Terapia manual aplicada em pacientes submetidos a artroplastia total de joelho: uma revisão de literatura: Manual therapy applied to patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a literature review

Nos últimos dez anos, um grande progresso foi feito na pesquisa de doenças existentes nas articulações do joelho, e várias técnicas cirúrgicas e muitas opções de tratamento surgiram, especialmente a artroplastia total do joelho. A artroplastia total do joelho substitui a articulação e os côndilos femorais e os côndilos tibiais por um componente metálico através de um implante protético, possui uma base metálica de suporte de polietileno. Assim, a reabilitação fisioterapêutica na fase pós-artroplastia do joelho é imprescindível e extremamente fundamental para a boa recuperação do paciente, sendo essencial que o fisioterapeuta tenha boa experiência nesta área. Objetivo: Analisar a terapia manual aplicada em pacientes submetidos a artroplastia total de joelho. Metodologia: os métodos trata-se de uma revisão de literatura integrativa, a base de dados de pesquisa do presente trabalho é: Scielo; Bireme e BVS. Resultados: a fisioterapia essencial nas fases iniciais do tratamento tem mostrado excelentes resultados. A eficácia da fisioterapia em fases posteriores fora do ambiente hospitalar. Considerando que os protocolos estabelecidos tratam de procedimentos que serão utilizados logo após a cirurgia, o objetivo é a recuperação mais rápida e, assim, restabelecer a qualidade de vida desses indivíduos. Considerações finais: Os benefícios para os pacientes de recursos terapêuticos manuais são claros, mesmo que essas terapias se mostrem benéficas; a literatura estudada sugere que mais pesquisas nessa área são necessárias com o objetivo de desenvolver opções de tratamento específicas

Efficacy of acupuncture and electroacupuncture in patients with nonspecific low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract\ud \ud Background\ud Previous studies have shown that acupuncture and electroacupuncture (EA) are effective in the treatment of patients with low back pain. However, there is little evidence to support the use of one intervention over the other. The aim of this study is to compare the effect of acupuncture and electroacupuncture in the treatment of pain and disability in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain.\ud \ud \ud Methods/design\ud The study design is a randomized controlled trial. Patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain of more than three months duration are recruited at Rehabilitation Center of Taboao da Serra - SP (Brazil). After examination, sixty-six patients will be randomized into one of two groups: acupuncture group (AG) (n = 33) and electroacupuncture group (EG) (n = 33). Interventions will last one hour, and will happen twice a week for 6 weeks. The primary clinical outcomes will be pain intensity as measured and functional disability. Secondary outcomes: quality of pain, quality of life. perception of the overall effect, depressive state, flexibility and kinesiophobia. All the outcomes will be assessed will be assessed at baseline, at treatment end, and three months after treatment end. Significance level will be determined at the 5 % level. Results of this trial will help clarify the value of acupuncture and electroacupuncture as a treatment for chronic low back pain and if they are different.\ud \ud \ud Discussion\ud Results of this trial will help clarify the value of acupuncture needling and electroacupuncture stimulation of specific points on the body as a treatment for chronic low back pain.\ud \ud \ud Trial Registration\ud Clinicaltrials.gov: \ud NCT02039037\ud \ud . Register October 30, 2013.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-(CAPES

Abordagens farmacológicas para a prevenção de recaídas em Depressão

As abordagens farmacológicas para a prevenção de recaídas em depressão desempenham um papel crucial na gestão contínua do transtorno. A personalização do tratamento, monitoramento atento e colaboração entre profissionais de saúde mental são elementos essenciais para otimizar os resultados e melhorar a qualidade de vida dos pacientes que enfrentam esse desafio persistente. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o papel das abordagens farmacológica para a prevenção de recaídas em depressão. Para isso, se realizou uma revisão sistemática da literatura, utilizando as bases de dados Scielo, Lilacs e Medline. Com a análise qualitativa dos resultados, concluiu-se que as intervenções farmacológicas desempenham um papel significativo no cuidado mental, proporcionando benefícios em diversas situações. Contudo, o limite reside na necessidade de abordar cuidadosamente os desafios associados a essas intervenções e reconhecer a diversidade de respostas individuais à terapia farmacológica

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8–11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world’s most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepre sented in biodiversity databases.13–15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may elim inate pieces of the Amazon’s biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological com munities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple or ganism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region’s vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most ne glected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lostinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular testing in the United States versus the rest of the world

Objectives: This study sought to quantify and compare the decline in volumes of cardiovascular procedures between the United States and non-US institutions during the early phase of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the care of many non-COVID-19 illnesses. Reductions in diagnostic cardiovascular testing around the world have led to concerns over the implications of reduced testing for cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Methods: Data were submitted to the INCAPS-COVID (International Atomic Energy Agency Non-Invasive Cardiology Protocols Study of COVID-19), a multinational registry comprising 909 institutions in 108 countries (including 155 facilities in 40 U.S. states), assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of diagnostic cardiovascular procedures. Data were obtained for April 2020 and compared with volumes of baseline procedures from March 2019. We compared laboratory characteristics, practices, and procedure volumes between U.S. and non-U.S. facilities and between U.S. geographic regions and identified factors associated with volume reduction in the United States. Results: Reductions in the volumes of procedures in the United States were similar to those in non-U.S. facilities (68% vs. 63%, respectively; p = 0.237), although U.S. facilities reported greater reductions in invasive coronary angiography (69% vs. 53%, respectively; p < 0.001). Significantly more U.S. facilities reported increased use of telehealth and patient screening measures than non-U.S. facilities, such as temperature checks, symptom screenings, and COVID-19 testing. Reductions in volumes of procedures differed between U.S. regions, with larger declines observed in the Northeast (76%) and Midwest (74%) than in the South (62%) and West (44%). Prevalence of COVID-19, staff redeployments, outpatient centers, and urban centers were associated with greater reductions in volume in U.S. facilities in a multivariable analysis. Conclusions: We observed marked reductions in U.S. cardiovascular testing in the early phase of the pandemic and significant variability between U.S. regions. The association between reductions of volumes and COVID-19 prevalence in the United States highlighted the need for proactive efforts to maintain access to cardiovascular testing in areas most affected by outbreaks of COVID-19 infection

Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5,6,7 vast areas of the tropics remain understudied.8,9,10,11 In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity,12 but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases.13,14,15 To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications16,17 may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge,18,19 it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

Traffic accidents with adults and their consequences after hospital discharge

Introdução: Os acidentes de trânsito representam um dos principais problemas de saúde da atualidade, atingindo principalmente os adultos em faixa produtiva de vida. Além das mortes, esses eventos podem resultar em incapacidades e outras implicações para as vítimas e seus familiares. Objetivo: O presente estudo propôs-se a avaliar os acidentes de trânsito com adultos e suas consequências após a alta hospitalar. Método: Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, do tipo coorte retrospectivo, realizado na cidade de Arapiraca, Alagoas, ano de 2011. Os dados foram obtidos por meio dos registros de atendimentos a vítimas de acidentes de trânsito no serviço de atendimento pré-hospitalar, na unidade de emergência de referência para traumas e durante a realização de entrevistas domiciliares. Estatísticas descritivas e teste de regressão logística múltipla foram utilizados. Resultados: Dentre as vítimas estudadas (n=105), houve predomínio do sexo masculino (72,3%), na faixa etária de 20 a 29 anos (42,8%), de cor parda (63,8%), baixa escolaridade (61,9%), casado/união estável (59%) e que trabalhavam principalmente como vendedores (18,1%). Os motociclistas predominaram entre as vítimas (84,7%), sendo a queda de moto o tipo de acidente mais frequente (35,2%). Os acidentes de trânsito ocorreram principalmente nos domingos (29,5%), na faixa horária da noite (35,2%) e na zona urbana do município (66,6%). A fratura foi a lesão mais comum (37,1%), sendo os membros inferiores (32,3%) a região mais acometida pelos traumas. O atendimento realizado pelo serviço pré-hospitalar teve uma média de 38 (dp=14,6) minutos. Quanto à permanência hospitalar, houve média de 6,6 dias (dp= 11,4), quando os procedimentos mais realizados foram os curativos e as suturas (32,3%). Identificou-se, por meio do Índice de Barthel, que, no período entre seis e dezoito meses após o acidente, 33,3% dos indivíduos apresentaram dependência significativa ou total. Cor da pele, tipo de acidente, tempo resposta, tempo de transporte, procedimentos realizados durante o atendimento hospitalar, tempo de hospitalização e tipo de saída hospitalar foram os fatores associados à dependência funcional após o acidente. Quanto à situação de produtividade, verificou-se que 61% das vítimas retornaram ao trabalho após o trauma. Conclusões: Os resultados obtidos neste estudo permitem estabelecer um panorama das consequências dos acidentes de trânsito para a vida pessoal e profissional de suas vítimas e fornecem subsídios para melhoria da assistência e estratégias de prevenção.Introduction: Road traffic accidents are one of the major health problems today, affecting mainly adults in their productive life. Besides the deaths, these events can result in disability and other implications for the victims and their families. Objective: the present study aimed at evaluating the road traffic accidents and their consequences in adults after hospital discharge. Method: This is a quantitative study, a retrospective cohort conducted in the town of Arapiraca, Alagoas, 2011. Data were obtained through the records of assisted victims of road traffic accidents in the pre hospital care service to the emergency unit of reference for trauma and during home interviews. Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression were used. Results: Among the victims studied (n=105), were predominantly male (72,3%), aged 20-29 years old (42,8%), mulatto (63,8%), low education (61,9%), married/common-law marriage (59%) and working mainly as sellers (18,1%). Motorcyclists are predominant among the victims (84,7%), with the fall of the motorbike the most frequent type of accident (35,2%). Traffic accidents occurred mainly on Sundays (29,5%) in the night time (35,2%) and urban area (66,6%). The fracture was the most common injury (37,1%) and lower limbs (32,3%) the region most affected by trauma. The service performed by the prehospital care had an average of 38 (sd=14,6) minutes. As for the hospital stay, there was an average of 6,6 days (sd=11,4), while the most common procedures were the dressings and sutures (32,3%). It was identified by means of the Barthel Index, which, in the period between six and eighteen months after the accident, 33,3 % of patients had significant or total dependence. Skin color, type of accident, response time, transport time, procedures performed during hospital care, hospitalization and type of hospital output were the factors associated with functional dependence after the accident. Regarding the situation in productivity, it was found that 61% of the victims returned to work after trauma. Conclusions: The results of this study provide a structured overview of the consequences of road traffic accidents for the personal and professional lives of its victims and provide information for improving care and prevention strategies