Emergency department use and Artificial Intelligence in Pelotas: design and baseline results.

Objetivo: To describe the initial baseline results of a population-based study, as well as a protocol in order to evaluate the performance of different machine learning algorithms with the objective of predicting the demand for urgent and emergency services in a representative sample of adults from the urban area of Pelotas, Southern Brazil.

Methods: The study is entitled "Emergency department use and Artificial Intelligence in PELOTAS (RS) (EAI PELOTAS)" (https://wp.ufpel.

Nutritional status and dietary intake of pregnant women.

Objective: To evaluate weight gain during pregnancy according to the pregestational state in women who underwent prenatal care in Primary Health Care.

Methods: A cross-sectional study with the participation of 255 pregnant women. Socioeconomic and demographic variables were collected using a structured questionnaire.

Views of primary healthcare physicians on occupational health.

Introduction: The incorporation of occupational health action in healthcare units is a major public health challenge.

Objectives: This study aims to the perceptions of primary health care (PHC) physicians about occupational health.

Methods: This is a qualitative exploratory-descriptive study was conducted in a municipality located in the central region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Coronavirus disease 2019 population-based prevalence, risk factors, hospitalization, and fatality rates in southern Brazil.

Objectives: To assess population-based prevalence, risk factors, hospitalization, and infection fatality rates (IFR) associated with COVID-19.

Methods: We conducted two household surveys among the non-institutionalized adult population from May 30 to June 17, 2020, in Lajeado, an 84,000-inhabitant industrial city in southern Brazil. Primary outcome was prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

CD4+ T Lymphocytes Subsets in Early Life: Does Exclusive Breastfeeding Promote Allergy?

Breastfeeding provides ideal nutrition and passive immunization for growing infants, protecting them from potentially fatal infectious diseases. Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for at least six months and should be continued complementarity for another year. One of the justifications for this recommended practice is the prevention of allergic diseases, which has been controversial for many years.

[Analysis of the use of data from the Primary Health Care Information System (SIAB): an integrative review of the literature].

This paper aimed to identify instances of the use of data from the Primary Health Care Information System in the existing scientific literature. This study is an Integrative Literature Review and the search for articles was performed in May, 2013 in the Virtual Healthcare Library (MedLine, Lilacs and SciELO), considering publications from 2008 to 2012. The search for articles initially located 164 texts, though after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, this review concentrated on 12 articles.

Temporal evolution and spatial distribution of maternal death.

Objective: To analyze the temporal evolution of maternal mortality and its spatial distribution.

Methods: Ecological study with a sample made up of 845 maternal deaths in women between 10 and 49 years, registered from 1999 to 2008 in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. Data were obtained from Information System on Mortality of Ministry of Health.

[The importance of waste from healthcare services for teachers, students and graduates of the healthcare sector].

This study aimed to explore the perception healthcare sector teachers, students and graduates from two institutions of higher learning in Rio Grande do Sul, on the generation of waste from healthcare services. It used a qualitative research approach, performed with 13 teachers, 18 students and 12 healthcare professionals, who were collected through a focus group. The main results showed there is a perception toward the importance of proper segregation and disposal of Healthcare Service Waste, also there is a lack of concern for the reduction of these wastes.

[Epidemiological profile of maternal deaths in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: 2004-2007].

This study analyzed the epidemiological profile of maternal deaths that occurred from 2004 to 2007 in Rio Grande do Sul, by means of Maternal Mortality Rates and Specific Maternal Mortality Ratio. Data was obtained from the Health Information System database and 323 maternal deaths were identified. In order to analyze indicators, Poisson regression and statistical tests were carried out.

[Nurses and doctors turnover: an impasse in the implementation of the Family Health Strategy].

The research analyzed the causes for turnover rate of doctors and nurses in family health strategy teams with at least two years of implementation on March 2006 in Vale do Taquari, Rio Grande do Sul State. It is a quantitative and qualitative study identifying 31 teams in 25 towns, and the turnover rate was established by year from 1999 to 2005 by professional category. There was no turnover for doctors and nurses in 1999 and 2000.

[Midwives and care in childbirth].

This study aimed at knowing the care in childbirths conducted by midwives by the middle of 20th century It is a study of qualitative approach using as reference the Content Analysis. Four midwives were interviewed. Five categories emerged: Motivation to be a midwife; learning to be a midwife; positioning the midwife's work; developing care; work compensation.

[Use of condoms during sexual intercourse: a population-based study].

Objective: To describe characteristics associated with failure to use condoms during sexual intercourse by women.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional population-based study including 1,026 women aged 20-60 years living in the urban area of a city in Southern Brazil, in 2003. Cluster sampling was carried out by randomly selecting 40 of the city's 270 census sectors.

[Use of contraceptive methods by sexually active women in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil].

In 2003, a population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the urban area of São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The sample included 867 sexually active women from 20 to 60 years of age. The objective was to describe the use of contraceptive methods.