O Professor Francisco José de Abreu Matos realizou pesquisas com plantas medicinais ao longo de mais de seis décadas – estudos etnobotânicos e fitoquímicos – e influenciou políticas públicas de saúde do Brasil. Interessante notar que esses estudos tinham uma visão futurista, já que técnicas de análise em etnobotânica como Fator de Consenso do Informante (FCI), Importância Relativa (IR) e Valor de Uso (VU) ainda...
Brazil is not only rich in biodiversity, but also in cultural plurality. In the Caatinga (semiarid), an exclusively Brazilian biome , the use of medicinal plants as a therapeutic practice is common among its inhabitants. This biome is also the country's least known, protected and researched ecosystem. The main objective of this work was to construct the Ethnopharmacopoeia of Professor Francisco José de Abreu Ma...
Despite the high number of accidents due to scorpion stings in Brazil, severe cases in adults are seldomly reported. In the Northeast region of Brazil, Tityus stigmurus is the most prevalent species. A 69 year-old woman who was stung by a scorpion attended the emergency room 5 hours after envenomation. She got worse due to abdominal pain. Clinical findings were concordant with class III scorpion envenomation (m...
The influence of pharmacotherapeutic follow-up (PTF) on quality of life was evaluated in 45 HIV+ patients, who were undergoing initial antiretroviral therapy at a specialized care center in northeast Brazil. PTF lasted nine months and quality of life was analyzed at the 1st and 9th meetings using a questionnaire validated for Brazil. The study identified 643 problems related to antiretrovirals and there were 59...
A síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida (AIDS) é causada pela infecção pelo HIV e já não é sinônimo de letalidade. Desde que a doença foi descoberta, no início da década de 1980, muitos avanços foram dados em relação à maior compreensão da doença e desenvolvimento terapêutico. Atualmente, uma combinação de medicamentos conhecida como HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy) é indiscutivelmente reconhecida ...
The influence of pharmacotherapeutic follow-up (PTF) on quality of life was evaluated in 45 HIV+ patients, who were undergoing initial antiretroviral therapy at a specialized care center in northeast Brazil. PTF lasted nine months and quality of life was analyzed at the 1st and 9th meetings using a questionnaire validated for Brazil. The study identified 643 problems related to antiretrovirals and there were 59...