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Health related quality of life of children with rheumatic heart diseases: reliability of the Brazilian version of the pediatric quality of life inventory (TM) cardiac module scale
(Biomed Central Ltd, 2013-11-15)
Background: This study aimed to translate the 'Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (TM) (PedsQL (TM) 3.0) Cardiac Module' into Portuguese, adapt it to Brazilian culture, and assess its psychometric properties (validity and ...
Características sociodemográficas e nutricionais de crianças brasileiras menores de 2 anos beneficiárias de programas de transferência condicionada de renda em 2006
(ABRASCO - Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva, 2014-03-01)
The conditional cash transfer programs (PTCR) seek to combat poverty and hunger and to ensure food security. Children under the age of two of beneficiary families are more vulnerable to environmental conditions. This study ...
Tratamento das fraturas da pelve e acetábulo pela via de Stoppa modificada
(Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, 2006-01-01)
This study describes the modified Stoppa access port for treating fractures on pelvic anterior region and fractures affecting the acetabulum anterior column. In this access port, a suprapubic cross-sectioned incision is ...
Sleep spindles: validated concepts and breakthroughs
(Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia (LBE), 2007-12-01)
INTRODUCTION: Sleep spindles, the hallmark of sleep synchronization in stage 2 non-REM sleep, are rhythmic and monomorphic waves, between 10 and 14 Hz, with a maximum amplitude in the vertex (Cz), with bilateral irradiation ...
Práticas democráticas participativas na construção de agendas sociais de desenvolvimento em municípios do sudeste brasileiro
(ANPPAS - Revista Ambiente e Sociedade, 2013-06-01)
We present the results of a study that focused on local processes of implementation of social agendas - Agenda 21 and Healthy Cities - in the Southeast region of Brazil, relating the effort and its effects on the social ...
Avaliações objetiva e subjetiva da obstrução nasal em crianças e adolescentes com rinite alérgica
(Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, 2012-10-01)
OBJECTIVE: To correlate objective assessment of nasal obstruction, as measured by acoustic rhinometry (volume of the first 5 cm of the nasal cavity) and active anterior rhinomanometry (total nasal airway resistance), with ...
Estudo retrospectivo do tratamento de leucemia mielóide aguda com o transplante de medula óssea: a experiência brasileira
(Associação Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular, 2006-03-01)
Data from the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry (IBMTR) contribute for the improvement of Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) worldwide. We studied the Brazilian experience in BMT for AML to compare this with international ...
Tratamento da síndrome do túnel ulnar pela técnica da epicondilectomia parcial medial do cotovelo
(Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, 2008-12-01)
OBJECTIVE: The authors made a retrospective analysis of the results of 21 cases of cubital syndrome that were surgically treated with the partial medial epicondylectomy. METHODS: From February 2001 to October 2006, 21 ...
Descriptive study of HTLV infection in a population of pregnant women from the state of Pará, Northern Brazil
(Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT, 2012-08-01)
INTRODUCTION: In Brazil, studies have shown that HTLV seroprevalence among pregnant women varies from 0 to 1.8%. However, this seroprevalence was unknown in the State of Pará, Brazil. The present study describes, for the ...
Cockroach allergens and asthma in Brazil: Identification of tropomyosin as a major allergen with potential cross-reactivity with mite and shrimp allergens
(Mosby-year Book Inc, 1999-08-01)
Background: Cockroaches produce several proteins that induce IgE antibody responses. Although cockroaches are abundant in warm and humid areas, sensitization to cockroach allergens has not been investigated in Brazil.Objective: ...