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Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Tecnologia, Imperatriz, MA, Brazil.
Main Results: A total of 4,029 leprosy cases were notified. Mean prevalence varied between 2.0 and 11.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical-epidemiological characteristics and temporal trend of new cases of grade 2 disability leprosy in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, 2011- 2020.
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Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Tecnologia, Imperatriz, MA, Brazil.
Main Results: Out of 2,147 grade 2 disability leprosy cases, the majority were male, of mixed race/skin color, multibacillary and borderline. The São Luís regional health unit showed a falling trend.
Implications For Services: The results can guide strategies for the leprosy control program in the state, aiming at new approaches towards early diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disabilities.
Social Reproduction as a methodological perspective for contextualized analysis of living and health conditions.
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
This article aims to discuss the use of Social Reproduction, proposed by Juan Samaja, in the analysis of living and health conditions in a context of an sustanaible development reserve in the Brazilian Amazon. This study uses a comprehensive approach to Social Reproduction processes that comprise the network of hierarchically organized structures using the analysis of social interactions of narrated and observable events, applied to the data matrix. The Ecological Reproduction of life in the riverside forest is negatively expressed in bio-communal life, as the strategic actions provided by the Political, Economic and Cultural Reproductions, that is, the environmental policy actions, do not value the local way of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPotassium permanganate: a 'desert island drug' in dermatology.
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Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital Pondicherry, India.
Potassium permanganate (KMnO ) is an astringent with oxidizing and antiseptic properties, which dates from the 17th century and has been in medical use since the early 1800s. It is available as an over-the-counter preparation and is often used as compresses and baths for various exudative dermatoses. Its advantages include lower cost, good healing rate and reduced allergenic potential.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMesenchymal stem cells derived from perinatal tissues for treatment of critically ill COVID-19-induced ARDS patients: a case series.
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January 2021
Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a fatal complication of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). There are a few reports of allogeneic human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as a potential treatment for ARDS. In this phase 1 clinical trial, we present the safety, feasibility, and tolerability of the multiple infusions of high dose MSCs, which originated from the placenta and umbilical cord, in critically ill COVID-19-induced ARDS patients.
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