Nivel de conocimiento y uso racional del misoprostol en mujeres en edad fértil que acuden al mercado Valle Sagrado de San Juan de Lurigancho, abril 2022

La presente investigación tiene el propósito de determinar la relación entre Determinar el nivel de conocimiento y uso racional del misoprostol en mujeres en edad fértil que acuden al Mercado valle sagrado de San Juan de Lurigancho, abril 2022. Regida bajo el enfoque cuantitativo, tipo de investigación Básica, nivel correlacional, método hipotético-deductivo, diseño No experimental y alcance transversal, la muestra está constituida por 156 estuvo constituida por 263 mujeres en edad fértil usurarias del Mercado Valle Sagrado De San Juan De Lurigancho, con dos instrumentos validados por juicio de expertos con experiencia en el campo farmacéutico. Los resultados indicaron un valor de significancia de p=0.000 y es menor de 0.05; por lo tanto, existe relación entre el nivel de conocimiento y uso racional del misoprostol. Teniendo una correlación positiva alta de 0,934 para Rho de Spearman.http://repositorio.unid.edu.pe/handle/unid/335?show=ful

Achados audiológicos em indivíduos pós-meningite

INTRODUCTION: It was proposed to ascertain the occurrence of individuals who present hearing loss, due to contracting meningitis, as well as to characterize the diagnosed loss as far as the type, degree and the audiometric configuration are concerned. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The methodology used comprised a survey of 949 references of patients attended at the Hearing Disturbance Center of the HPRLLP/USP, in order to select those who presented hearing loss after meningitis and, from the analysis of the hearing evaluation to which they were submitted, achieve the proposed goal. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The results indicated a 6.2 percent occurrence as regards hearing loss due to meningitis in relation to other causes and the characteristic of this hearing loss was predominantly sensorineural, symmetrical, al linear and to a profound degree.INTRODUÇÃO: Realizou-se estudo para verificar a ocorrência de indivíduos que apresentam perda auditiva por terem contraído meningite, bem como caracterizar a perda diagnosticada quanto ao tipo, ao grau e à configuração audiométrica. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Foram levantados 949 prontuários de pacientes atendidos em um centro de distúrbios da audição, selecionados os que indicaram perda auditiva pós- meningite e realizada avaliação audiológica a que foram submetidos os pacientes. RESULTADOS E CONCLUSÃO: Os resultados indicaram 6,2% de ocorrência de perda auditiva devido à meningite. A característica dessa perda auditiva foi do tipo predominantemente neurossensorial, simétrica, linear e de grau profundo

Direct fluorescent antibody assay and polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis

OBJECTIVES: To identify Chlamydia trachomatis via polymerase chain reaction and a direct fluorescent antibodyassay in patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis while comparing the efficacies of both tests for detectingChlamydia trachomatis in these conditions. METHODS: Conjunctival scraping samples were obtained from 177 patients who were divided into two groups: avernal keratoconjunctivitis group (group A) and a control group (group B). The polymerase chain reaction and adirect fluorescent antibody assay were performed. Sensitivity, specificity, receiver operating characteristic curves,and areas under the curve were calculated for both tests in groups A and B. Receiver operating characteristic curveswere plotted using a categorical variable with only two possible outcomes (positive and negative). RESULTS: Statistical analysis revealed a significant association between vernal keratoconjunctivitis and Chlamydia trachomatis infection detected by a direct fluorescent antibody assay with high sensitivity and specificity. Allpatients in group A with positive polymerase chain reactions also presented with positive direct fluorescentantibody assays. CONCLUSION: The association between vernal keratoconjunctivitis and Chlamydia trachomatis infection wasconfirmed by positive direct fluorescent antibody assays in 49.4% of vernal keratoconjunctivitis patients and bypositive polymerase chain reactions in 20% of these patients. The direct fluorescent antibody assay detectedChlamydia trachomatis in a higher number of patients than did the polymerase chain reaction. Although thediagnosis of trachoma is essentially clinical, the disease may not be detected in vernal keratoconjunctivitis patients.Due to the high frequency of chlamydial infection detected in patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis, we suggestconsidering routine laboratory tests to detect Chlamydia trachomatis in patients with severe and refractory allergicdisease