Use of unprescribed hormones in the body modification of travestis and transsexual women in Salvador/Bahia, Brazil.

This article aims to analyze the use of non-prescribed hormones among travestis and transgender women (TrTGW) in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. This cross-sectional study used the Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) methodology to recruit TrTGW from 2014 to 2016 in Salvador and the Metropolitan Region. A comparative analysis was carried out between sociodemographic, behavioral, and gender declaration conditions using hormones.

[Prognostic factors about morbidity and lethality in head injury].

Objective: To define the prognostic factors in head injury victims.

Method: Assessment and notification of 555 medical files from victims with head injury assisted at the General Hospital of Bahia during 2001.

Results: We verified morbidity rates of 19.

[Characteristics of patients with head injury at Salvador City (Bahia--Brazil)].

Objective: To describe the characteristics from people with head injury at Salvador city, as well, to point out the most frequent age groups, their disabilities and lethality rates.

Method: Assessment and notification of 555 medical files from victims with head injury assisted at the General Hospital of Bahia during 2001.

Results: 82.