The author reviews the current methods and facilities used for measuring ventilatory pulmonary function. Makes conclusions about prospective methods of the setting of standards and checking of the metrological characteristics as well as about the structure of the necessary equipment.
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January 2025
Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Background: The neonatal mortality rate in Pakistan is the third highest in Asia, with 8.6 million preterm babies. These newborns require warmth, nutrition, and infection protection, typically provided by incubators.
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January 2025
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Dr. Arnaldo 455, 2º andar, sala 2216, Cerqueira Cesar. 01246-903 São Paulo SP Brasil.
Prophylaxis based on antiretrovirals, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis to HIV (PrEP), has the potential to protect the populations most vulnerable to infection, which renews optimism for controlling the HIV epidemic. Against this backdrop, the aim of this article is to analyze the perceptions, negotiations and tensions surrounding the use of PrEP by men who have sex with men (MSM). This is a qualitative cross-section of a multicenter study, analyzing semi-structured interviews with 18 users of specialized HIV/AIDS healthcare facilities in the city of São Paulo/SP.
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January 2025
Facultad de Ciencias de la Rehabilitación, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
This study aimed to identify the competencies required by primary health care managers for the effective performance of their functions. A systematic review was conducted according to PRISMA, in the databases PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and CINAHL, up to May 2023, in the last 10 years. The inclusion criteria were quantitative, qualitative, or mixed studies that evaluated the competencies required for primary health care managers and published in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
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January 2025
Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FAST), Laboratory of Biology and Molecular Typing in Microbiology (LBTMM), University of Abomey-Calavi, Atlantic, Benin.
Background: Antiretroviral treatment increases the risk of accumulation of resistance mutations that negatively impact the possibilities of future treatment. This study aimed to present the frequency of HIV-1 antiretroviral resistance mutations and the genetic diversity among children with virological failure in five pediatric care facilities in Benin.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out from November 20, 2020, to November 30, 2022, in children under 15 years of age who failed ongoing antiretroviral treatment at five facilities care in Benin (VL > 3log10 on two consecutive realizations three months apart).
PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Aim: To evaluate the impact of heart rate-guided basic resuscitation compared to Helping Babies Breathe on neonatal outcomes and resuscitation practices in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Methods: We conducted a pre-post clinical trial comparing heart rate-guided basic resuscitation to Helping Babies Breathe in three facilities, enrolling in-born neonates ≥28 weeks gestation. We collected observational data during a convenience sample of resuscitations and extracted clinical data from the medical record for all participants.
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