Repositório Científico ESCS

A study of cases reported as incidents in a public hospital from 2011 to 2014

Autores: Leila Bernarda Donato Göttems, Maria do Livramento Gomes Dos Santos, Paloma Aparecida Carvalho et al.

Analyzing incidents reported in a public hospital in the Federal District, Brasilia, according to the characteristics and outcomes involving patients. A descriptive and retrospective study of incidents reported between January 2011 and September 2014. 209...

Functional Status Score for the ICU: An International Clinimetric Analysis of Validity, Responsiveness, and Minimal Important Difference

Autores: Minxuan Huang, Kitty S Chan, Jennifer M Zanni et al.

To evaluate the internal consistency, validity, responsiveness, and minimal important difference of the Functional Status Score for the ICU, a physical function measure designed for the ICU. Clinimetric analysis. Five international datasets from the United...

Love and the Value of Life in Health Care: A Narrative Medicine Case Study in Medical Education

Autores: Jorge Alberto Martins Pentiado, Helcia Oliveira De Almeida, Fábio Ferreira Amorim et al.

This case study is an example of narrative medicine applied to promote self-awareness and develop humanistic contents in medical education. The impact and the human appeal of the narrative lie in the maturity and empathy...

Notes on the paper by Paulo Gadelha

Autores: Ana Maria Costa

Mais Medicos Program: an effective action to reduce health inequities in Brazil

Autores: Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos, Ana Maria Costa, Sábado Nicolau Girardi

The Program More Doctors (Programa Mais Médicos) aims to decrease the shortage of physicians and reduce the regional health disparities and involves three main strategies: i) more places and new Medical Courses based on the...

Field validation of a Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana exo-antigens ELISA for diagnosing tegumentary leishmaniasis in regions of Leishmania (Viannia) predominance

Autores: Killarney Ataide Soares, Ada Amália Ayala Urdapilleta, Gilcilene Maria dos Santos et al.

Several tests are performed to obtain better accuracy when diagnosing American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL). It is believed that antigens released via secretion, excretion and metabolism are more specific than are antigens released by the lysis...

Trends in research involving human beings in Brazil

Autores: Ricardo Eccard da Silva, Maria Rita Carvalho Novaes, Elza Martínez Pastor et al.

Developing countries have experienced a dramatic increase in the number of clinical studies in the last decades. The aim of this study was to describe 1) the number of clinical trials submitted to the Brazilian...

Connecting the dots: hypoxia, pulmonary fibrosis, obstructive sleep apnea, and aging

Autores: Natalia C V Melo, Fabio F Amorim, Alfredo N C Santana

HDL levels and oxidizability during myocardial infarction are associated with reduced endothelial-mediated vasodilation and nitric oxide bioavailability

Autores: Luiz Sergio F Carvalho, Natália Panzoldo, Simone N Santos et al.

Acute phase response modifies high-density lipoprotein (HDL) into a dysfunctional particle that may favor oxidative/inflammatory stress and eNOS dysfunction. The present study investigated the impact of this phenomenon on patients presenting ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)....

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury: the importance of diagnostic criteria for establishing prevalence and prognosis in the intensive care unit

Autores: Edmilson Leal Bastos de Moura, Fábio Ferreira Amorim, William Huang et al.

To establish whether there is superiority between contrast-induced acute kidney injury and contrast-induced nephropathy criteria as predictors of unfavorable clinical outcomes. Retrospective study carried out in a tertiary hospital with 157 patients undergoing radiocontrast infusion...