A comparative analysis between atraumatic and conventional anesthetic techniques in surgical removal of upper third molars.

Pain control is essential in dental practice, and can be accomplished through various techniques. This study seeks to compare atraumatic and conventional anesthetic techniques, applied during surgeries to remove upper third molars. The endpoints evaluated were pain indices, patient satisfaction and anesthetic efficacy.

Vulnerability factors associated with HIV/AIDS hospitalizations: a case-control study.

Objectives: to identify the association between HIV/AIDS hospitalizations and factors that integrate individual, social, and programmatic vulnerabilities.

Methods: a case-control study conducted in 2014 in a municipality in the state of São Paulo. "Cases" included people living with HIV (PLHIV) hospitalized and "control" those who were outpatients.

Tuberculosis control in people living with HIV/AIDS.

Objective: to analyze the offering of health actions and services for the control of tuberculosis for people living with HIV/AIDS being followed up in the Specialized Care Services for HIV/AIDS in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.

Method: quantitative, exploratory survey study. Participated 253 people living with HIV/AIDS followed up by this service, considering as inclusion criteria: individuals older than 18 years living in the city and not inmates.

Evaluation of the performance of Tuberculosis Control Programs in Brazil and Spain: an integrative review of the literature.

This is an integrative review of the literature, which sought to locate evidence regarding the evaluation of the performance of tuberculosis control programs in the Brazilian and Spanish contexts. Articles indexed in databases, search directories and virtual libraries produced in Brazil and Spain from 2002 to 2013 were selected. A total of 17 articles (9 Brazilian and 8 Spanish) were included for analysis.

[Provision of health care actions and services for the management of HIV/AIDS from the users' perspective].

Objective: To analyse the provision of health care actions and services for people living with AIDS and receiving specialised care in Ribeirão Preto, SP.

Method: A descriptive, exploratory, survey-type study that consisted of interviews with structured questionnaires and data analysis using descriptive statistics.

Results: The provision of health care actions and services is perceived as fair.

[Coordination of care for people living with HIV/AIDS in a city in São Paulo State, Brazil.].

The aim of this study was to analyze the coordination of health activities and services for persons living with AIDS. This was a cross-sectional study of 301 persons living with AIDS. The analysis used descriptive techniques, analysis of variance, and multiple comparisons of means.

Cultural meaning of quality of life: perspectives of Brazilian burn patients.

Purpose: This study was designed to explore the cultural meaning and dimensions of quality of life from the perspective of Brazilian burn patients.

Method: A qualitative research approach was used. Nineteen burn patients and their close relatives participated in this ethnographic study.

The meanings of quality of life: interpretative analysis based on experiences of people in burns rehabilitation.

This research aimed to interpret the meanings of quality of life, taking into consideration the meanings attributed by those who have undergone serious burns, their experiences and social/cultural background. We used the ethnographic method based on modern hermeneutics. Nineteen patients with burn sequelae, already discharged from the Burns Unit of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School Clinical Hospital participated in this study, along with their relatives.