Association between vaccination and persistent COVID-19-related symptoms among patients with mild Omicron infection: A prospective cohort study.

Background: While COVID-19 vaccination has been shown to reduce the risk of severe illness, its impact on the occurrence of persistent symptoms in patients with mild Omicron infection remains uncertain. Our objective was to investigate whether COVID-19 vaccination reduces the occurrence of persistent COVID-19-related symptoms 3 months after mild Omicron infection.

Methods: Multicenter prospective cohort study was conducted in Brazil between January 2022 and June 2023 when Omicron was predominant.

Impact on pulmonary, cardiac, and renal function and long-term quality of life after hospitalization for acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19: Protocol of the Post-COVID Brazil 3 study.

Rationale: Evidence about long-term sequelae after hospitalization for acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19 is still scarce.

Purpose: To evaluate changes in pulmonary, cardiac, and renal function and in quality of life after hospitalization for acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to COVID-19.

Methods: This will be a multicenter case-control study of 220 participants.

Long-term Health-Related Quality of Life and Outcomes after Hospitalization for COVID-19 in Brazil: Post-COVID Brazil 1 Study Protocol.

Background: The long-term impact of hospitalization for COVID-19 on patients' physical, mental, and cognitive health still needs further assessment.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate factors associated with quality of life and cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular outcomes 12 months after hospitalization for COVID-19.

Methods: This prospective multicenter study intends to enroll 611 patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 (NCT05165979).

Health-Related Quality of Life and Long-Term Outcomes after Mildly Symptomatic COVID-19: The Post-COVID Brazil Study 2 Protocol.

Background: The long-term effects of mild COVID-19 on physical, cognitive, and mental health are not yet well understood.

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to describe the protocol for the ongoing "Post-COVID Brazil" study 2, which aims to evaluate the factors associated with health-related quality of life and long-term cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular outcomes one year after a mild episode of symptomatic COVID-19.

Methods: The "Post-COVID Brazil" study 2 is a prospective multicenter study that plans to enroll 1047 patients (NCT05197647).

Serious lesions in Green turtles () afflicted by fatal Spirorchiidiasis found stranded in south and southeastern Brazil.

Several diseases have been reported as affecting endangered wild sea turtle population worldwide, including spirorchiidiasis. This parasitic infection results in serious circulatory disorders in sea turtles, as well as tissue damage due to the presence of spirorchiids eggs. However, few reports of organs severely affected by tissue replacement caused by granulomatous inflammatory processes due to spirorchiidiasis in sea turtles are available.

Modulation of miR-429 during osmotic stress in the silverside .

Silverside fish inhabit marine coastal waters, coastal lagoons, and estuarine regions in southern South America. Although silversides are not fully adapted to freshwater, they can tolerate a wide range of salinity variations. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of ∼22 nucleotide noncoding RNAs, which are crucial regulators of gene expression at post-transcriptional level.

Sleep in Paralympic athletes and its relationship with injuries and illnesses.

Objectives: To evaluate sleep characteristics and investigate the relationship of sleep with injuries and illnesses in Paralympic athletes.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Sports Training Center.

Is there a correlation between dental and cervical vertebrae maturation stages in growing subjects? A systematic review with meta-analysis.

Objective: To assess the evidence on the relationship between dental and cervical vertebrae maturation.

Materials And Methods: Searches were performed (up to December 2021) in seven databases, as well as in gray literature. Studies that included growing subjects, which evaluated the correlation between the stages of tooth formation and the maturation of cervical vertebrae, were eligible.

The impact of intensive care unit diaries on patients' and relatives' outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Memory gaps in intensive care unit (ICU) survivors are associated with psychiatric disorders. The ICU diaries improve the patient's factual memory of the ICU, but it is not clear if they reduce the incidence of psychiatric disorders in patients and relatives after hospital discharge. The aim of this study is to evaluate the literature on the effect of ICU diaries for patients admitted in ICU and their relatives.

Analysis of the middle region of the pharynx in adolescents with different anteroposterior craniofacial skeletal patterns.

Objective: To assess the volume and morphology of the middle region of the pharynx (MRP) in adolescents with different anteroposterior craniofacial skeletal patterns.

Methods: One hundred twenty-six patients (56 male and 70 female), who had cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) within their records, were selected for this cross-sectional study. Participants were classified, according to their ANB angle value, in Class I (1o ≤ ANB ≤ 3o), Class II (ANB > 3o) and Class III (ANB < 1o).

Corrigendum: Gene and Blood Analysis Reveal That Transfer from Brackish Water to Freshwater Is More Stressful to the Silverside .

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.

Roundup® Herbicide Decreases Quality Parameters of Spermatozoa of Silversides Odontesthes Humensis.

The silverside (Odontesthes humensis) is a very interesting model for toxicological studies due its high sensitivity and need for good water quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Roundup on spermatozoa of O. humensis, after acute exposure.

Evaluation of Reference Genes to Analyze Gene Expression in Silverside Under Different Environmental Conditions.

Some mammalian reference genes, which are widely used to normalize the qRT-PCR, could not be used for this purpose due to its high expression variation. The normalization with false reference genes leads to misinterpretation of results. The silversides ( spp.

Gene and Blood Analysis Reveal That Transfer from Brackish Water to Freshwater Is More Stressful to the Silverside .

Silversides are fish that inhabit marine coastal waters, coastal lagoons, and estuarine regions in southern South America. The freshwater (FW) silversides have the ability to tolerate salinity variations. have similar habitats and biological characteristics of congeneric , the most studied silverside species and with great economic importance.

Delirium in intensive care unit patients under noninvasive ventilation: a multinational survey.

Objective: To conduct a multinational survey of intensive care unit professionals to determine the practices on delirium assessment and management, in addition to their perceptions and attitudes toward the evaluation and impact of delirium in patients requiring noninvasive ventilation.

Methods: An electronic questionnaire was created to evaluate the profiles of the respondents and their related intensive care units, the systematic delirium assessment and management and the respondents' perceptions and attitudes regarding delirium in patients requiring noninvasive ventilation. The questionnaire was distributed to the cooperative network for research of the Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira (AMIB-Net) mailing list and to researchers in different centers in Latin America and Europe.

[Effectiveness Of 2% And 4% Papain Gels In The Healing Of Venous Ulcers].

Objective: To analyze the effectiveness of 2% and 4% papain gels in tissue repair of venous ulcers.

Method: Quasi-experimental study with consecutive sample of 16 patients with 30 venous ulcers treated at the outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital, from April to November in 2011, using a form for clinical assessment of the patient and its lesion. Variables were analyzed by Wilcoxon and McNemar test (p < 0.

Do children with Glasgow 13/14 could be identified as mild traumatic brain injury?

Objective: To identify in mild head injured children the major differences between those with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 15 and GCS 13/14.

Method: Cross-sectional study accomplished through information derived from medical records of mild head injured children presented in the emergency room of a Pediatric Trauma Centre level I, between May 2007 and May 2008.

Results: 1888 patients were included.