Publications by authors named "Jessica Yumi Matuoka"

Introduction: Different therapies are currently used, considered, or proposed for the treatment of COVID-19; for many of those therapies, no appropriate assessment of effectiveness and safety was performed. This document aims to provide scientifically available evidence-based information in a transparent interpretation, to subsidize decisions related to the pharmacological therapy of COVID-19 in Brazil.

Methods: A group of 27 experts and methodologists integrated a task-force formed by professionals from the Brazilian Association of Intensive Care Medicine (Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB), the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (Sociedad Brasileira de Infectologia - SBI) and the Brazilian Society of Pulmonology and Tisiology (Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia - SBPT).

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Objectives: The objective of this review was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of antimicrobial therapy for patients with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection.

Introduction: Among the main multi-resistant microorganisms, carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae is responsible for the mortality of 40% of patients following 30 days of infection.

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The objective of this review is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of antimicrobial therapy treatment for inpatients infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase.More specifically, the review question is: What is the best evidence on the cost-effectiveness of the antimicrobial treatment for inpatients infected with Klebsiella Pneumoniae Carbapenemase?"

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Objective: Analyzing the evidence of the effects of dignity therapy onterminally ill patients.

Method: A Systematic review of the literature conducted using the search strategy in six databases. Inclusion criteria were primary studies, excluding literature reviews (systematic or not) and conceptual articles.

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