- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Public Health in Brazil
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
- Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Global Health Care Issues
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
- Global Health and Surgery
- Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Restless Legs Syndrome Research
- Male Reproductive Health Studies
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Healthcare Regulation
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
2008-2024
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2024
Sociedade de Nefrologia do Estado de São Paulo
2020
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
2013
Universidade Federal da Bahia
2011
Objective: The progression of chronic kidney disease can directly affect patient's health-related quality life (HRQoL). Exercise training is a good option to reverse the impacts caused by disease. To escape from monotonous routine and stimulate further practice, therapist should consider making physical activity more playful. Using videogames during exercise possible rehabilitate patient aiming for fun beyond organic condition. present study aimed evaluate effects combined with Virtual...
Peritonitis remains a major complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD).Evaluate peritonitis incidence, etiology and outcome in cronic PD patients.A retrospective cohort study was carried out on 330 patients (mean age 53 ± 19 years) who had been treated by center Aracaju/SE, Brazil between January 1st, 2003 December 31th, 2007. Data with without were compared using Student's t-test, chi-squared statistic multiple logistic regression.There 213 among 141 (1.51 episode/patient) resulting rate...
Insulin resistance is a common risk factor in chronic kidney disease patients contributing to the high cardiovascular burden, even absence of diabetes. Glucose-based peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions are thought intensify insulin due continuous glucose absorption from cavity. The aim our study was analyse effect substitution for icodextrin on non-diabetic PD multicentric randomized clinical trial. This multicenter, open-label with balanced randomization (1:1) and two parallel-groups....
Background and Objectives Although low socioeconomic status has been considered a contraindication to peritoneal dialysis (PD), no published data clearly link it poor outcomes. The goal of this study was assessing the effect income on survival in Brazilian Peritoneal Dialysis Multicenter Study. Design, setting, participants, & measurements Incident PD patients enrolled prospective cohort from December 2004 October 2007 were divided according monthly family income. median age 59 years, 54%...
<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> In an attempt to decrease mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease, increase the lifetime of these without much focus on health-related quality life (HRQOL) was pursued for a long period time. However, lately, improvement this extended has focused both physical as well social and emotional aspects, parameters may be associated clinical outcomes disease patients. <b><i>Aim:</i></b> To evaluate impact...
Background . Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is more prevalent in chronic kidney patients than the general population, but it often diagnosed late and its predictors are unknown. Purpose To diagnose RLS a group of on dialysis, determine frequency severity, compare prevalence severity condition among dialytic modalities, identify possible predictive factors this population. Methods An observational cross-sectional study with 326 who had been dialysis for 3 months, 241 hemodialysis (HD) 85...
The number of patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) in Brazil is significant, with a higher prevalence diabetic and elderly individuals PD than hemodialysis. These data point to selection bias that population.To assess the quality life (QOL) starting Brazil.The study assessed 6,198 participating multicenter prospective cohort study, using from BRAZPD. QOL was by use Karnofsky index (QOL assessment health professionals) SF-36 (patient's self-assessment) 1,624 incident patients.Of analyzed, 40%...
Background and Objectives A large proportion of the patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) in Brazil have low levels education family income. The present study assessed whether level income are associated with baseline longitudinal changes health-related quality life (HRQOL) scores during first year PD therapy. Methods We evaluated 1624 incident from Brazilian Peritoneal Dialysis Multicenter Study (BRAZPD) at baseline, 486 them after 12 months. SF-36 was used to determine HRQOL Karnofsky index...
Food allergy is an emerging clinical condition in pediatrics, so recommendations on its management have been widely published. Studying pediatricians’ adherence to these practice guidelines (CPG) and understanding the reasons for their non-compliance can help promote better of this condition. A cross-sectional study was conducted by a survey among Brazilian pediatricians, randomly selected during 38th Congress Pediatrics, which took place October, 2017. validated questionnaire with 16...
INTRODUÇÃO: Insuficiência renal aguda (IRA) acontece com frequência em pacientes críticos, porém a significância clínica de sua ocorrência não tem sido determinada na insuficiência cardíaca descompensada (ICD). OBJETIVOS: Estudar e valor prognóstico da IRA internados por ICD avaliar comparativamente aqueles sem complicação o perfil clínico-laboratorial mortalidade intra-hospitalar. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo 85 terapia intensiva (UTI) entre março 2010 fevereiro 2011. Foi feito diagnóstico...
ABSTRACT Dialysis units are environments potentially prone to the spread of Covid-19. Patients cannot suspend treatment, and they often have comorbidities, which assigns them a higher risk worse prognosis. The Brazilian Society Nephrology prepared this document good practices, whose technical recommendations deal with general measures that can be implemented reduce transmission prevent disease in unit.
ABSTRACT The Covid-19 pandemic brought several challenges to the healthcare system: diagnosis, treatment and measures prevent spread of disease. With greater availability variety diagnostic tests, it is essential properly interpret them. This paper intends help dialysis units concerning use clinical criteria tests for decision making regarding discontinuation isolation patients with suspected or confirmed Covid-19, as well return work activities employees Covid-19.
C.E.R.A. is a continuous erythropoietin receptor activator with characteristics that permit once-monthly schedule of administration for the maintenance treatment chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The main objective this study was to assess Hb concentration intravenous and/or subcutaneous therapy in Latin American dialysis patients renal anemia previously treated epoetin alfa s.c or i.v 1–3 times per week. This single-arm, open-label, multicenter, 32-week anemic CKD sc iv After 4-week...
Systematic data collection of patients undergoing renal replacement therapy is critical to the epidemiological and clinical understanding treatment. These may allow more rational use economic resources identify interventions improve treatment decrease morbidity mortality these patients. The Brazilian Peritoneal Dialysis Multicenter Study (BRAZPD), an observational cohort study peritoneal dialysis (PD) in Brazil, aimed collect monthly demographics, clinical, laboratory outcome PD treated 114...
To become a nephrologist in Brazil, physician must complete fellowship nephrology. Recently, the nephrology´s curriculum was reviewed, becoming competency-based curriculum, with aim of training professionals knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to meet demands community which they are inserted. Despite existence several active programs our country, there is no formative evaluation them by program graduates. This study aims assess perception nephrologists about acquired during nephrology...
A taxa de Internação por Condições Sensíveis à Atenção Primária é um indicador efetividade desse nível atenção do sistema saúde. O objetivo deste estudo descrever o comportamento das Internações Saúde em Sergipe, no período 2008 a 2017. Trata-se ecológico, tendência temporal. Os dados foram extraídos Autorizações Hospitalar Sistema Informações Hospitalares Único Saúde. Analisam-se taxas padronizadas método indireto e proporções internações. Dois modelos explicativos testados para análise...
Diabetes mellitus é uma condição sensível aos cuidados primários de saúde, caracterizada por níveis glicêmicos persistentemente elevados. A prevalência mundial 8,8% e no Brasil, 7,6%. Objetivo: Descrever a evolução das taxas internação, tempo internação gastos com diabetes mellitus, Estado Sergipe - período 2008 2017. Método: Estudo descritivo série temporal, os dados foram obtidos Autorizações Internação Hospitalares registradas Sistema Informação Hospitalar do Único Saúde. Os lidos...
Abstract Background : Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (HACSC) are an indicator of failure at this level the health system. Since 2006, a series actions have been taken in Brazil to promote Primary Health (PHC), situation that has changed radically since 2014. To analyze trend HACSC Sergipe, period from 2008 2017. Methods Ecological time-trend analysis. The data were extracted hospital admission authorizations on Hospital Information System Brazilian Unified System....