da; Rezende,Karina Bilda de Castro; Moreira,Maria Elisabeth Lopes; Gama,Silvana Granado Nogueira da; Leal,Maria do CarmoABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the rate of the use of antenatal corticosteroids (ANC) among pregnant women and to identify the conditions associated with their non-use in Brazil. Methods: Secondary data analysis from “Birth in Brazil”, a national hospital-based survey carried out in 2011–2012 on childbirth and birth. The sample was characterized regarding maternal age, marital status and maternal education, pa...
Effects of Zika infection on growth,
Prata-Barbosa,Arnaldo; Martins,Marlos Melo; Guastavino,Andreia Bittencourt; Cunha,Antônio José Ledo Alves daAbstract Objectives: To present the currently available evidence of the effects of congenital Zika virus infection on infant growth, to discuss possible intervening factors, and to describe preliminary data on this growth in a cohort of exposed children. Source of data: Non-systematic review in PubMed, BVS, CAPES, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane and Google Scholar databases in the last 5 years, using the terms...
Spontaneous and induced abortion trends and determinants in the Northeast semia...
Correia,Luciano Lima; Rocha,Hermano Alexandre Lima; Leite,Álvaro Jorge Madeiro; Campos,Jocileide Sales; Silva,Anamaria Cavalcante eAbstract Objectives: this study intends to estimate the rates, associated factors and trends of selfreported abortion rates in the northeast of Brazil. Methods: series of population-based surveys realized in Ceará, northeast of Brazil, one of the poorest states in the country. A sample of about 27,000 women of reproductive age was used. Abortion was assessed according to women´s information and rates were calcu...
Percepção sobre o Internato de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janei...
Oliveira,Salesia Felipe de; Cunha,Antônio José Ledo Alves da; Trajman,Anete; Teixeira,Clotilde; Gomes,Maria Kátia; Halfoun,VeraRESUMO Introdução O preceptor é entendido como o profissional da rede assistencial que tem importante papel na inserção do graduando e do recém-graduado na prática profissional. Entretanto, estudos sobre o ensino da prática médica na Estratégia Saúde da Família (ESF) têm mostrado inadequações na qualidade, na capacitação e no tempo destinado pelos preceptores aos estudantes. No município do Rio de Janeiro (RJ),...
Perception about the Medical Internship at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro...
Oliveira,Salesia Felipe de; Cunha,Antônio José Ledo Alves da; Trajman,Anete; Teixeira,Clotilde; Gomes,Maria Kátia; Halfoun,VeraABSTRACT Introduction A preceptor is understood as a health care professional with an important role in introducing students and recently graduated doctors into professional practice. However, studies into medical teaching in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) have shown inadequacies in the quality, training and time spent by the tutors with students. In the municipality of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), the expansion of t...
Neonatal and pediatric intensive care in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: an analy...
Barbosa,Arnaldo Prata; Cunha,Antônio José Ledo Alves daThe objective of this study was to describe the characteristics of neonatal and pediatric intensive care units (ICU) and beds in Rio de Janeiro, correlating with population demands in 1997 and 2007. All neonatal and pediatric ICUs were visited, identifying the availability and type of beds. Comparisons were made between: supply and demand using projected need for beds for the population; public and private ICUs...
Prevalência e determinantes de obesidade e sobrepeso em mulheres em idade repro...
Correia,Luciano Lima; Silveira,Dirlene Mafalda Ildefonso da; Silva,Anamaria Cavalcante e; Campos,Jocileide Sales; Machado,Márcia Maria TavaresO estudo estimou a prevalência e identificou fatores determinantes do sobrepeso e obesidade em mulheres em idade fértil na região semiárida do Brasil. Na amostra por conglomerados de oito mil domicílios do estado do Ceará, foram pesquisadas 6.845 mulheres. Sobrepeso e obesidade foram medidos pelo Índice de Massa Corporal, utilizando-se a análise multivariada para a identificação dos fatores determinantes. As pr...
Asma em escolares de 13 e 14 anos do Município de Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, ...
Kuschnir,Fábio Chigres; Cunha,Antônio José Ledo Alves da; Braga,Denise de Andrade Correa; Silveira,Heloísa Helena Nunes da; Barroso,Melanie HurelO objetivo deste estudo foi descrever a prevalência, a gravidade e os sintomas associados à asma e sua relação com o gênero em escolares de 13 e 14 anos do Município de Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Trata-se de estudo transversal, no qual se utilizou o questionário escrito auto-aplicável para asma do International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). Participaram 3.033 escolares de 37 esco...
A computerized system to conduct the Tweed-Merrifield analysis in orthodontics
Barreto,Maximino Brandão; Fonseca,Eduardo Machado; Cunha,Antônio José Ledo Alves daPrecision in orthodontic diagnosis can increase the chance of therapeutic success. The objective of this study was to describe the development of a computerized system (prototype), created from a printed table of the Cranial Facial Analysis and Total Dentition Space Analysis with Difficulty Index - Tweed-Merrifield Analysis - in order to aid orthodontic diagnosis. The analysis was transposed from the manual for...
What is the probability of a patient presenting a pleural effusion due to tuber...
Neves,Denise Duprat; Dias,Ricardo Marques; Cunha,Antônio José Ledo Alves da; Preza,Paulo César AmorimINTRODUCTION: In Rio de Janeiro, in almost half of the cases of pleural tuberculosis (PT) treatment begins without substantiation of diagnosis. We examined variables associated with this disease. METHOD: We studied 215 consecutive patients; 104 had tuberculosis (TB) and 111 did not (NTB): 41 neoplasms, 29 transudates, 28 para-pneumonic and 13 other etiologies. Clinical and laboratory variables were assessed in ...