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    2 nd Brazilian Consensus on Chagas Disease, 2015

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    Abstract Chagas disease is a neglected chronic condition with a high burden of morbidity and mortality. It has considerable psychological, social, and economic impacts. The disease represents a significant public health issue in Brazil, with different regional patterns. This document presents the evidence that resulted in the Brazilian Consensus on Chagas Disease. The objective was to review and standardize strategies for diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of Chagas disease in the country, based on the available scientific evidence. The consensus is based on the articulation and strategic contribution of renowned Brazilian experts with knowledge and experience on various aspects of the disease. It is the result of a close collaboration between the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine and the Ministry of Health. It is hoped that this document will strengthen the development of integrated actions against Chagas disease in the country, focusing on epidemiology, management, comprehensive care (including families and communities), communication, information, education, and research

    O perfil das readmissões de idosos num hospital geral de Marília/SP El perfil de los reingresos de ancianos en un hospital general del municipio de Marília, SP The profile of elderly patients' readmissions in a general hospital located in Marília/SP

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    Estudo descritivo sobre readmissões de idosos em hospital geral, no município de Marília-SP, em 1996/1997. OBJETIVOS: Caracterizar o perfil das readmissões, quanto às variáveis sexo, idade, estado civil, naturalidade, profissão, diagnósticos principal e secundário, tempo de permanência hospitalar, tipo de saída, fonte de financiamento, tipo de procedimento e intervalo de tempo entre as admissões; analisar registros da enfermagem, nos prontuários, sobre as condições à admissão e alta. Construído banco de dados sobre admissões, adotando o "software" Epi-Info 6. Pesquisados 262 idosos (53,8% mulheres) que apresentaram 502 readmissões; 32,8% destes foram readmitidos uma vez e 55,9% retornaram à instituição em menos de 60 dias. Média de idade 73,2 anos e de permanência hospitalar 5,49 dias. Predominaram as doenças crônicas respiratórias e 55,8% das readmissões apresentaram diagnóstico secundário. Análise do conteúdo dos registros permitiu identificar a rotina da enfermagem, revelando apenas alguns aspectos da condição dos idosos à recepção e saída.<br>Estudio descriptivo sobre el reingreso del anciano en un hospital general en el municipio de Marília-SP, en 1996/1997. OBJETIVOS: caracterizar el perfil de los reingresos en relación con las variables sexo, edad, estado civil, naturalidad, profesión, diagnósticos principal y secundario, tiempo de permanencia hospitalaria, tipo de salida, fuente de financiación, tipo de procedimiento e intervalo de tiempo entre los reingresos; analizar registros de enfermería en las historias clínicas de los ancianos, sobre sus condiciones de admisión y alta. Se construyó un banco de datos sobre admisiones, adoptando el "software" Epi-Info 6. Se investigaron 262 ancianos (53,8% mujeres) que presentaron 502 reingresos; 32,8% de estos reingresaron una vez y 55,9% retornaron a la institución en menos de 60 días. El promedio de edad fue de 73,2 años y la estancia hospitalaria de 5,49 días. Predominaron las enfermedades crónicas del sistema respiratorio y 55,8% de los reingresos presentaron diagnóstico secundario. El análisis de contenido de las notas de enfermería identificó rutina en la práctica de enfermería revelando solamente algunos aspectos de la situación de los ancianos a la recepción y la salida.<br>This is a descriptive study about the readmissions of elderly patients in a general hospital located in the city of Marília, São Paulo, Brazil, in 1996 and 1997. OBJECTIVES: characterizing the readmission profile with respect to the following variables: gender, age, marital status, origin, profession, main and secondary diagnoses, time of hospitalization, type of discharge, financing source, type of procedure and interval between hospitalizations; analyzing the nursing notes in the patients' records about health conditions at the time of admission and discharge. A database about admissions was compiled by using the Epi-Info 6 software. The research population consisted of two hundred sixty-two elderly patients (53.8% of whom were female), who presented 502 readmissions; 32.8% of these occurred once and 55.9% took place in less than 60 days. The patients' mean age was 73.2 years and the average time of hospitalization was 5.49 days. Chronic respiratory diseases predominated and 55.8% of the readmitted patients presented a secondary diagnosis. The content analysis of the notes identified the nursing routine and revealed only some of the aspects concerning the elderly persons' conditions at the time of admission and discharge

    Functionalization of polymers and nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, textile and biomedical applications: a review

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    A New Boson with a Mass of 125 GeV Observed with the CMS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider

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    The Higgs boson was postulated nearly five decades ago within the framework of the standard model of particle physics and has been the subject of numerous searches at accelerators around the world. Its discovery would verify the existence of a complex scalar field thought to give mass to three of the carriers of the electroweak force-the W+, W-, and Z 0 bosons-as well as to the fundamental quarks and leptons. The CMS Collaboration has observed, with a statistical significance of five standard deviations, a new particle produced in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The evidence is strongest in the diphoton and four-lepton (electrons and/or muons) final states, which provide the best mass resolution in the CMS detector. The probability of the observed signal being due to a random fluctuation of the background is about 1 in 3 x 106. The new particle is a boson with spin not equal to 1 and has a mass of about 1.25 giga-electron volts. Although its measured properties are, within the uncertainties of the present data, consistent with those expected of the Higgs boson, more data are needed to elucidate the precise nature of the new particle
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