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Death-related factors in HIV/AIDS patients undergoing hemodialysis in an intens...
Cavalcante, Malena Gadelha; Parente, Matheus de Sá Roriz; Gomes, Pedro Eduardo Andrade de Carvalho; Meneses, Gdayllon CavalcanteHIV-infected patients are at high risk for developing critical diseases, including opportunistic infections (OI), with consequent admission in intensive care units (ICU). Renal disfunctions are risk factors for death in HIV/AIDS patients, and survival rates in patients undergoing hemodialysis are smaller than the ones observed in the general population. In this context, this study aimed to investigate death-rel...
Clinical outcomes of hospitalized patients with chikungunya fever: a retrospect...
Mesquita, Lucas Lobo; Macedo, Ênio Simas; Parente Filho, Sérgio Luiz Arruda; Beserra, Francisca Lillyan Christyan Nunes; Girão, Evelyne SantanaObjective: To describe the prognostic and clinical profile of hospitalized patients with chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection focusing on renal outcomes. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study including all patients with confirmed chikungunya fever (CHIKF) admitted to 3 different high complexity hospitals in Fortaleza, Brazil between January 2016 and June 2017. Data analysis was carried out to evaluate correla...
Death-related factors in HIV/AIDS patients undergoing hemodialysis in an intens...
Cavalcante, Malena Gadelha; Parente, Matheus de Sá Roriz; Gomes, Pedro Eduardo Andrade de Carvalho; Meneses, Gdayllon CavalcanteHIV-infected patients are at high risk for developing critical diseases, including opportunistic infections (OI), with consequent admission in intensive care units (ICU). Renal disfunctions are risk factors for death in HIV/AIDS patients, and survival rates in patients undergoing hemodialysis are smaller than the ones observed in the general population. In this context, this study aimed to investigate death-rel...
Chronic Kidney Disease: exploring new strategies of communication for health pr...
Oliveira, Juliana Gomes Ramalho de; Silva Júnior, Geraldo Bezerra da; Vasconcelos Filho, José EuricoObjective: To describe the development of new communication strategies for health promotion in the context of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods: This is an applied research aimed at producing knowledge to solve specific problems through practical tools and analysis of hypotheses. The tools were developed through a partnership between the Public Health Graduate Program and the Center of Applied Information T...
Individual wellness according to college students
Jardim, Maria Helena de Agrela Gonçalves; Silva Júnior, Geraldo Bezerra da; Silva, Rita Baptista; Alves, Márcia Lúcia Sousa DiasAims:This study aims to identify the values of the dimension Individual Well-being, defended by the students of the University of Madeira (Uma), Portugal and the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Brazil. Methods: this is a representative sample of University students (n = 605) 225 of the University of Madeira (UMa) and 380 of the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR). The data were collected in the year 2017 in all ...
Suicide: a preventable phenomenon in adolescents
Jardim, Maria Helena de Agrela Gonçalves; Silva, Rita Baptista; Silva Júnior, Geraldo Bezerra da; Caldas, José Peixoto; Santos, ZéliaThe profound changes in environmental, ecological, socio-cultural, ideologi cal and familiar materials in the last decades, confront adolescents with situa tions of hostility often generators of mental disorders in particular suicide risk. These evidences advocate the imperious need to promote mental health and balance of individual/social citizens, particularly the younger ones. In this context, the author dev...
Manifestações clinicas, classificação da lesão renal aguda e fatores de risco p...
Silva Júnior, Geraldo Bezerra daIntroduction. Leptospirosis is en endemic disease in Northeast of Brazil, which is characterized by potential fatal complications such as acute kidney injury (AKI). The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical manifestations, the AKI classification and the risk factors for death in patients with the severe form of leptospirosis. Methods. A retrospective study was conducted in patients with severe form of ...
Alterações renais em pacientes com doença falciforme
Silva Júnior, Geraldo Bezerra daBackground - Kidney abnormalities are one of the main chronic complications of sickle cell disease (SCD). The aim of this study is to investigate the occurrence of renal abnormalities among patients with SCD. Methods - This is a cohort study with 26 SCD patients followed in a medical center in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Urinary acidification and concentration tests were performed using calcium chloride (CaCl2), ...
Envolvimento renal na raiva em humanos: manifestações clínicas e achados de aut...
Daher, Elizabeth De Francesco; Silva Júnior, Geraldo Bezerra da; Ferreira, Marúsia Thomaz; Barros, Fernando Antonio de Sousa; Gurgel, Tiago MagalhãesA retrospective study was conducted in nine patients with rabies admitted to a hospital of Fortaleza, Brazil. Autopsy was performed in all cases. The ages ranged from three to 81 years and six were males. They all were bitten by dogs. The time between the accident and the hospital admission ranged from 20 to 120 days (mean 45 ± 34 days). The time until death ranged from one to nine days (mean 3.3 ±...
Eritema indurado de Bazin e tuberculose renal: relato de uma associação
Daher, Elizabeth De Francesco; Silva Júnior, Geraldo Bezerra da; Pinheiro, Hugo César Furtado; Oliveira, Tatiane Roseno deErythema induratum of Bazin is a disease that usually affects women, in whom erythematous subcutaneous nodules and plaques appear on the posterior part of the lower extremities, some of which ulcerate. In many countries, tuberculosis is still the main etiologic factor. We report a case of a 40-year-old woman who presented a course of protracted and recurrent episodes over five years of cutaneous lesions on her ...