Evolução do programa nacional de segurança do paciente: uma análise dos dados públicos disponibilizados pela Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária

Introduction: The Brazilian Patient Safety Program (PNSP, in Portuguese), was established in 2013 in Brazil and, with it, a legislation that turns the formation of Patient Safety Committees  (NSP, in Portuguese) and incidents notifications by health services compulsory. Since then, the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) publishes newsletters that contain compiled information of the notifications received; however, it does not compare it over time. Objective: Analyze the evolution of the Brazilian Patient Safety Program in five years. Method: Retrospective study, based on documents analysis. It is a review of Anvisa’s publications, that are called Patient Safety and Quality in Healthcare  Newsletters (Boletim Segurança do Paciente e Qualidade em Serviços de Saúde), from 2015 to 2019. Results: There was an increase of 416.00% on the NSP; however, this number represents less than 50.00% of Brazilian hospitals. Notifications have enhanced over 900.00%, but it is still necessary to qualify the information before submitting it to Anvisa. The comparison of cases proportions has shown that there was a slight decrease of severe damage and death, but 1,491 lives were lost due to adverse events in health on the studied period. Studies that assess national action’s impact on healthcare results must be encouraged. Conclusions: Coordinated actions of health surveillance and assistance must be intensified, in order to patient safety become into a real priority of the Brazilian public healthcare system. Despite not having a perennial action financing policy, PNSP has caused a positive evolution over the years, and Brazilian institutions and health professionals have a huge potential for saving lives.Introdução: O Programa Nacional de Segurança do Paciente (PNSP) foi instituído em 2013 no Brasil e, com ele, legislação que torna obrigatórias a constituição de núcleos de segurança do paciente (NSP) e a notificação de incidentes em estabelecimentos de saúde. Desde então, a Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (Anvisa) publica boletins contendo compilado das informações contidas nas notificações, porém não faz comparação ao longo do tempo. Objetivo: Analisar, a partir de dados públicos da Anvisa, a evolução do PNSP, em cinco anos. Método: Estudo retrospectivo, de análise documental, a partir da revisão das publicações da Anvisa denominadas Boletim de Segurança do Paciente e Qualidade em Serviços de Saúde, publicadas entre 2015 a 2019. Resultados: Houve aumento no número de NSP em 416,00%, porém representa menos de 50,00% dos estabelecimentos hospitalares brasileiros. As notificações aumentaram em mais de 900,00%, mas ainda se faz necessário qualificar as informações previamente ao envio à Anvisa. A comparação da proporção dos casos mostrou que houve discreta redução dos danos graves e óbitos, porém foram perdidas 1.491 vidas por eventos adversos na assistência à saúde no período avaliado. Estudos que avaliem o impacto de ações nacionais nos resultados do cuidado devem ser estimulados. Conclusões: Ações coordenadas de vigilância sanitária e de assistência à saúde devem ser intensificadas, a fim de tornar a segurança do paciente uma real prioridade de saúde pública no Brasil. Apesar de não haver uma política com financiamento perene de ações, nota-se que o PNSP provocou evolução positiva ao longo dos anos e que a mobilização das instituições e profissionais de saúde brasileiros tem potencial de salvar vidas

Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer.

To identify common alleles associated with different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), we pooled data from multiple genome-wide genotyping projects totaling 25,509 EOC cases and 40,941 controls. We identified nine new susceptibility loci for different EOC histotypes: six for serous EOC histotypes (3q28, 4q32.3, 8q21.11, 10q24.33, 18q11.2 and 22q12.1), two for mucinous EOC (3q22.3 and 9q31.1) and one for endometrioid EOC (5q12.3). We then performed meta-analysis on the results for high-grade serous ovarian cancer with the results from analysis of 31,448 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, including 3,887 mutation carriers with EOC. This identified three additional susceptibility loci at 2q13, 8q24.1 and 12q24.31. Integrated analyses of genes and regulatory biofeatures at each locus predicted candidate susceptibility genes, including OBFC1, a new candidate susceptibility gene for low-grade and borderline serous EOC

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospital-manifested COVID-19 among Brazilians

ABSTRACT: Objectives: To analyze the clinical characteristics and outcomes of admitted patients with the hospital- versus community-manifested COVID-19 and to evaluate the risk factors related to mortality in the first population. Methods: This retrospective cohort included consecutive adult patients with COVID-19, hospitalized between March and September 2020. The demographic data, clinical characteristics, and outcomes were extracted from medical records. Patients with hospital-manifested COVID-19 (study group) and those with community-manifested COVID-19 (control group) were matched by the propensity score model. Logistic regression models were used to verify the risk factors for mortality in the study group. Results: Among 7,710 hospitalized patients who had COVID-19, 7.2% developed symptoms while admitted for other reasons. Patients with hospital-manifested COVID-19 had a higher prevalence of cancer (19.2% vs 10.8%) and alcoholism (8.8% vs 2.8%) than patients with community-manifested COVID-19 and also had a higher rate of intensive care unit requirement (45.1% vs 35.2%), sepsis (23.8% vs 14.5%), and death (35.8% vs 22.5%) (P <0.05 for all). The factors independently associated with increased mortality in the study group were increasing age, male sex, number of comorbidities, and cancer. Conclusion: Hospital-manifested COVID-19 was associated with increased mortality. Increasing age, male sex, number of comorbidities, and cancer were independent predictors of mortality among those with hospital-manifested COVID-19 disease

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data

Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer

To identify common alleles associated with different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), we pooled data from multiple genome-wide genotyping projects totaling 25,509 EOC cases and 40,941 controls. We identified nine new susceptibility loci for different EOC histotypes: six for serous EOC histotypes (3q28, 4q32.3, 8q21.11, 10q24.33, 18q11.2 and 22q12.1), two for mucinous EOC (3q22.3 and 9q31.1) and one for endometrioid EOC (5q12.3). We then performed meta-analysis on the results for high-grade serous ovarian cancer with the results from analysis of 31,448 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, including 3,887 mutation carriers with EOC. This identified three additional susceptibility loci at 2q13, 8q24.1 and 12q24.31. Integrated analyses of genes and regulatory biofeatures at each locus predicted candidate susceptibility genes, including OBFC1, a new candidate susceptibility gene for low-grade and borderline serous EOC