Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|
Arq Bras Cir Dig
January 2025
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology - São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
Background: Obesity is a predisposing factor for serious comorbidities, particularly those related to elevated cardiovascular mortality. The atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) has been shown to be a useful indicator of patients with insulin resistance.
Aims: The aim of this study was to assess cardiovascular risk before and after surgical treatment of obesity.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
January 2025
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Programa de pós-graduação em Medicina Interna e Ciências da Saúde, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Cryptococcal disease is the third most common invasive fungal infection in solid organ transplant recipients and is associated with high-morbidity and -mortality rates. Donor-derived Cryptococcus spp. infection typically manifests within the first month post-procedure and has historically been caused by C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCien Saude Colet
January 2025
Departamento de Epidemiologia e Métodos Quantitativos em Saúde, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil.
The aim is to identify the epidemiological profile of mortality among Brazilian indigenous children under five years of age, through an integrative review. Articles that evaluated the mortality of indigenous Brazilian children under one and/or five years of age, from 2000 to 2020, in Portuguese, English, and/or Spanish, in the LILACS, SciELO, and MEDLINE databases were included. Of the 3,229 publications found, 22 were included in the review.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCien Saude Colet
January 2025
Centro de Integração de Dados e Conhecimentos para a Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. R. Mundo 121, Edf. Tecnocentro, Ps 315, Trobogy. 41745-715 Salvador BA Brasil.
The aim was to map evidence on the quality of records in the Mortality Information System (SIM) through a national scoping review of articles published up to April 2023 across five databases (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, LILACS, and SciELO). Studies focused on specific causes of death were excluded. Dimensions evaluated included accessibility, methodological clarity, coverage, completeness, reliability, consistency, non-duplication, timeliness, validity, and studies on ill-defined causes/garbage codes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCien Saude Colet
January 2025
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso. Av. Santos Dumont s/n, Cidade Universitária (Bloco II). 78200-000 Cáceres MT Brasil.
We carried out the health situation analysis in the Legal Amazon through morbidity and mortality indicators and the comparison between intra and inter-state federation of the region and Brazil. Analysis of the health situation, trends, and identification of clusters in the Brazilian Amazon, for the period from 2010 to 2021, using secondary data available in official health information systems. Circulatory diseases were the main cause of death, representing 23% of deaths.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!