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...

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...

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...

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,...

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)....

Avaliação do desenvolvimento de competências afetivas e empáticas do futuro médico

Autores: Natália Souza Medeiros, Thais Rabelo dos Santos, Eliana Mendonça Vilar Trindade et al.

Dentre os desafios atuais da educação médica, encontra-se a inserção curricular de conteúdos e experiências educacionais voltados para o desenvolvimento de competências afetivas. A literatura tem indicado um declínio gradual do idealismo e humanismo do...

Factors associated with home care: support for care management within the SUS

Autores: Maria Raquel Gomes Maia Pires, Elisabeth Carmen Duarte, Leila Bernarda Donato Göttems et al.

The identification of variables associated with the type of home care (HC) of the users of the Unified Health System (UHS) contributes to the management of care in the Health Care Network (HCN). The objective...