Physical activity in mild cognitive impairment during aging and the description of its predictive factors: A systematic review.

Introduction: Over the years, human activity and performance show a normal decline in cognitive and sensorimotor tasks.

Objective: To identify physical activity strategies for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and describe their main predictors during aging.

Method: This systematic review identified the outcomes of physical activity strategies used in MCI and described their main predictors during aging.

Metformin for prevention of cesarean delivery and large-for-gestational-age newborns in non-diabetic obese pregnant women: a randomized clinical trial.

Objective: To evaluate the use of metformin for preventing cesarean deliveries and large-for-gestational-age (LGA) newborn (NB) outcomes in non-diabetic obese pregnant women.

Subjects And Methods: This is a randomized clinical trial with obese pregnant women, divided into 2 groups: metformin group and control group, with followed-up prenatal routine. The gestational age of participants was less than or equal to 20 weeks and were monitored throughout entire prenatal period.

Mobility impact and methods of diaphragm monitoring in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review.

The objectives of the study were to identify the factors that limit diaphragmatic mobility and evaluate the therapeutic results of the monitoring methods previously used in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and LILACS databases were used. A gray literature search was conducted with Google scholar.

Evaluation of Preeclampsia Results after Use of Metformin in Gestation: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective:  Does the use of metformin have an influence on the outcomes of preeclampsia (PE)?

Sources Of Data:  The descriptors , , , and associated with the Boolean operators and were found in the MEDLINE, LILACS, Embase and Cochrane databases. A flowchart with exclusion criteria and inclusion strategy using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol, and eligibility criteria was used. Data were extracted regarding the type of study, the applied dosage, treatment time, segment, bias risks, and the Patient, Intervention, Comparison and Outcome (PICO) strategy to identify the quality of the study.

Dyslipidemia and maternal obesity: Prematurity and neonatal prognosis.

Objective: To identify the changes caused by dyslipidemia and obesity in pregnancy suggesting causes for premature birth, and the prognosis for the newborn.

Method: Systematic review based on the Medline, Lilacs, Embase and Cochrane library databases between 1996 and 2016. The search for studies included the following keywords: "dyslipidemia, pregnancy, obesity, preterm birth.

Phonoaudiology guidance in the preoperative period in the head and neck tumors.

Introduction:  The habit of smoking and intake of alcoholic drinks can lead to the incidence of malignant tumors in several areas, including the head or neck. Phonoaudiology is an area of oncology that is always seeking to expand its applications in oncological head and neck cases, with intervention in pre- and post-operative periods and in different clinical fields.

Aim:  To evaluate and describe the impact of phonoaudiology preoperative guidance in patients, specifically smokers and alcohol drinkers, with head and neck cancer.