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Assessment of liver disease by non-invasive methods in perinatally infected Bra...
Gouvêa,Aida de Fátima Thomé Barbosa; Carvalho Filho,Roberto; Machado,Daisy Maria; Carmo,Fabiana Bononi do; Beltrão,Suenia Vasconcelos; Sampaio,LaureneABSTRACT Introduction: Effective and long-term combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) has decreased morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected individuals. Despite treatment advances, HIV-infected children continue to develop noninfectious conditions, including liver fibrosis. Methods: Cross-sectional study designed to identify liver fibrosis in HIV-infected adolescents and young adults, in an outpatients clinic o...
PERCEPÇÕES ACERCA DA IMPORTÂNCIA DAS VACINAS E DA RECUSA VACINAL NUMA ESCOLA DE...
Mizuta,Amanda Hayashida; Succi,Guilherme de Menezes; Montalli,Victor Angelo Martins; Succi,Regina Célia de MenezesRESUMO Objetivo: Identificar a percepção da importância das vacinas e os riscos da recusa vacinal entre alunos de Medicina e médicos. Métodos: Estudo transversal realizado por meio da aplicação de questionários sobre vacinas, recusa vacinal e suas repercussões acerca da saúde pública e individual. A amostra, de 92 sujeitos, foi selecionada numa escola privada de Medicina: grupo 1 (53 estudantes do primeiro ao q...
Vaccine refusal - what we need to know
Succi,Regina Célia de MenezesAbstract Objective: Opposition to vaccines is not a new event, and appeared soon after the introduction of the smallpox vaccine in the late 18th century. The purpose of this review is to educate healthcare professionals about vaccine hesitancy and refusal, its causes and consequences, and make suggestions to address this challenge. Source of data: A comprehensive and non-systematic search was carried out in the...
Resultados negativos na pesquisa científica: aspectos éticos
Guimarães,Renan Arthur Bosio; Succi,Guilherme de Menezes; Montalli,Victor Angelo Martins; Niederauer,Ana Júlia Schmidt; Succi,Regina Célia de MenezesResumo Resultados nulos, negativos ou inesperados são ocorrências possíveis para pesquisadores em todo o mundo. Não publicar tais resultados representa desperdício de recursos (de tempo, dinheiro e esforços). O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar, mediante aplicação de questionário, o que estudantes de medicina e médicos pensam sobre a publicação de resultados inesperados ou negativos em pesquisa e discutir os as...
Estudantes e Professores da Área da Saúde Conhecem o Programa Mais Médicos?
Villa Real,Gustavo Gabriel de O.; Succi,Guilherme de Menezes; Montalli,Victor Angelo Martins; Succi,Regina Célia de MenezesRESUMO Diminuir as iniquidades na assistência à saúde continua sendo um grande desafio para países tanto pobres quanto ricos. No Brasil, o Programa Mais Médicos (PMM) foi instituído pelo governo federal em 2013 com a proposta de formar recursos humanos na área médica para o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), diminuir a carência de médicos, reduzir as desigualdades regionais na área da saúde e aprimorar a formação mé...
Bone mineral density and vitamin D concentration: the challenges in taking care...
Carmo,Fabiana Bononi; Terreri,Maria Teresa; Succi,Regina Célia de Menezes; Beltrão,Suenia Vasconcelos; Gouvea,Aida de Fátima Tomé BarbosaABSTRACT Background: The increase in life expectancy for patients living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has resulted in health complications related to a chronic disease. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of bone mineral density (BMD) alterations and vitamin D concentrations in HIV-infected children and adolescents and to verify the variations in those parameters during a 12-month interv...
Experiences of adolescents seropositive for HIV/AIDS: a qualitative study
Galano,Eliana; Turato,Egberto Ribeiro; Delmas,Philippe; Côté,José; Gouvea,Aida de Fátima Thomé Barbosa; Succi,Regina Célia de MenezesAbstract Objective: Explore the meanings attributed by young individuals about "living as an adolescent with HIV" in a group of patients that acquired the infection at birth and the elements involved with the adherence to antiretroviral treatment. Methods: Qualitative study, involving 20 subjects (aged 13-20 years), followed at services specialized in the treatment of pediatric AIDS in São Paulo, Brazil. Semi-s...
Impaired bone mineral accrual in prepubertal HIV-infected children: a cohort study
Palchetti,Cecília Zanin; Szejnfeld,Vera Lúcia; Succi,Regina Célia de Menezes; Patin,Rose Vega; Teixeira,Patrícia Fonseca; Machado,Daisy MariaABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate bone mass accrual and determine the influence of clinical, anthropometric, dietary and biochemical parameters on bone mass. METHODS: A cohort study including 35 prepubertal HIV-infected children, between 7 and 12 years, attended at a referral center. At time 1 (T1) and time 2 (T2), patients were assessed according to clinical, anthropometric, dietary, biochemical parameters and b...
Persistence of hepatitis A virus antibodies after primary immunization and resp...
Gouvêa,Aída de Fátima Thomé Barbosa; Pinto,Maria Isabel de Moraes; Miyamoto,Maristela; Machado,Daisy Maria; Pessoa,Silvana DuarteOBJECTIVE: To assess possible factors associated with the loss of antibodies to hepatitis A 7 years after the primary immunization in children of HIV-infected mothers and the response to revaccination in patients seronegative for hepatitis A. METHODS: Quantification of HAV antibodies by electrochemiluminescence was performed in 39 adolescents followed up at the Pediatric Aids Clinic of Federal University of São...
Noncirrhotic portal hypertension in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infect...
Gouvêa,Aída de Fátima Thomé Barbosa; Machado,Daisy Maria; Beltrão,Suênia Cordeiro de Vasconcelos; Carmo,Fabiana Bononi doOBJECTIVE: To alert the pediatrician who is following up HIV-infected patients about the possibility of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH) in this period of life, in order to avoid the catastrophic consequences of this disease as bleeding esophageal varices. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 13 years old HIV-infected patient by vertical route was receiving didanosine (ddI) for 12 years. Although the HIV viral load had ...