Browsing by Subject "Children and adolescents"
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The "choking game": a new craze among Brazilian children and young people. Psychophysiological, behavioral and epidemiological characteristics of 'asphyxial games'
(Abrasco, 2017)The 'choking game' is a risk-taking behavior that has spread quickly among children and young people, causing dependence, accidents and even death, including in Brazil. These activities are performed in order to experience ...
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Crescimento, desenvolvimento, desempenho motor e aptidão física relacionada à saúde
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2011-12-05)Aptidão física pode ser definida como a capacidade de realizar trabalho muscular de maneira satisfatória. Já aptidão física relacionada à saúde pode ser entendida como (a) realizar as atividades cotidianas com vigor e ...
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A cross-sectional study to assess the prevalence of DSM-5 specific learning disorders in representative school samples from the second to sixth grade in Brazil
(Springer, 2016)Little is known about specific learning disorder (SLD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and even less from representative school samples in small size cities outside huge urban centers. Few studies addressed ...
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A cross-sectional study to assess the prevalence of DSM-5 specific learning disorders in representative school samples from the second to sixth grade in Brazil
(Springer, 2016)Little is known about specific learning disorder (SLD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and even less from representative school samples in small size cities outside huge urban centers. Few studies addressed ...
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Evaluation of invasive and non-invasive methods for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in symptomatic children and adolescents
(Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 2001-03-01)CONTEXT: Multiple diagnostic methods are available for the detection of Helicobacter pylori infection, but at present no single one can be used as the gold standard. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the ...
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Medida da pressão arterial em crianças e adolescentes: recomendações das diretrizes de hipertensão arterial e prática médica atual
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2009-03-25)Rationale: There are pediatric consensus statements and guidelines recommendations to measure blood pressure of children and adolescents at every examination after age 3 years. Objective: To determine, in a school-based ...
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Use of amifostine in the therapy of osteosarcoma in children and adolescents
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002-03-01)Amifostine protects normal tissue from the cytotoxic damage induced by radiation and chemotherapy. in this study. 39 consecutive newly diagnosed children with osteosarcoma were assessed; 20 received amifostine and 19 did ...
