Cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) is a skin neoplasm with increasing incidence in the recent decades, and Santa Catarina is the state with the highest incidence in the entire country. Objective: To evaluate the location, size and depth of CMM lesions in a pathology reference laboratory in southern Santa Catarina between 2007 and 2017. Methodology: A retrospective cross-sectional documentary study was carried o...
Justificativa e Objetivos: A pandemia de influenza A (H1N1) de 2009 atingiu mais de 200 países com graus variados de morbimortalidade, fomentando diversas pesquisas na área, com objetivo de auxiliar futuras estratégias epidemiológicas. O uso de modelos matemáticos de infecções pode propiciar melhor compreensão deste fenômeno e fornecer subsídios para intervenções em saúde pública. O presente estudo teve como ob...
Objetivo: Analisar o perfil epidemiológico e as disfunções orgânicas e eletrolíticas em potenciais doadores de órgãos. Métodos: Estudo transversal, descritivo. Foram selecionados pacientes com morte encefálica, na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva de um hospital do sul do estado de Santa Catarina, no período de 2014 a 2016. Resultados: Foram avaliados 64 indivíduos, com prevalência do sexo masculino (56,3%), com ...
The aims of this study were to compare the level of independence, manual gripping force (MGF), and ambulation in residents of Long-Term Care Institutions for Elderly (LTCIE) and Elders of Cohabitation Groups (EGC) in the city of Tubarão-SC, Brazil. A transversal, descriptive and quantitative research was carried out. Total independence was 68.4% in the EGC, and only 29.6% in the LTCIE individuals. LTCIE had low...
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Background and Objectives: The influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in 2009 reached more than 200 countries in different degrees of morbidity and mortality, and promoted several searches in this area, in order to help future epidemiological strategies. The use of mathematical models of infections may propitiate better comprehension of this phenomenon, and provide subsidies for intervention in public health. This study h...
Background and objectives: strategies for risk stratification in severe pathologies are extremely important. The aim of this study was to analyze the accuracy of the APACHE II score as an indicator of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in ICU patient sat Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição (HNSC) Tubarão-SC. Methods: It was conducted a prospective cohort study with 120 patients admitted between March and Aug...