Abnormal neurovascular control during central and peripheral chemoreceptors stimulation in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction.

Purpose: Central and peripheral chemoreceptors are hypersensitized in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Whether this autonomic alteration occurs in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remains little known. We test the hypothesis that the central and peripheral chemoreflex control of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) is altered in HFpEF.

Impact of the implementation of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist on essential birth practices and adverse events in two Brazilian hospitals: a before and after study.

Objective: The WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) is a promising initiative for safety in childbirth care, but the evidence about its impact on clinical outcomes is limited. This study analysed the impact of SCC on essential birth practices (EBPs), obstetric complications and adverse events (AEs) in hospitals of different profiles.

Design: Quasi-experimental, time-series study and pre/post intervention.

Chemical analysis of irradiated root dentin and its interaction with resin cements.

Objectives: To investigate the chemical changes in root dentin submitted to ionizing radiation and how it affects the interaction with resin cements.

Materials And Methods: Forty human premolars were randomly divided into two groups (n = 20): non-irradiated and irradiated. They were randomly subdivided according to the type of resin cement (n = 10): conventional (RelyX ARC, 3 M ESPE) or self-adhesive (RelyX U200, 3 M ESPE).

Adverse obstetric outcomes in two Brazilian maternity hospitals.

Purpose: Obstetric adverse outcomes (AOs) are an important topic and the use of composite measures may favor the understanding of their impact on patient safety. The aim of the present study was to estimate AO frequency and obstetric care quality in low and high-risk maternity hospitals.

Design/methodology/approach: A one-year longitudinal follow-up study in two public Brazilian maternity hospitals.

Effects of fractionation and ionizing radiation dose on the chemical composition and microhardness of enamel.

Objective: To evaluate the chemical and mechanical properties of enamel submitted to different in vitro radiation protocols.

Design: Third molars were divided into seven groups (n = 8): non-irradiated (NI); a single dose of 30 Gy (SD30), 50 Gy (SD50), or 70 Gy (SD70) of radiation; or fractional radiation doses of up to 30 Gy (FD30), 50 Gy (FD50), or 70 Gy (FD70). Hemisections were analysed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and Knoop microhardness (KHN) test.

The WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist implementation: impact on the prescription of magnesium sulphate through a one-year longitudinal study.

Background: Preeclampsia is a relatively frequent condition during pregnancy and childbirth. The administration of magnesium sulphate as a prophylactic and treatment measure is an evidence-based practice for eclampsia; however, it is not consistently used, compromising the health of pregnant women. This study aimed to assess compliance with recommendations of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy (ISSHP) for the use of MgSO in pregnant women with preeclampsia, before and after the implementation of the World Health Organization Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC).

Outcomes in a Community-Based Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Program: Comparison with Hospital-Based and Academic Programs.

Background: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that a community-based intensive cardiac rehabilitation program could produce positive changes in risk factor profile and outcomes in an at-risk population.

Methods: Participants seeking either primary or secondary coronary artery disease prevention voluntarily enrolled in the 12-week intensive cardiac rehabilitation program. Data were obtained at baseline and 6-12 months after completion of the program.

[Assessment of adherence to the Safe Childbirth Checklist in a public maternity hospital in Northeast Brazil].

Decreasing childbirth-related mortality is a current global health priority. The World Health Organization developed the Safe Childbirth Checklist to reduce adverse events in maternal and perinatal care, using simple and effective practices. The current study aims to evaluate adherence to the checklist by professionals in a maternity hospital in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil.

[Development and validation of indicators for best patient safety practices: the ISEP-Brazil Project].

Efficacious patient safety monitoring should focus on the implementation of evidence-based practices that avoid unnecessary harm related to healthcare. The ISEP-Brazil project aimed to develop and validate indicators for best patient safety practices in Brazil. The basis was the translation and adaptation of the indicators validated in the ISEP-Spain project and the document Safe Practices for Better Healthcare (U.

Application of different techniques to detect Toxoplasma gondii in slaughtered sheep for human consumption.

The aim of this study was to investigate occurrence of Toxoplasma gondii in sheep slaughtered in the state of Alagoas, Brazil, by means of different diagnosis techniques. Serum samples and tissues from 100 slaughtered sheep were used. To detect antibodies, the indirect immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) was used, and tissues from seropositive animals (cut-off ≥1:64) were submitted to Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and immunohistochemistry (IHC).

Measuring eosinophiluria, urinary eosinophil cationic protein and urinary interleukin-5 in patients with Lupus Nephritis.

Background: Urine is increasingly becoming an attractive biological fluid in clinical practice due to being an easily obtained, non-invasive sampling method, containing proteins and peptides. The aim of this study was to investigate eosinophiluria, urinary eosinophil cationic protein (uECP) and urinary IL-5 (uIL-5) in patients with Lupus Nephritis.

Methods: Seventy-four patients with SLE-20 with clinical and laboratory evidence of lupus nephritis (LN group) and 54 without evidence of renal involvement (non-LN group)-were analyzed regarding eosinophiluria, uECP and uIL-5.

Depression after CABG: a prospective study.

Introduction: Depression during or shortly after hospitalization elevated two to three times the risk of mortality or nonfatal cardiac events, significantly increasing the morbidity and mortality of these patients.

Objective: To assess the impact of revascularization on symptoms of depression in patients with coronary artery disease.

Methods: A prospective cohort study of 57 patients of both sexes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting between June 2010 and June 2011.

Tai Chi as an adjunct physical activity for adults aged 45 years and older enrolled in phase III cardiac rehabilitation.

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation improves physical, cognitive and psychosocial functioning, yet services are greatly underutilized with increasing patterns of attrition over time. Tai Chi has been suggested as a possible adjunct to cardiac rehabilitation exercise training.

Aim: To describe differences in physical, cognitive and psychosocial functioning among adults ≥ 45 years old attending phase III cardiac rehabilitation, who have or have not self-selected Tai Chi exercise as an adjunct physical activity.

[Radioprotection norms and the use of individual protection equipments from the view of surgeon-dentists].

Although the odontology professional recognizes the existence of norms most of them had not demonstrated to perceive the fair and precise need of clarification. The perception lack displays to some problems as: lack of information on the necessity of accomplishment of periodic medical examinations of the professionals, lack of knowledge in the correct use of the equipment of x-rays, unfamiliarity of the necessity of periodic calibration of the device of x-rays, the inefficiency in the fulfillment of the radiation protection norms, the inadequate use of the equipment of individual protection (EPI) and absence of a manual of norms of the professional activities. Based in these results it can be concluded that the surgeon-dentists do not withhold the necessary knowledge on the norms of radiation protection and the correct use of the equipment of individual protection.

[Transmission of enteropasitosis through currency notes].

Purpose: There are several ways to propagation of parasitary diseases and how there aren't many bibliographic work about this theme, it was realized a study near to the Natal-RN population, to verify the enteroparasites transmission through the paper money.

Methods: In the Laboratório Parasitologia Clínica was analysed 500 bills of several worths gotten in shops and, concomitantly it was examined samples of a water got from the washed hands of the people who held the money. The methods to realize the parasitologic exams were: Ritchie and Faust et al.