Neonatal death prediction scores: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To compare, through a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational accuracy studies, the main existing neonatal death prediction scores.

Method: Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational accuracy studies. The databases accessed were MEDLINE, ELSEVIER, LILACS, SciELO, OpenGrey, Open Access Thesis and Dissertations, EMBASE, Web of Science, SCOPUS and Cochrane Library.

Risk factors for mortality in patients with dengue: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To investigate risk factors for mortality in dengue.

Methods: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis searching MEDLINE, Embase, SciELO, LILACS Bireme, and OpenGrey databases to identify eligible observational studies of patients with dengue, of both genders, aged 14 years or older, that analysed risk factors associated with mortality and reported adjusted risk measures with their respective confidence intervals (CIs). We estimated the pooled weighted mean difference and 95% CIs with a DerSimonian and Laird random-effects model.

[Trend in the prevalence of anemia in children from maroon communities according to two population-based surveys in Alagoas State, Brazil (2008-2018)].

The study aimed to assess trends in the prevalence of anemia in children from quilombos (maroon communities) in Alagoas State, Brazil. This was a descriptive study comparing the results of two household surveys (2008; n = 950 and 2018; n = 426), involving a sample of children from 6 to 59 months of age. Anemia was diagnosed as hemoglobin < 110g/L (HemoCue).

Factors associated with extubation failure in very low birth weight infants: a cohort study in the northeast Brazil.

Objectives: Identifying and understanding the main risk factors associated with extubation failure of very low birthweight (VLBW) infants in different populations can subsequently help in establishing better criteria while taking decision of extubation. The aim of the study was to identify factors associated with extubation failure in VLBW infants.

Methods: A cohort study of VLBW infants who underwent their first extubation between April 2018 and December 2019 in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Alagoas, Brazil, were included in this study.

Factors associated with childhood anaemia in Afro-descendant communities in Alagoas, Brazil.

Objective: To investigate factors associated with anaemia in preschool children.

Design: A home survey was conducted in 2018. Anaemia in children (capillary blood Hb level < 110 g/l) was the outcome, and socio-economic, demographic and health factors of the mother and child were the independent variables.

Spontaneous Breathing Trials in Preterm Infants: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Few data are available on the use of spontaneous breathing trials (SBTs) in the neonatal population, despite advocacy of the practice in many neonatal ICUs. In this meta-analysis, we systematically reviewed the literature regarding the accuracy of SBTs as a predictor for extubation failure in premature infants.

Methods: Following the PRISMA recommendations, scientific articles were collected in December 2019 and January 2020 using PubMed, LILACS, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, OATD, and BDTD databases.

Effects of vasoconstrictor use on digital nerve block: systematic review with meta-analysis.

Conventionally, the association of local anesthetics with vasoconstrictors is avoided at extremities due to the risk of ischemia. However, recent studies suggest that there is safety in the use of vasoconstrictors at extremities. Thus, we sought to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of vasoconstrictor use combined with local anesthetics in digital nerve block compared to the use of anesthetics without vasoconstrictors, through a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

Analysis of neonatal mortality risk factors in Brazil: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

Objective: To identify, using a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, which risk factors are significantly associated with neonatal mortality in Brazil, and to build a comprehensive national analysis on neonatal mortality.

Sources: This review included observational studies on neonatal mortality, performed between 2000 and 2018 in Brazilian cities. The MEDLINE, Elsevier, Cochrane, LILACS, SciELO, and OpenGrey databases were used.

PERINATAL CARE IN A NORTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN STATE: STRUCTURE, WORK PROCESSES, AND EVALUATION OF THE COMPONENTS OF ESSENTIAL NEWBORN CARE.

Objective: To describe the structure and the processes of care for pregnant women/newborn infants, including the Essential Newborn Care (ENC), in maternity hospitals in Sergipe State, Brazil.

Methods: A cross-sectional study carried out between June 2015 and April 2016 in all maternity hospitals of Sergipe with more than 500 deliveries/year (n=11). A questionnaire on the existing structure and work processes was administered to the managers.

Neonatal near miss determinants at a maternity hospital for high-risk pregnancy in Northeastern Brazil: a prospective study.

Background: To investigate the associations of maternal variables - sociodemographic, obstetrical and maternal near miss (MNM) variables - with neonatal near miss (NNM) using the new concept of NNM formulated by the Centro Latino-Americano de Perinatologia (CLAP) and the corresponding health indicators for NNM.

Methods: An analytical prospective cohort study was performed at maternity hospital for high-risk pregnancy in Northeastern Brazil. Puerperal women whose newborn infants met the selection criteria were subjected to interviews involving pretested questionnaires.

Determinants of neonatal death with emphasis on health care during pregnancy, childbirth and reproductive history.

Objective: To identify risk factors for neonatal mortality, focusing on factors related to assistance care during the prenatal period, childbirth, and maternal reproductive history.

Methods: This was a case-control study conducted in Maceió, Northeastern Brazil. The sample consisted of 136 cases and 272 controls selected from official Brazilian databases.

Characteristics and factors associated with health care in children younger than 1 year with very low birth weight.

Objectives: To identify the characteristics of health care in infants with very low birth weight during the first year of life and the factors associated with this care.

Methods: This was a descriptive study with an analytical component conducted in the city of Maceió, Northeastern Brazil, with a sample of 53 children with a median age of five months at the time of the interview, and their mothers. The mothers were interviewed at home regarding socioeconomic and demographic data and health care provided for the child.