Heel prick test: maternal-fetal conditions that may have an effect on the test results in newborns admitted to the intensive care unit.

Objective: To describe the characteristics of the heel prick test in newborns admitted to the intensive care unit of a university hospital as well as to determine whether maternal and fetal conditions could have affected the results of this test.

Methods: Retrospective longitudinal study with a quantitative approach that evaluated 240 medical records. The data collected were analyzed by descriptive statistical analysis.

Bioimpedance as an indicator in the distribution of interface pressure in vulnerable regions for pressure ulcers: A preliminary study.

Aim: To examine the influence of body mass index, bioimpedance, and skin folds on the distribution of body interface pressure in regions with the potential to develop pressure ulcers in contact with support surfaces.

Design: This was a descriptive and analytical study.

Methods: Twenty healthy volunteer adults were investigated in April 2017.

Mortality by sickle cell disease in Brazil.

This work aimed to characterize mortality by sickle cell disease in Brazil. The MEDLINE electronic database was searched using the terms 'mortality' and 'sickle cell disease' and 'Brazil' for articles published in the last five years aiming to provide a current analysis of the subject in question. Eight studies on mortality by sickle cell disease were carried out in the Brazilian states of Maranhão, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Mato Grosso do Sul.

Synthesis of aryl aldimines and their activity against fungi of clinical interest.

Aldimines are aldehyde-derived compounds that contain a C=N group. Besides its broad industrial applications, this class of non-naturally occurring compounds are found to possess antibacterial, antifungal, antimalarial, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and antipyretic properties. Based on this, six aryl aldimines were synthesized from the condensation of aromatic amines with benzaldehydes.