5 results match your criteria: "1 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro[Affiliation]"
International Trade and Health Care in Brazil: An Unpredicted Tale Threatening Health Care Entitlement?
Int J Health Serv
April 2019
2 Queen Mary University of London, London, England.
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), established in 1994, has been a key element of market liberalization of health care services. Brazil had the provision of health care services partially protected from international competition until 2015, when a constitutional change opened the national health care market to international provision. We performed a retrospective and prospective policy analysis based on a systematic policy document review, general literature review, and secondary data analysis mapping, describing and analyzing the international trade agreements signed by Brazil with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the available legislation relevant to health care services.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Importance of the Reversed Halo Sign in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Mucormycosis.
AJR Am J Roentgenol
August 2018
1 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Purpose: Body composition of adolescent athletes is often evaluated scientifically and in sports by using reference equations developed from nonathlete adolescent populations. The aim of this study was to analyze the validity of predictive equations based on skinfold measurements, as compared with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), to estimate body fat in adolescent modern pentathlon athletes.
Methods: 51 athletes, 27 male (mean age = 15.
Unexpected lung parenchymal findings on nonenhanced abdominal CT may raise suspicion of PE.
AJR Am J Roentgenol
December 2014
1 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Can morphologic characteristics of the reversed halo sign narrow the differential diagnosis of pulmonary infections?
AJR Am J Roentgenol
November 2014
1 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.