Clinics (Sao Paulo)
October 2024
Dengue, like other arboviruses with broad clinical spectra, can easily be misdiagnosed as other infectious diseases due to the overlap of signs and symptoms. During large outbreaks, severe dengue cases have the potential to overwhelm the health care system and understanding the burden of dengue hospitalizations is therefore important to better allocate medical care and public health resources. A machine learning model that used data from the Brazilian public healthcare system database and the National Institute of Meteorology (INMET) was developed to estimate potential misdiagnosed dengue hospitalizations in Brazil.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This is a secondary database study using the Brazilian public healthcare system database.
Aim: To describe intestinal complications (ICs) of patients in the Brazilian public healthcare system with Crohn's disease (CD) who initiated and either only received conventional therapy (CVT) or also initiated anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy between 2011 and 2020.
Methods: This study included patients with CD [international classification of diseases - 10 revision (ICD-10): K50.
World J Gastroenterol
February 2023
Background: This was an observational, descriptive, and retrospective study from 2011 to 2020 from the Department of Informatics of the Brazilian Healthcare System database.
Aim: To describe the intestinal complications (IC) of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) who started conventional therapies in Brazil´s public Healthcare system.
Methods: Patients ≥ 18 years of age who had at least one claim related to UC 10 revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) code and at least 2 claims for conventional therapies were included.
Introduction: Although potassium-competitive acid blockers (P-CABs) prompted safety concerns when first developed, they ultimately proved to have a favourable safety profile.
Aim: To assess the safety of vonoprazan in the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcers, or gastroduodenal mucosal lesions induced by chronic use of aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Material And Methods: From March to June 2021, a literature search was conducted using Medline via PubMed, Cochrane library, Lilacs, SciELO, and Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) electronic databases.
Background: The burden of dengue in Brazil is poorly documented and is based on data from the public health care setting. This study estimated the prevalence and costs of dengue management in the private health care system in Brazil from 2015 to 2020 using a large claims database from Orizon.
Methods: We selected claims with dengue ICD codes (ICD-10 A90 or A91) from January 2015 to December 2020.
Introduction: Vonoprazan has been found to promote a better antisecretory effect addressing acid-related diseases' unmet needs.
Aim: To assess if vonoprazan effectively treats patients diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease esophagitis or with peptic ulcers induced by chronic use of aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Material And Methods: A literature search was conducted (April/2021) using Medline via PubMed, Cochrane library, Lilacs, Scielo, and Centre for Reviews and Dissemination electronic databases.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen
March 2022
Objectives: This study sought to explore feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of aerobic training (AT), mindfulness training (MT), or both (MT + AT) on cognitive function in older individuals at risk of dementia.
Method: Participants were randomized to AT, MT, both, or usual care (UC). Z-scores of attention, verbal fluency, and episodic memory for non-demented adults (ZAVEN) were computed at baseline, end of treatment (EOT), and 6 months since baseline.
We sought to determine whether there is any association between a cardiac workload marker, rate pressure product (RPP), working memory, and cortical amyloid-β (Aβ) burden in 63 cognitively normal midlife adults (Mage = 62.8 years; range = 55 to 75 years) at risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The results show a small-to-moderate relationship between increasing cardiac workload (at rest) and neocortical amyloidosis in individuals at the preclinical stage of AD.
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