27 research outputs found
EDUCAÇÃO EM SAÚDE COMO FERRAMENTA NA SAÚDE SEXUAL DO ADOLESCENTE
Trata-se de um relato de experiência desenvolvido com adolescentes da cidade de Jardim-CE, com o objetivo de sensibilizar os adolescentes para adoção de comportamentos que visem à promoção da saúde psicossexual. Realizaram-se quatro ações educativas abordando a sexualidade, gravidez e DST’s, utilizando como estratégia, a oficina. Constatou-se uma lacuna no conhecimento dos adolescentes acerca das temáticas abordadas. Sendo a Educação em Saúde um instrumento fomentador da prática de saúde, espera-se que as ações tenham contribuído para sensibilizar os adolescentes quanto às questões que concernem à promoção da saúde no âmbito da sexualidade e suas vertentes, conscientes que a real formação da vida sexual do jovem se expressa por um trabalho permanente no tripé: escola, família e serviços de saúde
Epidemiological Aspects Of Microcephal Cases And Central Nervous System Changes In Newborn
Objective: To describe the epidemiological situation of cases of microcephaly and / or Central Nervous System changes in newborns in the Northeast region of Brazil.
Methods: Epidemiological, descriptive study with secondary data. Epidemiological data were collected in the Notifiable Diseases Information System, with cumulative data from the years 2015 and 2016. They were processed in the statistical software SPSS - version 21 and analyzed from the descriptive statistics.
Results: It was evidenced that, in the Northeast region, 6,481 cases of microcephaly and / or central nervous system disorders were reported. Of these, the states of Pernambuco and Bahia stand out with a higher percentage of reported and confirmed cases. About the reported deaths, the states of Pernambuco, Ceará and Bahia prevailed. Of the cases of deaths confirmed, the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba.
Conclusion: it is imperative to carry out an ongoing population awareness campaign on the prevention of ZIKAV and how important it is to follow up the pregnant woman during prenatal care. In addition to the constant updating of health professionals regarding microcephaly and the creation of more services to support the NB and their families. Therefore, it is suggested to carry out more studies to understand the reason for the increase in reported cases of microcephaly, being possible to draw up specific strategies for each locality in order to reduce the cases of this disease.
Keywords: Epidemiology; Microcephaly; Central Nervous System; Children
Association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly in Brazil, January to May, 2016: preliminary report of a case-control study.
BACKGROUND: The microcephaly epidemic, which started in Brazil in 2015, was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO in 2016. We report the preliminary results of a case-control study investigating the association between microcephaly and Zika virus infection during pregnancy. METHODS: We did this case-control study in eight public hospitals in Recife, Brazil. Cases were neonates with microcephaly. Two controls (neonates without microcephaly), matched by expected date of delivery and area of residence, were selected for each case. Serum samples of cases and controls and cerebrospinal fluid samples of cases were tested for Zika virus-specific IgM and by quantitative RT-PCR. Laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infection during pregnancy was defined as detection of Zika virus-specific IgM or a positive RT-PCR result in neonates. Maternal serum samples were tested by plaque reduction neutralisation assay for Zika virus and dengue virus. We estimated crude odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs using a median unbiased estimator for binary data in an unconditional logistic regression model. We estimated ORs separately for cases with and without radiological evidence of brain abnormalities. FINDINGS: Between Jan 15, 2016, and May 2, 2016, we prospectively recruited 32 cases and 62 controls. 24 (80%) of 30 mothers of cases had Zika virus infection compared with 39 (64%) of 61 mothers of controls (p=0·12). 13 (41%) of 32 cases and none of 62 controls had laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infection; crude overall OR 55·5 (95% CI 8·6-∞); OR 113·3 (95% CI 14·5-∞) for seven cases with brain abnormalities; and OR 24·7 (95% CI 2·9-∞) for four cases without brain abnormalities. INTERPRETATION: Our data suggest that the microcephaly epidemic is a result of congenital Zika virus infection. We await further data from this ongoing study to assess other potential risk factors and to confirm the strength of association in a larger sample size. FUNDING: Brazilian Ministry of Health, Pan American Health Organization, and Enhancing Research Activity in Epidemic Situations
Association between microcephaly, Zika virus infection, and other risk factors in Brazil: final report of a case-control study.
