Literature still presents controversy as to the best and safest method of glycemic control (intermittent or continuous) and target range in critically ill patients, comprising those who undergo liver transplantation. In the perspective of transplantation, this is an important subject given the deleterious effects of hyperglycemia and/or hypoglycemia on the patient and graft. In this context, this study aimed to...
The aim in this research was to evaluate the sleep quality of college students in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 701 students from the Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), from March to June 2011. We used the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Most students presented poor subjective sleep quality (54%), sleep latency in less than 15 minutes (60.1%) and efficiency under ...
The current study inves gated the correla on between anthropometric indicators and sleep quality among Brazilian university students using the Pi sburgh Sleep Quality Index. A cross-sec onal assessment with 702 university students was conducted between March 2010 and June 2011. Results showed that cases of obesity were more frequent among students who were good sleepers. On the other hand, overweight and high c...
o establish a correlation between waist circumference and Body Mass Index (BMI) and to determine overweight and fat distribution in children from public schools in Fortaleza - CE. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in 12 public schools in the city of Fortaleza-CE. The participants were 727 children of both genders, aged 6-11 years. Data collection occurred from March to June 2008. Results: The s...
Lidar no cotidiano com o diabetes não é tarefa fácil e cada vez mais se admite que os aspectos emocionais, afetivos e psicossociais, a dinâmica familiar, as fases da vida, bem como a relação com o profissional de saúde podem influenciar a motivação, a habilidade para o aprendizado do controle e manejo do diabetes. Nesse contexto é que objetivamos com esse estudo compreender as vivências com o diabetes mellitus ...