Repositório Científico ESCS

Violence against women: systematic review of the Brazilian scientific literature within the period from 2009 to 2013

Autores: Lídia Ester Lopes da Silva, Maria Liz Cunha de Oliveira

Violence against women is a worldwide issue, and the number of publications addressing it tends to increase, due to its magnitude. This article analyzes the scientific literature on the issue, within the period from 2009...

Suicide is a Baobab Tree: A Narrative Medicine Case Study

Autores: Adriano Machado Facioli, Fábio Ferreira Amorim, Karlo Jozefo Quadros De Almeida et al.

This case study is an example of applying narrative medicine as a useful tool for health professionals to manage an existential and complex scenario such as the suicide of a sibling. Some suicides are like...

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...

Waist circumference in predicting gestational diabetes mellitus

Autores: Cláudia Vicari Bolognani, Lilian Barros de Sousa Moreira Reis, Sulani Silva de Souza et al.

To evaluate waist circumference (WC) measured at 20-24 weeks of gestation as a predictor of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This cross-sectional study included 240 women at 20-24 weeks of gestation. At enrollment, WC was measured,...

Elevated CETP activity during acute phase of myocardial infarction is independently associated with endothelial dysfunction and adverse clinical outcome

Autores: Luiz Sergio F Carvalho, Vitor W M Virginio, Natalia B Panzoldo et al.

Recent data suggests that cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity may interact with acute stress conditions via inflammatory-oxidative response and thrombogenesis. We investigated this assumption in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Consecutive patients with...

Determination of Chemical Antioxidants and Phenolic Compounds in the Brazilian Mushroom Agaricus sylvaticus

Autores: J V Costa Orsine, Mr Cg Novaes, E Ramirez Asquieri et al.

Agaricus sylvaticus mushroom has been widely studied because of its high nutritional value and medicinal properties. The objective of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant potential of both alcoholic and aqueous extracts of Agaricus...

Nursing education: quality, innovation and accountability

Autores: Leila Bernarda Donato Gottems, Angela Maria Alvarez, Lenira Maria Wanderley Santos de Almeida

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)....

Mortality due to respiratory diseases in the elderly after influenza vaccination campaigns in the Federal District, Brazil, 1996-2009

Autores: Francisca Magalhães Scoralick, Luciana Paganini Piazzolla, Liana Lauria Pires et al.

To compare mortality rates due to respiratory diseases among elderly individuals residing in the Federal District of Brasília, Brazil, prior to and after the implementation of a national influenza vaccination campaign. This was an ecological...