BACKGROUND: A Zika virus epidemic emerged in northeast Brazil in 2015 and was followed by a striking increase in congenital microcephaly cases, triggering a declaration of an international public health emergency. This is the final report of the first case-control study evaluating the potential causes of microcephaly: congenital Zika virus infection, vaccines, and larvicides. The published preliminary report suggested a strong association between microcephaly and congenital Zika virus infection. METHODS: We did a case-control study in eight public maternity hospitals in Recife, Brazil. Cases were neonates born with microcephaly, defined as a head circumference of 2 SD below the mean. Two controls without microcephaly were matched to each case by expected date of delivery and area of residence. We tested the serum of cases and controls and the CSF of cases for detection of Zika virus genomes with quantitative RT-PCR and for detection of IgM antibodies with capture-IgM ELISA. We also tested maternal serum with plaque reduction neutralisation assays for Zika and dengue viruses. We estimated matched crude and adjusted odds ratios with exact conditional logistic regression to determine the association between microcephaly and Zika virus infection. FINDINGS: We screened neonates born between Jan 15 and Nov 30, 2016, and prospectively recruited 91 cases and 173 controls. In 32 (35%) cases, congenital Zika virus infection was confirmed by laboratory tests and no controls had confirmed Zika virus infections. 69 (83%) of 83 cases with known birthweight were small for gestational age, compared with eight (5%) of 173 controls. The overall matched odds ratio was 73·1 (95% CI 13·0-∞) for microcephaly and Zika virus infection after adjustments. Neither vaccination during pregnancy or use of the larvicide pyriproxyfen was associated with microcephaly. Results of laboratory tests for Zika virus and brain imaging results were available for 79 (87%) cases; within these cases, ten were positive for Zika virus and had cerebral abnormalities, 13 were positive for Zika infection but had no cerebral abnormalities, and 11 were negative for Zika virus but had cerebral abnormalities. INTERPRETATION: The association between microcephaly and congenital Zika virus infection was confirmed. We provide evidence of the absence of an effect of other potential factors, such as exposure to pyriproxyfen or vaccines (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis, measles and rubella, or measles, mumps, and rubella) during pregnancy, confirming the findings of an ecological study of pyriproxyfen in Pernambuco and previous studies on the safety of Tdap vaccine administration during pregnancy. FUNDING: Brazilian Ministry of Health, Pan American Health Organization, and Enhancing Research Activity in Epidemic Situations
Efeitos da estimulação tatil-cinestésica e vestibular no recém-nascido de baixo peso e avaliação da melhor técnica: uma revisão sistemática e metanálise / Effects of tactile-kinesthetic and vestibular stimulation in low weight newborns and evaluation of best technique: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Durante anos a prematuridade tem se tornado um grande desafio dentro das Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal (UTIN), pois afeta o desenvolvimento e crescimento dos recém-nascidos (RN) decorrendo de deficiências que começariam a assumir funções normais para sua idade. A estimulação precoce tem como objetivo, devolver ao RN, seu desenvolvimento perfeito ou chegar o mais próximo da normalidade, utilizando condutas especificas, pois logo após o nascimento o cérebro apresenta uma intensa neuroplasticidade. A estimulação tátil-cinestésica proporciona ao RNPTBP, ganho de peso diário e redução do tempo de internação, pois para o recém-nascido a estimulação tátil nos seus primeiros dias de vida é maior do que qualquer outro estímulo sensorial. O objetivo do presente trabalho, foi analisar os efeitos da técnica de estimulação tátil-cinestésica com os efeitos da estimulação vestibular no recém-nascido pré-termo de baixo peso, para fazer uma comparação sobre qual será a melhor para ser aplicada no RNPTBP dentro da UTIN. Este estudo foi realizado de acordo com as recomendações dos relatórios de análises sistemáticas e metanálises (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta- analyses PRISMA). Foram realizadas buscas nas seguintes bases de dados: LiLASC, SCOPUS, PUBMED, PEDro, MEDLINE, Web of Science; Cochrane Libary e Google Scholar. Os períodos abrangidos da pesquisa foram a partir do ano de 2.015 até o ano de 2020. Com base nas análises realizadas neste presente estudo é incontestável que a assistência à neonatos devem ser realizada de forma criteriosa e atenta as necessidades individuais de cada um, pois se essa assistência for prestada de forma inadequada, omissa, e deficiente ao recém-nascido, principalmente em condição prematura e de baixo peso, devido ao seu alto grau de vulnerabilidade, poderá acarretar sérias consequências em seu desenvolvimento que influenciará, por toda a sua vida
Os desafios do atendimento de pacientes com sequelas cardiovasculares decorrentes de trauma do tórax / Challenges in the care of patients with cardiovascular sequels resulting from chest trauma
Introdução: O tórax apresenta estruturas de diversos sistemas de sustentação da vida, dentre eles o respiratório e o cardiovascular. Por conter, estruturas nobres para a manutenção da vida, os potenciais para ocorrer lesões graves em decorrência de traumas são muito grandes, como dados mostram, 25% das mortes são secundárias a trauma torácico. Dentro deste contexto, questiona-se quais os desafios no atendimento de pacientes com sequelas cardiovasculares decorrentes de traumas torácicos? Portanto, esse estudo tem como objetivo identificar as dificuldades enfrentadas na assistência de saúde de pacientes com repercussões cardiovasculares devido a trauma de tórax, através da elaboração de um formulário baseado em revisão bibliográfica de dados da literatura científica publicados sobre esse tema. Metodologia: O trabalho baseia-se numa revisão integrativa de literatura, na qual foram analisados artigos publicados em revistas científicas, utilizando-se das bases de dados da BVS (Biblioteca Virtual da Saúde), como: Lilacs (Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde) e Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online). Resultados: Após as análises e seleção, restaram-se sete artigos para integrar a discussão. Os artigos selecionados, estão descritos na tabela, com autores, título, metodologia, resultados e conclusão. Em seguida, foi realizada uma discussão acerca destes artigos. Conclusão: Cada um dos casos revisados neste estudo demonstra a necessidade e a importância de acompanhamento cuidadoso de todos os pacientes que sofreram trauma torácico fechado, mesmo que a avaliação cardíaca inicial possa ser negativa.
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