O presente projeto de mestrado visa estudar a prevalência de tabagismo em estudantes na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande e seus fatores associados. O tabaco é consumido atualmente por dois bilhões de pessoas no mundo ...

This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence of maternal smoking during pregnancy and its impact on anthropometric measurements of newborns. A standardized questionnaire was applied to all pregnant women ...

Objetivo: Medir prevalência, avaliar tendência e disparidades na ocorrência de tabagismo entre gestantes residentes em Rio Grande, RS, entre 2007 e 2019. Métodos: Foram incluídas neste estudos todas as gestantes residentes ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between size at birth and mental health problems at 11 years of age in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study. Newborns were weighed and measured, and anthropometric ...

Objetivo: investigar a taxa de mortalidade por suicídio, no mundo, e sua distribuição geográfica, demográfica e temporal. População alvo: idosos. Delineamento: revisão sistemática de estudos observacionais. Desfecho: ...

There are discrepancies in the literature regarding time trends in the occurrence of asthma in adults. This study compared asthma prevalence in two cross-sectional studies with a ten-year interval in Pelotas, Rio Grande ...

Estudar a tendência das hospitalizações por crises de asma em crianças no Hospital da Santa Casa do Rio Grande durante o período de 1979 a 1996. Métodos: O presente trabalho baseia-se num estudo de série de casos. Foram ...

This study evaluated time trends in smoking prevalence according to gender and family income among individuals 20 years or older in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Five population-based surveys using census ...

Teratomas mediastinais representam 8 a 13% dos tumores nesta região. Uma paciente de 27 anos apresentou-se com dor torácica e dispnéia de evolução arrastada. O radiograma de tórax revelou opacidade quase total do hemitórax ...

Objetivo: Avaliar a adequação de uso de termos semiológicos da ausculta pulmonar em publicações médicas brasileiras sobre doenças respiratórias, no período de janeiro de 1980 a dezembro de 2003. Métodos: Realizou-se um ...

Objetivos: avaliar os resultados do teste de diagnóstico rápido da infecção pelo HIV-1 disponibilizado pelo Ministério da Saúde, para identificação de gestantes contaminadas por este vírus. Métodos: avaliação prospectiva ...

The method used by YAGYU et al. for the subtype-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the gp41 transmembrane region of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) env gene, was tested. HIV-1 proviral ...

The aim of this study is to describe the methodology of the 2004-2005 follow-up visit of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort. All children born in Pelotas in 1993 and whose mothers lived in the city at that time were ...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the world’s number one killer among infectious diseases. The search for new natural products that can act as drugs against TB has received increased attention ...

ABSTRACT Introduction: The World Health Organization endorses the BACTEC Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT)™ system as a rapid, sensitive, and specifi c method to diagnostic of tuberculosis. Here, we compared the ...

Introduction: The World Health Organization endorses the BACTEC Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT)™ system as a rapid, sensitive, and specifi c method to diagnostic of tuberculosis. Here, we compared the performance ...

Domestic violence is a social and public health problem and its rates are currently increasing. It is present in all social classes, ethnicities and educational levels. Objective: To analyse the actions done by health ...

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the performance of laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis, clinical samples underwent culture, species identification and drug susceptibility testing (DST). METHODS: A total of 554 samples from 269 ...

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the performance of laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis, clinical samples underwent culture, species identification and drug susceptibility testing (DST). METHODS: A total of 554 samples from 269 ...

Background: Both intrinsic and acquired multidrug resistance play an important role in the insurgence of tuberculosis. Detailed knowledge of the molecular basis of drug recognition and transport by multidrug transport ...