Effect of educational video on newborn care for the knowledge of pregnant and postpartum women and their families.

Objectives: to evaluate the effect of educational video on newborn care to increase the knowledge of pregnant, postpartum, and family members.

Methods: a quasi-experimental study, with pre-intervention and post-intervention evaluation with a single group. Fifty-eight pregnant, postpartum, and family members treated in basic health units and a hospital in Ceará, Brazil, participated.

Safety of a training program for ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein catheterization in critically ill patients.

Objectives: Evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a training program for performing ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation in critically ill patients.

Methods: Cohort prospective study, evaluating adult patients admitted in a teaching intensive care unit (ICU). Catheter placement was performed by an ICU medical resident.

The relevance and recognition of Latin American science. Introduction to the fourth issue of CBP-Latin America.

Although the number of science and engineering (S&E) publications produced in Latin America grew exponentially over the past 15 years, the investment in science and the number of full time researchers did not grow at a comparable rate. Moreover, Latin American science is handicapped by constrained resources and access to information, higher costs of research, English-language barriers and brain-drain. One possible explanation for the observed rise in paper numbers, therefore, is that Latin American scientists have increased production, perhaps at the cost of quality.

Whither Latin America? Trends and challenges of science in Latin America.

Science in Latin America has experienced vigorous growth in the past decade, as demonstrated by the fact that the Latin American share of the world's scientific publications increased from 1.8% in 1991-1995 to 3.4% in 1999-2003.