Association between choroidal thickness and diabetic macular edema: a meta-analysis.

Aims: To evaluate the association between subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) and diabetic macular edema (DME).

Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods: A retrospective or prospective study comparing SFCT in diabetic retinopathy (DR) patients with and without DME was included.

Implementation of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist: a scoping review protocol.

Introduction: The WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (WHO SCC) was developed to accelerate adoption of essential practices that prevent maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality during childbirth. This study aims to summarise the current landscape of organisations and facilities that have implemented the WHO SCC and compare the published strategies used to implement the WHO SCC implementation in both successful and unsuccessful efforts.

Methods And Analysis: This scoping review protocol follows the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute.

High-Altitude Exposure and Diabetic Retinopathy: Unveiling the Impact and Mechanisms of Alleviation.

Background: High altitude (HA) is an extremely challenging environment for millions of people who either travel to HA regions or inhabit there permanently.

Summary: Significant progress has been made over the past decades in the understanding of physiological adaptations in HA conditions, and recently, more studies regarding its influence on metabolic disease have been published. However, the effect of HA on diabetic retinopathy (DR), the leading cause of blindness, remains unclear.

Improvement project to reduce surgical site infections: a retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: Surgical site infections are one of the main problems related to health care. In Brazil, they are responsible for 14 to 16% of infections related to health care. This study sought to analyze the effect of implementing a package of measures to reduce surgical site infections (SSI) in heart surgeries, kidney transplants and herniorrhaphies and to evaluate adherence to the safe surgery checklist in a university hospital.

Quality of prescription writing in Brazilian primary health care.

Objective: To evaluate the quality of prescription writing in the context of public primary health care.

Background: Prescription errors are one of the leading patient safety problems in primary care and can be caused by errors in therapeutic decisions or in the quality of prescription writing.

Methods: Cross-sectional observational study conducted in a municipality in Northeastern Brazil.